Mary had a Little Lamb (Harvest Festival at Church)

Our church had a harvest festival. The kids dressed up as Mary had a little lamb (Emily).

Pretty cute lamb!

Mary is cute in this bonnet from grandma Jane!

Picnic Dinner at the Park on 10-5-11

This month we've had such wonderful warm weather! On October 5th we enjoyed a Picnic dinner at Timbertown.

Mary loved it when daddy and Emily jumped on the black carpet.

Going down the slide was fun too.

Mary took her hair tie out.

Aw! Emily loves her daddy!

Jim got a new position at Consumers Energy in August. Now he does corporate strategy and reports to a new boss. It's been lots of hours and time away from the family. It was a promotion so that was nice, but we have really missed him. The girls loved it that he came home before they were in bed and we enjoyed an hour at the park.

Robot Emily = Fun

Mary loves to laugh at Robot Emily!

Emily and her dad made a Robot out of this box.

Isn't she so silly!

September 11, 2011 = 7 years

I can't believe that Jim and I celebrated 7 years in September! We went to our favorite restaurant The Common Grill and then walked around downtown Chelsea.

Mary goes on the potty!

Mary started going on the potty at right before she turned 15 months old! This picture she is 16 months old. It's so cute to see her sit on the potty; she is so little.

I'm amazed that she is going on the potty at this age. I am wondering if it has to do with the fact that we use cloth diapers? Or is it because she sees her older sister go on the potty? Regardless I can't believe that she will tell me when she needs to go by lifting up her shirt. Sometimes she even wakes dry after her nap and once this week she woke up dry after sleeping all night! She is such a big girl. May is not afraid to go on big potty's when we are out and about. I just hold over the potty and she goes!

I am hoping that I can be done with the cloth diapers by Christmas? Wouldn't that be a great present!

First Day of Preschool September 12, 2011

Emily was very excited to start school this fall. She is in the 4 & 5 year old class at Lambs of Our Savior. Over half of the class are friends from last year.

Emily helped me pick out her outfit and her headband. Plus of course she had to wear her Jesus necklace from her friend and classmate Justin.

Emily loves her Dora backpack which she used last year too. It's a hand me down from Aunt Sarah.

Here is a picture of Emily and her good friend Blake at Preschool.

We get the paper!

After we went out to dinner for my Birthday we stopped by Meijer for a few things. The Detroit Free Press was there and I decided to sign up for Thursday, Saturday and Sunday papers for $20 for 3 months. It's a great deal and I figured I could use the paper for coupons, teaching Emily and of course reading it for the news too. Mary thought it was great when we got our first paper. Sorry about the pants, she is potty training so a lot of times her pants are half up or not even on. Opps!

Having Fun in September

The girls love to play with the hand me down cars we have. Often times Emily pushes Mary around the house, and sometimes Mary pushes Emily too. It's really nice when they play together and I can get a few things done around the house or cook dinner.