She LOVES School!

Zoe started her 2nd year of preschool this week. It's hard to believe she's going to be in my class next year! Where has the time gone. She is so happy to be able to go to school 3 days a week this year instead of only two.

UFO Festival

Last weekend we decided to take a drive to Bridgeville. For those of you who have been to our house, and think it's in the middle of nowhere, you have never been to Bridgeville! It is about 30 miles from our house and the drive took about 1 1/2 hours. We saw lots of animals along the way...including an entire herd of cattle that blocked the road and the one lane bridge. Thankfully at the end of the cattle were some ranchers who were able to get the cattle out of our way. We ultimately drove to Bridgeville to experience their UFO festival. It was pretty small yet VERY entertaining!

Chef Zoe

Zoe was helping Steve cook dinner the other night. One of her jobs was preparing the salad. She got use a "real" knife for the first time. Check out her determination!

Recent Projects

This summer my goal was to accomplish some crafty projects while I had a little extra time. I've managed to finish a few different things. These photos are of two of the latest projects.

Skirt Made from coordinating fabric quarters

Zoe showing off her new skirt

I was inspired to make this purse for a couple reasons

1. I saw a similar purse at Anthropologie for almost $300!!!

2. I found a great tutorial online

Instead of $298 it cost $3.00 to make

All Grown Up!

My baby is all grown up...or at least that's the way it feels. Today Zoe had her first soccer practice. She is the youngest on her team, but the fact is she is old enough to be on a soccer team! We also "upgraded" her bedroom. We moved the play kitchen into Noah's room and added a "craft area" to her room (photos to come shortly). When you walk into her room it just feels like a "big kid" room. She also had me put a poster up on her wall (a poster that she picked out)...which really made me realize how big she's getting!

Booty!

I put Noah to bed last night in just a T-shirt & Diaper because it was SOOOO HOT! This is how I found him this morning!

A Day in the Spotlight

So today is Noah's day. I'm writing a post specifically about him. My poor second child...the posts just about him are few and far between. Yesterday Noah had his well baby check up. He turned 16 months last week. He weighs 26.5 lbs (67th percentile). He is 33 inches tall (87th percentile) AND his head is 48 cm (75th percentile) If you can believe it his head is actually larger than Zoe's was at this age. Noah now has 16 teeth! Now that numbers 15 & 16 are just barely poking through he is a much happier child. Getting 8 teeth in 4 weeks made for a GRUMPY Noah! During the teething bout he also had Roseola for a week (or some kind of similar virus).

Noah seems to be saying and repeating many words. The ones he says frequently are: toe, apple, ball, doggie, eye, what's that, cup, bite, mine, Mommy, Mama, Daddy, Dada, Zaza (meaning Zoe), Granny (sounds like Dranny), Baba, Bobble (for bottle), cow, moo, horsie, hi, bye, mmm (when some is yummy), snack, bar, some, up (although the /p/ sound is often left off), cheese (when you take his picture or if he sees a camera), crackie (which is what he calls a cracker), and we're still not certain but when he cries and he's upset we think he says "I sad".

His continues to climb everything and get himself into precarious situations. If he doesn't end up with a broken bone or stitches during his childhood I'll be shocked. Just this past week he gave himself a black eye, a scratch on his face, a big scratch on his knee and bloody teeth twice!