Gianna can put away the pancakes!

Here is Gianna with a pancake this morning.
And of course she finished it and wanted more!

Today was Andrew's first day of preschool!

Showing off the card he made for his teacher...

Gotta jump of backwards too!

Getting help from his teacher hanging up his backpack...

With his very sweet teacher...

And this is how we left, with Andrew focusing on Play Doh. Mike and I waited for him to get upset that we were leaving, but he only looked slightly annoyed that we were still standing in the doorway whenever he looked up!

Later that afternoon...

His first day wiped him out!

Andrew's animal parade - 4th birthday!

Opening gift from Isabella - Simba from The Lion King. He likes to make a face and repeat a line Simba says in that movie.

Card and gift from Gianna. She chose for him a Star Wars figurine. As Mike pointed out, his first action figure!

Play Doh and Play Doh tools from Brian and Melissa - a definite hit as we already have played with them!

Adorable outfit and Caillou book from Aunt Jane! I think the face tells you he was quite happy!

Super Hero in a Box from Mommy and Daddy...

Oh boy, is this thing ever loud!!!!

Out to dinner...

I don't want to pose, I need to RUN!!!
There are lives to save and candles to blow out!Happy birthday, my sweet boy.

The Olympics

I was so excited for the Olympics, we made some crafts we found online.The kids weren't that thrilled to have their pictures taken as they were waiting to open their gold medals - inside the medals were cookies from Martha Stewart recipe called Thousand-Layer Chocolate Cookies. I should have taken pictures of them, but they got eaten pretty quickly! I was excited to try them because I think most chocolate chip cookies have too much chocolate, in this recipe I could control the amount of chocolate chunks I put in. That being said, I actually put in too few. They were quite edible just the same! We are LOVING the Olympics! Gianna loves the equestrian events, no surprise there!

Daddy-Daughter Date Night

Mike and I try to take each of the girls on a date night most weeks. They usually involve an errand and a little treat. Tonight Mike took Gianna with him to get his hair cut then they took a walk by the lake together. He took this on his cell phone. I think it's such a beautiful photograph that I had to share it.

Mike's birthday

The kids all decorated their presents for their daddy, which was candy for him to take to the movies. Here is Isabella giving her gift to Daddy - she made a picture of her and her daddy together...

Here is Gianna with hers. Her picture kind of gives away the contents (peanut butter cups!)

And of course, Andrew gave his a special touch as well.

Looks like Bella is offering some help!

Happy birthday, Mike!!!

Tennis

Here are some pictures from the kids' first day of tennis lessons. Andrew is a bit on the young side for them (he missed the age cutoff, but they let me enroll him anyway) but he's trying!