Henry's First Fish

I thought Henry caught his first fish when we were at Wilderness Lodge, but I had forgotten about his real first fish. He caught a whopper at Grandpa Dee's pond back in May when Nathan and I were in Seattle. Here he is with Grandpa Bill and his fish.

First Soccer Game

Jack had his first fall soccer game last night. He's on a team with his 3 best friends from preschool and 4 other little boys. They all had a great time and even won! Jack got hit on the head with a ball and also scored a goal all the way from kicking it in off the sideline. It doesn't officially count but don't tell him that.

Oh Goodie Goodie

One of my favorite things about Henry is the way he expresses delight at the smallest things. When he gets excited, he often says, "Oh goodie goodie!"

Today was one of those days because library storytime started again after the summer break. I love our library and we have gone to storytime there pretty much every week (except summers) for the past four years! Today was Henry's first day to go without Jack. He had a great time popping bubbles, singing songs, dancing with shakers and the parachute and making a craft.


Today was a significantly better day than Friday. After MOPS we went to McDonald's for lunch with friends. As we were getting ready to leave, Henry somehow disappeared and we couldn't find him. After maybe two minutes of searching my friend looked out the window and saw him in the parking lot standing at our car! I have never run so fast or been so scared. When I got to him, the first thing he said was, "Mommy there were no cars and they green car told me I could go." My heart raced and legs felt shaky pretty much all afternoon. I am so thankful he is safe and cannot believe that happened! He is so fast, but doesn't really ever try to run away from me. I think he just thought it was time to go and decided to go ahead and walk to the car.

9th Anniversary

Nathan and I celebrated our ninth wedding anniversary last week. On Sunday the boys went to Grandpa Glen and Grandma Pam's house, and we went to a bed and breakfast near the Plaza for a night. The boys had a blast at Grandma's and we picked them up the next day. It was nice to have a little bit of time away. Nathan also made me this awesome shelf for our entryway. While he was working on hanging the shelf up, Henry and I made him a chocolate cake. Henry's main job was licking the beater.

3 Weeks of School

Today marks three weeks of kindergarten for Jack. He is doing very well and really likes it, but I think he is just now getting to the point where isn't exhausted when he comes home. I know he's still very tired, but he isn't having quite as hard of a time holding it together as he was at first. His school day starts at 9:10 and ends at 4:10, so we don't get home until 4:25 or so. That's a big change from two days of preschool last year.

He rides his scooter to school every morning, and then we stick in in the stroller and Henry and I bring it home. His teacher is Mrs. Birkland and she's been teaching at Schumacher for 10 years. She is great and we are very thankful he is in her class. Jack's favorite things at school, if you ask him, are recess and P.E. Oh, and probably lunch. Today Henry and I went and ate lunch with him. He seemed so grown up as he told us what to do and where to go. But then when we left he wanted a hug and didn't really want to let go of me.

He is already learning so much, especially with reading. He's making lots of new friends and is ready to go again every morning. Henry and I still miss him though, but we too are adjusting to the new schedule a little more each day.