Pre-School

My big girl goes to school now Monday thru Friday from 8 am until 1:30. I can't believe that she is gone everyday and just to think that it will be like this for the next 14 years. I will never have Ruth home with me again. I dropped her off with a smile on my face. Laughing with her while she was jumping up and down in excitement. When she walked in the line into school with the teacher I stood outside and cried my eyes out. I got in to car, and cried the entire way home. She rides the school bus every day now and I get teary eyed every morning when I send her on. She seems to like it so far. She isn't in love with school but I know that she just needs to make new friends and then she will love it.

Walking over to the school so excited and ready.
She looks so little in front of that great big school.

Waiting on her designated shape for the teacher to come get the class. This is where she is to wait after she gets off of the bus every morning.

And this is where I began to cry....

Russell,
One year ago you were born. You have been stubborn from the beginning showing up late, the night before your scheduled induction. You surprised us with your weight at 10 lbs 3 ozs. You were amazingly handsome right from the start. Your stubborn personality is still here. You get so angry when we take something from you. Your growl and dirty look makes us laugh every time. Oh and lets talk about your "I am in trouble" smile... you are notorious for getting in trouble and then looking at us with a smile, your nose and eyebrows scrunched, and a goofy giggle. I know you understand the word no. You just think its a joke when we say it. You are always looking for something to do and always on the go. Unfortunately you never want to cuddle anymore which makes us sad. You would rather be crawling everywhere and finding something else to study for a bit. Although when you do want to cuddle on those rare occasions you still always want mommy. You are intrigued by things... you will sit and play with the same toy...putting each piece in different places until you learn all that it can do. You have learned how to walk but so far, choose not to. We catch you walking 4 or 5 steps and you aren't even wobbly and you go pretty fast, but then you sit down and crawl because you are faster at it. I know in time you will walk and cause us more trouble. I can't believe that our baby boy is 1 now, and those baby days will never be back. I love seeing your personality come out and learning what type of boy you will be, yet Mommy misses her little baby who I rocked to sleep everyday for 8 months. Russell, you are the best baby boy a Mommy could ever ask for. We love you so much.

Russell finding baby dinosaur eggs in the dino egg hunt.

Big brother Jack trying to show little brother Cole all of the eggs he found for them.

Russell digging into his bright blue argyle cake. Yummy.

Happy family!

The twins helping Russell open up his birthday present from them.

Its nearing the end and poor russell is so tired.

Labor Day

Since Robert had the day off of work we enjoyed the day in a large american style waterpark called Etnaland. Because of the outrageous prices we have never gone before even though its just 15 minutes away. It was the last day for the year that they were open so the prices were right. We enjoyed ourselves! Woah...this one was fast. It didn't stop her. She kept going for more!

Lovin the slides.

Getting to be a little..... well you finish the sentence

What a little devil. He climbed into the toy basket and up on the table! Our dare devil is always climbing.

Start Smart Soccer

Not only are we doing ballet and full time preschool, but we are playing soccer too! And she is doing great at it! She is really focused!

Go Ruth!!!

Learning how to stop the ball with her foot.

Got her new shirt, her new shin gaurds, and a ball!

Festivale

Friends and I went on a ladies night at the Festivale to celebrate the Saint Giacomo of a town an hour away. We had a blast stuck in this crowd believe it or not!

The bones of the St Giacomo that left this church and rode around the town for everyone to touch.

First Haircut

About a month ago Russell had his first haircut by our good friend Anna. Even though she has no kiddos of her own she did a magnificent job at being patient with our very squirmy boy. It turned out perfect... except that he now lacks the long curls. Ah well... what a handsome boy anyhow!