First Day of School

Logan was supposed to start school on Tuesday, but we got a call on Monday that said that kindergarten wouldn't start until Thursday.  So we got a couple more days of summer vacation in.  We did get to go meet the teacher on Tuesday. 

 Here's Logan ready for school. 

Walking to school, making sure Mom is still there.   

 Almost there.  School is in sight.

 Ready to go in. 

 All lined up when the bell rings.  Now we look a little nervous. 

 Picking up Logan from school.  Waiting is hard work.

All done!!  And still smiling! 

Logan's teacher said he did great and was a model student.  We're looking forward to a year of fun!

A Month in Review

We've had a busy summer.  Lot's has happened since our last post.  We've had lots of visitors, lots of trips to the zoo, aquarium, and museums, trips on the rail runner, baseball games and back to school prep.  So we'll do a quick recap. 

In July both my sisters visited and their trips overlapped for a couple days.  What do you do with 8 kids?  You take them to church, well kind of.  It helps that we have access to keys at the church.  One night we took all the kids, and did a pizza and movie night at the church.  Here's all the kiddos.

 Andrew, William, Zeona, Sarah, Megan, Logan, Elizabeth, Syndl

We used the big screen pulled up lots of chairs and settled in for Tangled. 

We also took a trip on the Rail Runner to Santa Fe.  Spent a couple hours there then returned home.  Megan had a great time and loved looking out the window.  She spent a good deal of the trip plastered to the window, until she finally gave in and took a nap. 

There's always a few minutes to relax.  What's a better way to relax than have a 4 year old walk on your back.

We squeezed in a few baseball games, and even stayed way past all of our bedtimes for fireworks one night.  We had to wake Logan up for the fireworks and Megan was so fascinated by them. 

Logan finished up his class at the zoo/aquarium.  And we went on some non-class days just for fun.  Megan likes to watch the fish so we spent some extra time at the fish tanks.   

Finally one last pre-birthday gift for Logan.  He's wanted to do a build a bear for years so this was finally the year.  He picked his bear, named him 'Friendship' and 'stuffed' him. 

 Here's Logan putting the bears heart in....

 ...giving the bear a bath before picking clothes.... 

 ...dressing the bear, he choose a Cars 2 outfit for his bear.  A pajama set with Lighting McQueen slippers.

Logan and Friendship. He really loves that bear. 

Logan begins Kindergarten on Tuesday.  He's very excited.  His birthday is Sunday and we'll be having a Dino Bash Party on Sunday after church, I'll be preparing for that this week while Logan is in school.  Pictures coming soon.  

An Early Birthday

We decided to get Logan his birthday present early this year, so that he'd have the summer to enjoy it.  We got him a bike, with training wheels.  We went to see Cars 2 on Saturday so it was only appropriate that we get him a Lightning McQueen bike.  After dinner we headed out and rode up and down the street several times.  He had a great time and did really well, even going up hill.  

How did Megan spend our time out on our walk/ride?  She ate her foot, or kept trying. 

Here's a short video of Logan riding his bike. 

Everyday This and That...

Not much going on here.  The winds have shifted so we haven't been getting as much smoke in the city as we were last week.  The days are really nice and if it's hazy it's only in the evening and at night.  Hopefully they'll get the fire out soon.  Last night the news said it was 29% contained. 

Logan started his zoo/aquarium class this week.  We learned about marsupials.  He made a wombat craft.  We helped Megan make one too.  The zoo has 2 or 3 new wombats, it's a brand new exhibit.  Here's some pictures of the week. 

 Logan started the week off reading the Sunday comics, or at least looking at all the pictures. 

We went to see a magician at the library this week.  He's holding 2 doves that he made appear.  Logan is in the hat almost in the center of the picture, he's a little to the right. 

Finally a video of Megan laughing.  She'll laugh at almost anything Logan does.  In the video he's screaming 'Doggy Surprise'

Morning Fun.

This was taken this morning.  So cute, makes me smile everytime I look at it.  Just some early morning fun.  We're not even out of our PJ's. 

Just like any kid, Megan loved playing with the box.  I couldn't even get her to look at me for a picture.

Birthday's and Fires

Just one birthday and one fire really.  Dan's birthday was yesterday, but we celebrated on Sunday since Dan worked yesterday.  We had a cake, Dan had his own individual cake.  Yellow cake with chocolate frosting, the same one he wants every year.  Logan happened to tell Dan that for his birthday he was having chocolate cake, and couldn't understand why Daddy didn't want a chocolate cake. 

As for the fire, Albuquerque and most of New Mexico has been pretty smoky the past few days and it continues to get worse.  The smoke is from the Wallow fire in AZ though not far from the NM border, as of last night it hadn't spread into NM but I'm sure it will.  It's a huge fire, there's 0% containment.  NM is cutting trees and clearing a path, I'm assuming they're hoping that if it runs out of fuel it will at least give them a chance to get it under control.  Last night the smoke was so thick and so bad, I think the news said there was only 1 mile of visibility.  You could actually see ashes falling from the sky.  These are some pictures taken about 7:15pm.  The orange/redish sky is all from smoke, not the sunset or a storm.  These are views out the front and back yards.  Though it looks like the pictures have had their color altered I assure you this is exactly what it looked like.  It's supposed to be like this until Thursday at least.  The days aren't too bad, it's hazy and you can smell the smoke but it not until the evenings and night that the smoke just lays over the city like this.  Hopefully the firefighters will be able to get some control over this fire soon. 

Building Planes

We've had a busy couple of weeks. Logan finished pre school and got registered for Kindergarten in the fall.  Megan got 2 teeth, her 2 bottom front ones.   We finally got our swap cooler up an running and with temperatures in the 90's we got it up just in time.  Last week we went to Lowes for a kids craft.  Every couple of weeks they do a craft, it's free and Logan had a good time.  The kids get an apron and a patch.  This time Logan and Dan made a bi-plane.  Dan did most of the hammering.  Logan helped with some.  After they were done building it there were stickers the kids could use to decorate their plane.  I think Logan used every single sticker he could. 

Meanwhile, Megan has been working on teeth.  She got her first 2 teeth at the same time, a couple weeks ago.  Her 2 bottom front teeth.  Much like Logan there weren't any major signs she was teething, a runny nose and some drool but that's about it.  Then up popped two teeth.  She's also discovered she can stand by herself, as long as she's holding on to something.  Her little play gym is just the right size.  She's close to crawling but it hasn't happened yet.  She scoots backwards on her tummy for now, but doesn't go very far. 

Logan's zoo class starts in about 10 days.  We'll be celebrating Dan's birthday this weekend.  And hopefully we'll get to spend some time outside next week.  No going out side today, smoke from a wild fire in AZ has covered ABQ and most of NM and it's no fun to be outside in it.  Looks like we'll spend the day playing inside.