Hahaha!!

On Sunday, Olivia went over to Grandma Ruth's house to help her cleaning her shed. The next day her class had to write a letter to someone.  She chose to write a letter to Grandma Ruth thanking her for the few things Grandma gave her while they were cleaning as well as thank her for the peanuts they had for snack.  So here is her thank you letter...

HAHAHA!!  This one is definitely going to be put out at her graduation party :)  

The other 2 words are necklace and wagon. 

Finished!!

Our stairs are finished and I love them :). Jesse did a great job. Our carpet should be here in a couple of weeks and we will finally be done redoing the basement!!

Fun Saturday!!

This morning we went with Grandma Barb to pick out pumpkins and do some fun fall activities!! We had a great time!! The kids were crazy hyper today ;)

Caillme

So all of a sudden Charlie is really into Caillou (pronounced Kai-you). Which is funny because he has never shown an interest in TV and there have been moments where I wish he would sit and just watch a movie so I could get something done. Finally I found something he will watch.

Now to the story...the other day he was sitting in bed and he kept saying "kaiMe" and I couldn't figure it out. I thought he wanted me to cuddle him but he usually can say cuddle me with no problem. He kept saying this until Olivia walked in the room and said he wants to watch Caillou. Finally figured it out. Everyone says Caillou to him so he thinks it is CaillMe. We have tried to correct him so many times but he won't budge. At least I know he is up with his grammar ;)

Sneak Peek

So excited...here is a sneak peek at what Jesse is working on ;)

Homework!!

We have entered the world of homework!! Olivia had her reading last year but besides that there wasn't a whole lot of required work outside of school. This year we have added math on top of 20 minutes of reading a day. We are busy but she loves homework and first grade. Last year she never really complained about school but this year she loves her class and comes to my room SUPER happy at the end of the day.  She really likes Mrs. Croal (and misses Mrs. Wiechmann from Kindergarten) She is in a really good class, with lots of great kids.  She also feels pretty cool if she gets to stay up a few minutes later than her brother to do her homework.  Hmmm...I wonder how long this will last :) 

He Cracks Me Up!!

 Charlie and I were going over animal sounds. He knows them all but when I asked him what a pig says and he looked at me, chuckled, and said "excuse me"...haha.

Movie Night

I love when our kids get along ;). Movie night in Olivia's bed with the iPad!!

First day of first grade!

Olivia is soooo excited for first grade!! She was asleep by 7:30 last night and was up bright and early to get ready for school (haha, we know this won't last).

Jesse is staying home for awhile this morning to get her on the bus. She loves riding the bus but only gets to ride it when Jesse is home. She is usually goes to work with me.

When Charlie went to bed last night he kept talking about riding the bus. He is going to be very sad today when his big sister gets in the bus.

Horse Ride!

This past weekend Olivia went camping with my dad and Gayle.  She had lots of fun.  Here is a picture of her with my dad.  The horse Olivia is riding is Aero.  She LOVES Aero!!

Olivia even rode by herself this weekend.  My dad typically leads her horse with a lead rope, but he let her go about a mile without the lead rope and she did great :)