Hattie rides a 2 wheeler!

Hattie has enjoyed biking so much this summer, way more than the boys ever liked it.  She scoots around on their old blue and green bike with training wheels and can go so fast.  We got her a girls bike (princess) but she prefers Ol’Blue.  She also started to ride the balance bike and got really good at going down the driveway and the sidewalks.  So, on my first day back to work, August 28^th, Jeff was home with Hattie because she didn’t have school that day.  She talked him into taking the training wheels of her bike and sure enough, SHE RODE!!!!  It was amazing to see her little 4 year old body ride the bike with such confidence, I couldn’t believe it.  Jeff told her to look up and straight ahead, so now when she gets on you can see her pick her head up and look straight ahead and she just goes!  She can even get started, if she wants to.  So proud of my little girl!

Hot September Days

Last Thursday and Friday, September 21-22 we had some HOT, 90 degree weather.  It was a perfect chance to get out the summer items we had stored and invite a few friends over to run in the sprinkler!  Oh how much fun they had and I loved watching the water fly in the low sunlight.  Giggle and smiles were flying as well!

Beginning of 3rd grade and Pre-K

We had a great start to the year, with the boys going into 3^rd grade and Hattie heading into Pre-K.  When I asked the kids, from the front of the van one day, who was excited for school, the only one I heard yell “YEAH” was Hattie!  Even I wasn’t excited.  However, the night before school I was tucking the boys into bed and they sheepishly admitted they were excited for 3^rd grade. They had met their teacher and I think she excited them as she was “cool, weird and different”.  All things they like.  And she “looked nice”.  That’s a prerequisite for Owen.  And she was nice.  She liked Harry Potter, Star Wars and all literature.  She spoke in a British accent at times, which they loved.  Hattie was excited to see all her old friends and move into the big 4 year old room.  All her teachers were back, she knew the routine and she was ready!  So on the big day the boys boarded the bus and had the best day ever!  The next day Hattie headed to preschool and had her best day!  We are so blessed to have amazing educators in the lives of our children.