Hannah is in first grade!

Another school year has started for Hannah, and this year she is in the first grade.  Everyone made the trip to the bus stop at 7:15AM on her first day of school.  Reilly woke up when Hannah did, and Sullivan didn’t want to be left out either. Everyone had fun at the bus stop, although Sullivan was a bit sleepy.  Hannah’s best friend Evan is at the same bus stop and Hannah and Evan re-created their “backpack pictures” from last year when they rode the bus for the first time.  Hannah told Daddy later that Evan is her boyfriend… Wow.

Go get 'em tiger!!

Sullivan's 15 month stats

Sullivan continues to make us laugh.  He is such a happy baby.. always smiling, laughing, pretending to be a big(ger) kid than he is!  He is not yet walking...although taking steps and getting around just fine without walking.  He goes so fast on his little walker, that I think actually walking would be a setback for him!  Today he is 16 months and I'm just now posting his 15 month stats.  Oops!

Weight - 20 lbs 2 oz (6%)
Height - 30 1/4 in (24%)
Head - 47.6 cm (63%) 

This is a picture of him from the other day.  He is such a ham!

Hannah's 7 Year Stats

First of all, I can't believe my baby girl is 7(as of July 1)!!!!  Where has the time gone?  She is a beautiful, kind, sweet hearted, feisty, sometimes sassy, always fun, little big girl.

Weight - 50 lbs (45%)
Height - 45 3/4 in (12%)  (I'm not sure why they couldn't give the girl a break on the 1/4 inch!!)
BMI - 17 (75%)

Here's a pic of her from the other day. She's pointing to show that her training wheels are off!

Big kid!!

He's a big kid with a big drink!!

Middle Name Confusion

In a conversation tonight about spelling and names we asked Reilly
what his middle name was. (I was sure he knew it as often as I use his
first/middle name combo when trying to get his attention). With an
uncertain smile on his face he said "Meatball"! We all laughed
hysterically because Meatball used to be his nickname!!

Awesome Summertime!!

Arghhh Matey!!

I love a good pirate and princess breakfast!!

Kids at the beach

Stephanie took this great picture of our kids at the beach.  Can't wait for them to come home and see me!

Pink Cadillac

Ok, it isn’t a pink Cadillac, but it is as close as we get at Touch a Truck.

Safety First

When riding dirty (in the garbage truck), think safety first!

Who you gonna call?

A little bit of advertising, but still a great time.  This car has a working old school police siren AND they encourage the kids to turn it on.  It is very loud, even for me with my terrible hearing.

Bonnie and Clyde?

Bonnie and Clyde didn't get very far in the getaway car.

Our city puts on a very nice event for the local kids called “Touch a Truck”.  The city/county brings out all the emergency vehicles (not just trucks), and local businesses and residents bring out there vehicles for the kids to sit in and blow the horns, etc.  They blow the horns all day, so many horns… You would think the horns would be disabled, but they are not.

 Reilly tried on the real fireman's hat while standing on the ladder from the Fireman's ladder truck.

 Then he saw what it was like to ride in the back of an ambulance.

 Sat in the front seat of a big truck...

 All while Sullivan rode in the "stroller truck".

Hannah looked like a natural on the motor cycle.

As did Reilly.

Thanks to all the tolerant city employees for the use of their trucks.

Sullivan's first Happy Hour

Sullivan had his first Happy Hour, at least that is what Mommy called in on the invitation for the neighborhood friends.  Sullivan had lot of friends come over to hang out in the cul-de-sac and play for a while.  The adults had the Happy Hour drinks and the kids got bread and water.

 Before Sullivan got to eat another cupcake, Mommy had to clean out his mouth just a little bit.

 Now that he is good and mad, we put the cupcake really far away from him so he couldn't reach it.

 "I really want that cupcake."

 "Ok, you can have it, but only after I get that cancel out of it." -Mommy

Now everyone can help you eat it.

Helpful siblings

Sullivan loved his presents, and his brother and sister loved opening them for him.

Everyoe loves Cupcakes!

Hannah and Reilly loved the cupcakes too!

And he loved it...

When he did get into eating that cup-cake, he loved it.

Sullivan started out a little bit slow with his cupcake, but he eventually got into it.

So Sullivan’s hat was not quite the same as his brother’s and sister’s hats.  His hat had didn’t have a stretchy strap to hold it on his head.  It was a little bit tight, and apparently not comfortable to wear.  He didn’t like it at all, and refused to wear it for any period of time.  Plus, this was his first time wearing one, so he wasn’t used to it.

Sullivan's 1st Birthday

 Sullivan getting ready for his birthday cup-cake!

 Everything seems to be going well.

 Wait a minute, what is that on my hand?  I don't like that!  Get it off.

What is this torture device you are putting on me?  I don't do hats.

Oh wait, there is a cup-cake, I don't mind the hat so much anymore.

Mommy took Hannah, Reilly, and Sullivan to the beach this week, while Daddy stayed home to work.  Since we had just gotten back from Italy and a ten day vacation, there was a lot of work to get caught up on.  These pictures aren’t from that trip, but just a couple we took last time we were there.

ALL the cars in Italy are small.  It is like a whole country bought Smart Cars, except for the American tourists driving the 9 passenger van.  We didn’t stand out at all.  Because I don’t generally get in front of the camera, Brandon was nice enough to demonstrate how small these cars really are.

This red “car” is like a grown-up tri-cycle.  Numerous times we saw two grown men sitting in the front of this things. They literally spill out the side windows.