The Bug turns TWO!

Happy 2nd Birthday Sophie Grace! The little bug turned two years old on September 19. It's hard to believe that she is 2 years old already! We celebrated with a build-a-bear/princess party in Raleigh the weekend before her birthday. Sophie got to make a new animal at build-a-bear along with Caleb, Tyler, Garett, Lily and Lydia. It was a very fun party. Sophie's favorite part was when we all sang happy birthday to her. She smiled and smiled as we sang :) After the party we visited a few more stores in the mall and then headed to the hotel to swim, have dinner & cupcakes and of course open presents. Sophie loved all of her gifts, but after she opened her new dishes for her kitchen she would've preferred to just play and skip the rest of the opening. She's a lucky little girl! On top of the new dishes she received some new play food, a new book, sunglasses, a dress smocked by Nana, a box of dress up clothes (shoes- her favorite!), a rapunzel dress and a new rapunzel doll! Tangled is by far her favorite movie so she was excited she could dress up as rapunzel and have her rapunzel doll. We had a yummy pizza dinner and then cupcakes. Sophie had princess cupcakes and she loved them (as did everyone else) Sophie, Lily & Lydia even got to enjoy a bath together after swimming to test out some of Sophie's new dishes. What a fun celebration!

First Day of School

Today was the first day of school. Caleb started 1st grade and Tyler started kindergarten. They were both very excited to get the school year started and meet new friends. Caleb is now at school all day from 8-3 compared to last year he only had afternoon kindergarten from 12-3. It is a big adjustment and school has been wearing him out! He is liking his new teacher and doing his best to listen and learn. Tyler was very excited about starting kindergarten. He has afternoon kindergarten like Caleb did last year and in fact has Mrs. Jones who was Caleb's teacher last year. Tyler has been convinced he was going to have Mrs. Jones so it's a good thing that is who he was assigned! He is excited to be riding the bus with Caleb now and they get to ride home together.

Garett will have his first day of school for 3 year old preschool tomorrow. He is very excited to get back to school and we hope he is a great first day too!

Labor Day Weekend

We had some company visit for Labor Day weekend. Nana, Paca, Aunt Katie and Aunt Marie came to visit! It was fun to have company and Nana, Paca & Aunt Marie kept up with us on Sunday while Daddy, Mommy & Aunt Katie ran the Rock n Roll Half Marathon! We had a fun weekend of family and fun. On Friday we met up with everyone after they arrived at the Race Expo so that Mommy, Daddy & Aunt Katie could pick up their race packets. We also got to check out a few of the fun exhibits they had. After we finished up there (and got some new fun items) we went to have a yummy mexican dinner. On Saturday we had a hang out day and cooked a yummy hot dog dinner. Perfect for this weekend! Sunday we woke up and Mommy, Daddy & Aunt Katie were nowhere to be found. We're so proud of them for completing the half marathon- we really like their medals they received! Once they returned home we had some more hang out time so that they could rest a little bit. They enjoyed a yummy dinner from PF Changs and it was a great way to end the weekend. We all woke up Monday and had some play time and lunch before it was time to say goodbye.

Everybody had to get back home and we had to rest up for the first day of school! It was a nice way to end our summer vacation.