Taylor's First Day at School... (pre-school)

Monday, August 16 was Taylor's first day at Winkley Elementary's ELE program. It is a program for school employee's kids to come and be mentors for young students who need extra help before starting Kinder or Pre-K. Taylor is one of 5 teacher's kids. She was SO excited to go to school, have her own princess backpack & lunchbox, and be able to play on the playground every day! "I am a big girl now, Mommy, I go to school," is what she says. Too cute. The first day she had a little trouble with being bossy and not listening (go figure), but now is doing great and loving school, her teachers, and her new friends.

Beanie Baby

Evan LOVES re-fried beans and eats them all the time!! He eats SO many re-fried beans that I am sure he will turn into one pretty soon! He is so excited when I put them in front of him and he is a VERY enthusiastic eater. A bath is always on the agenda immediately after the bean experience!

Evan loves Elmo, too!

Evan is getting to the age where he loves Elmo's Wrold, too! Taylor saw him watching it and decided to sit with him and watch it with him, Too cute!

Rollin' with the Homies

We took Taylor, Evan, Drew, and Ryan to the splash pad one day over the summer. The kids all had a great time and Evan couldn't get enough on the sprinklers. It seemed like the bigger kids liked the mushroom fountain best because they could sit under it and not get wet. (So cool) All 4 of  the kids played so well together!! It was so hot, that the kids got pooped really fast, and Evan's pants were a little too big and kept falling down, so we went to McDonald's for lunch a little earlier than expected. The kids had a  fun day!

So Happy Together...

Evan and Taylor have really strated to love playing with eachother. Despite a few tiffs here and there, when Taylor wants to be left alone, they play really well together. Evan's favorite thing is to push Taylor on her tricycle through the house.

Visit to Zane & Ray's

We took our first LONG trip to Zane and Ray's in Texarkana at the beginning of August. At first, I didn't know how the kids would do on such a long trip, but they did great! The first night, we went to the Texas- Arkansas line- the kids' first trip out of Texas. Taylor was not easily convinced that Mommy was not in Texas with her anymore. haha While we were there, we went on Ray's boat to the lake and had a blast. Evan was lulled to sleep by the rocking boat and the heat. Taylor loved watching the waves and then playing on the beach area. While we were there, Taylor got a toy "Stoopin Doody" (Sleeping Beauty) phone and would not share with Ray. It became a game between Taylor and Ray that he was NOT allowed to use her phone, sending him to time out, and being bossy, in general, with her hand on her hip. SO sassy. She also loved Ray's tractor and felt the need to sit on it, even when it wasn't on. Evan had a great time doing his Franken-baby run up and down the long hallway in the house. We all had a nice trip and it was so great to spend time with Zane and Ray and for the kids to get to know them better.