Hand Holding

On the walk to the Schnitzel Fest, for the first time ever, the girls held hands! Because of the leashes though, Maddie used the "other" hand instead of the one closest to Lexi. Lexi's in the blue, Maddie the pink. The last two photos shows Maddie dancing to the music! She loved the band and danced for quite a while!

Schnitzel Fest 2006

Today was the 4th annual Schnitzel Fest here in town. We took the kids and walked around. We were going to try some of the schnitzel and good German beer but they ran out before we could get some! :( Anyway, here are some pics from today's event!!

Nate Being Nate

Joe took these photos of Nate this afternoon after we got back from Schnitzel Fest. His eyes seemed to pop right out with the color from his shirt! Love the funny faces!

First Day of Preschool 2006

Here are a few pics taken today - Nate's first day of preschool! He looked so handsome with his new polo shirt and a nice fresh haircut!! And of course, the girls had to get in on the action as well!! (The single pic is of Lexi - the girls with me, Lexi is on the right.)

He did really well! They've changed the routine a bit from last year. We didn't have to take him to his classroom like before. We meet in front of the school and the teacher goes and picks up the bus kids first and then comes over and gets the ones waiting in front of the school. She has this neat little rope with those large pop beads on it so each student grabs a bead and follows. We thought Nate was going to take his bead and do fine but he tried to walk away so one of the teachers held his hand in one hand and his bead in the other to show him how to do it. But the best part is....HE DIDN'T CRY!! He just turned around and looked at us as he walked down the hall!!! I was SOOO proud!!

How Can You Not Love This Face?

Joe went out to mow the neighbor's lawn tonight and apparently Nate couldn't find his hat. So he went to the coat closet and found the next best thing - one of his sister's hats!! Isn't he a cutie?!

The Nose Knows!

Here are some pics of Nate's nose and eyes a couple of days after he fell on his face! You can see he has a little bit of shiner on his right eye. And in one of the pics, you can see the swelling that's still there a tad. Poor little guy! Sorry they're not all in focus 100% - he wouldn't sit still!






This one was taken last night. He fell asleep half on the ottoman and half on the couch and looked nice and comfy - especially in his new pjs! :)