Sterling lost his first tooth. It was quite wiggly and so Matt persuaded Sterling to let him pull it out with pliers. (It makes a great story, ya know?) The fact that Matt had crazy morning hair made the pictures even better.
As you can see, Sterling was not traumatized and don't worry, Matt did wash the pliers first.:)
I'm getting bigger . . .
The kids enjoyed their end of summer reading program celebration at the park.
We went to a baseball game with the Bacon, Spangler, and Dorius families. This was a prize from the summer reading program.
We went to the Children's Museum again and hit their Knights/Princesses show and their Wizard of Oz exhibit among other things. The kids enjoyed the simulator of tornado speed winds, dressing up, playing pizza restaurant, painting, bubbles, etc.
Just before school started we decided to squeeze in a camping trip with the Owens. We met each other half way, in Iowa. We enjoyed hiking, swimming, and rafting down the river. It is actually a funny story because the water was so low that we pretty much had to paddle down river to get anywhere. We didn't go very far because it was so slow going. However, I think we all had fun and enjoyed being together.
We also enjoyed playing card games together (well Matt Owen would never admit that he had fun playing cards because then we wouldn't have to coerce him to play every time :) and at the end of our trip we even enjoyed some rain.
School started mid August. The kids are the first students of this brand new elementary school. The kids insisted on wearing their school shirts for the first day.
Along with the routine of school, we have also started soccer (Eve and Ster), piano (Eve), activity days, (Eve), and dance (Eve). I may be crazy to do so much but so far we have a great schedule and it has been quite enjoyable. (Soccer photos will be on future posts.)
Soccer will end in October, so things will slow down a bit then. Now that the kids are in school, and Sheri will be starting preschool I am definately NESTING! It's a good thing, because October 5th is coming fast and I could even deliver before then!
I feel quite happy. Life is busy and good! I sure love my family! I am very blessed!
1 comment:
Great post Beck! I liked lots of the photos - Matt, you (you are so long, you don't look very prego), Sterling with his tooth out, Eve with her cotton candy, the kids with the witch's hats. That last one of Sterling reminds me a bit of Joe.
New Baby Smith will be here so soon!!! Looking forward to it.
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