Mall of America

Last week over MEA, I took the girls and each had a friend to the MOA. 

Emersyn and Ava

Audrey and Emma

Audrey and Emma coming out of Log Ride.  Audrey's face is priceless.  They were pretty wet!!

We had lunch at Rainforest, they loved it and both girls want to go back for their Birthdays!!

Best buds!!!  Audrey and Emma became friends at school last year.  They seem to get along very well and are mature for their ages.
We really had an awesome day!!!  It made me feel so good to see their ecstatic faces on the rides!!!

Harvest Day

Last weekend we spent a beautiful day in Forrestville for Harvest Day with some great friends.  The first pic is the boys and Sam walking through the woods to get there.

The kids loved taking turns with the corn sheller.

Audrey looks so grown in this pic!!!

The end result....

They also helped this man make fresh apple cider.  It was yummy!!

Audrey wanted a pic on the porch of this colonial house.

Big Boy!!!

Just wanted to share a few recent pics of Wrigley.  It's so hard to believe he will be 3 before too long...(4 mos)  Where did my baby go???  He bring so much joy and stress to my life at the same time, although I am so thankful God put him in my life!!!!  He loves to be the center of attention.  Is such a momma's boy when with me and hardly will leave my side.  His favorite thing to eat is a sucker as you see in this bottom picture. 
Since changing him to a twin bed, sleeping has been a nightmere.  He will not stay in there to go to sleep and always begs to sleep in my bed.....
I try to stick to my guns, but he is always in bed with me before morning....It's so hard because I just need sleep also......
He is all boy in that he loves balls, throwing, hitting, etc...He has many timeouts at daycare for stealing toys and throwing toys lately.  I talk to him each day before he goes.....I hope I survive this little guy!!!He recently got bright red nail polish on my bedroom carpet and then shortly later bright red bug juice!!!

1st day of School....only a couple of months late!!!

 Big 4th grader with Wrigley who didn't want to miss out!!!

 So hard to believe Audrey is in 4th grade and now at Central.  She is in one of the classes with notebook computers.  They are doing 90% of class work on it!!! Makes me feel old.  She does so well.  I am so proud of her.  She is still a great help to me at home and with Wrigley.

 Big 1st grader.  I still can't believe how cold it was the first day of school this year!!

1st grade has been a bit of an adjustment for Em.  Many mornings she has gone to school crying.  She says she doesn't like some of the math and spelling things they are working on.  She has a great teacher, Mr. Vandeloo...he says she is "painfully shy" and seems to lack self confidence.  I have a feeling school is not going to be easy for her....it has always seems a piece of cake with Audrey.  The past 2 weeks have been better...Em is just not a morning person at all and very crabby when has to be woke up......She has many friends and seems very social at home.....

I am Back!!!

 Post 2nd Tri.  In Prairie River Wisconsin (near Chicago)

 This is the group of gals I went with.  Mona, Joyce, and Patty.  I really can't wait to do some tri's again next year.  I really can now understand how it is addicting.

 We went to my parents around Labor Day weekend.  The weather was great and we visited Niabi Zoo.

 Audrey feeding Goat.

 Em also feeding goat.  A lady there shared her bags of feed with us.  The goats were quite greedy, but kids enjoyed it.

 Wrigley and I with birds.  You could buy a cup of nectar and the birds would flock to you.  Was cool and a little scarey!!!  Their claws were shap!!

 Proud Audrey...before she got peed on by one and thought she would die!!!  Was pretty funny!!

On train....

So, I FINALLY Broke down and bought a lap top!!!  I am so excited that I can now download pictures quickly again!! I hope to be a better blogger again!!!  My desktop was 8 years old...I couldn't stand it anymore.   Lovin the wireless net!!!