August comes and goes!

Here's Leila getting ready for school!

Enjoying popsicles on a hot day. Our sweet neighbor Leia is between Gretta and Sy. She will be starting kindergarten soon, so we won't be seeing her as much :(

Spending the night at Grandmas (who of course has lucky charms :). Before we even poured the cereal, my exact words to Silas were, " you may have this, but you can't just pick out the marshmallows"...the power of suggestion!

Here is my dear friend Renee with their fourth baby girl Jeanette born on her due date!

The four girls plus our four and Leia. We have our very own preschool!

Leila in her element.

"Nat, did you see what's in our bedroom?" said Tim one day when he came home from work. I was wondering where I would find "artwork" after catching Leila with a black marker without a cap earlier that day. I breezed around the house, but didn't spot a thing. Thankfully, I recently received an amazon order of magic erasers! Worked like a charm for getting rid of non-washable marker.

This was definitely the softest bunny we have ever pet. These few pics are from our day at the fair in Green Bay, thanks to a prize from the library for finishing our summer reading program!

"Is that a shot??" Leila

Sy's not sure what is coming....

Power Rangers need a nap sometimes too!

Weeeeeeeeee! (sam watching me type, "thats a lot of E's!!)

While I make supper, I also find Lou in another of her elements :) This time, choosing more wisely!

Gretta and Sam in the school room at Heritage Hill. The teacher had them repeat, "Straight spines mean alert minds!" over and over. They got a good fifteen minute dose of what school was like a hundred years ago!

This was a fun game where each kid held unto two sticks and passed a hoop across from them to another player.

Practicing shorthand...high school is just around the corner!