First Day of Pre-school

Today was Nick's first day of pre-school. He was all excited and ready to go until of course we got in the classroom and he froze. He was a little intimidated by all the kids and when the teacher took him away from me- he freaked out! But I left quickly and according to them- after the first couple minutes he then had a blast. He was happy when I went to pick him up and had to show me his papers. So, hopefully then next few drop offs go a little better. Thursday- it's daddy's turn.

House Progress

Well, less than 8 weeks and our house will be done! Currently they are installing the wood flooring today. Here is a picture of the outside of it.

More vacation pics

Vacation

Our family vacation was a trip to LaCrosse Wisconsin to see my sister and family. We left Thursday night and stayed in Ames to break up the drive a little. Arrived on Friday afternoon. The kids played well the entire time- had a few spats- but nothing too bad. We hung out at Beth and Mike's house most of the time. Took the kids to the children's museum and then Sunday we all went on a boat cruise on the Mississippi. It was a nice trip and good time.

Kids

A couple random pictures of the kids. I took Nick to the firestation for the 3rd time so he could play on the firetrucks. He says he is going to be a firefighter when he grows up- we'll see! The others are just Emily being cute.

Class reunion

For those that read Beth's blog- she gave the low down of our weekend back in Ruthven for Bully Bullhead weekend. Boating, Parade, Street Dances- and alot of people pretty much sums it up. It was fun to see everyone. Our class celebrated our 15yr at Dave and Jill's. Close to half showed up- maybe for our 20 yr we will get a better turn out? I won't hold my breath- but they don't know what they are missing!!!

Our house

Here are the lastest pictures of our house taken Sat. night. Moving right along!!

Kiddos

Here is a picture of miss Emily on the boat yesterday. She does pretty good so far. The weather was perfect- water calm!! The other pic is of Nick playing with flour. He loves to play with it and make a mess- so I got smart and sent him outside to do it.

More House Pictures

House

Here is where we are at with building our new house. It is coming along pretty well so we are trying to pick out more things for the inside so when they are ready it is all done!

Two Peas in a Pod

Over memorial day weekend we went back to Ruthven. Beth and the kids came too so Josie and Nick got to play. They are quite the pair. Here are some pictures of them together. Enjoy!

The Kids

As for the kids. Emily will be 9 months on the 10th and is the happiest baby I have ever seen! She finally decided to start eating some baby food. It took until she turned 8 months until she decided it wasn't that bad. Still no teeth yet- but I think we are getting closer! She has started a little crawling- but hasn't really taken off yet- but it won't be long. She likes to roll around on the floor and "wrestle" with her brother. It is so funny to watch them both giggle. As for Nicker, he is a little talker- especially if some stranger comes to the house (ie- the cable guy) he followed him around and talked his ear off. But if it is family he turns into a shy little boy? He has taken well to the move- I think understands the reasoning behind what is going on. He knows our "old" house and where the new house is and calls this townhome "the rental" Kinda cute. We are still struggling with the potty training. I may have to call in sick for a week and just work with him one on one every day to get this down. Cheerios worked for a little bit- but I am running out of time and ideas! He is supposed to start pre-school in the fall and has to be potty trained. Any suggestions out there I am open to them! Otherwise we are all doing well. Anxiously awaiting the new house and looking forward to the summer to fly by!!

House

Well, looks like I missed a couple months in my updates- been a little busy... imagine that! First off we sold our house in a week back in March and just moved into a temporary townhome until our house is finished. Moving was not fun- as it never is but I was smart and hired some guys to move the furniture! The townhouse is not a bad set up. We can deal with it for a while. As for the new house. They have dug ground and poured the footings and walls. So it's a start. They told us originally that Oct. 31st it would be done- so we will cross our fingers! Here are some pics of the old house and then Nick helped his dad stake our new house a while back. What a big helper he is!