Fair Time!

We went to the Puyallup Fair today. Rode some rides, ate some cotton candy, etc. All in all a good day.

Xander's Train Set

We finally received the wooden train set for the train table on Friday. So, that's what we did with our evening. Chris put it together with a little "help" and both kids enjoyed playing with it. And again this morning that's what they went for first thing. Guess how long it took for them to take apart the set up Chris worked so hard at...... It was this morning before he even woke up. I think this will give him (Chris) endless hours of play with Xander. :)

Izzy's First Day of Kindergarten

Izzy started kindergarten on Wednesday, 9/3/08. She was very excited! She's going to Madrona K-8. This is a Seattle public school. She has to wear uniforms, blue school t-shirt with navy bottoms. I'm really loving that! No pink, no arguement about what to wear! She's sitting at a table of 5-6 other kids and I know 2 of them went to her summer daycare program. Here are a few pics....


Izzy and Dad before school. Chris got to take Izzy on her first day.



Izzy and her teacher on the first day.



Izzy at her desk.

She came home the first day and told me they wrote numbers but she was only able to get to 38 before it was time to stop. She was little disappointed she couldn't do more. The day before she was practicing numbers at home and wrote up to 100! We're so proud!

Out and About

This Labor Day weekend, the kids and I tried to get out and about while C. was out of town. We went to the Zoo with a friend, walked up to Madrona playground where we always have to stop at Cupcake Royale in Cafe Verite.

Happy 2nd Birthday, Xander!

We celebrated Xander's 2nd Birthday before Memaw had to hope the train back home. G'pa Bill also was able to make it for his party at the playground. It was a really long trip for G'pa Bill. His train got held up an extra 4 hours! That's almost twice as long as it should take to get here.

We had a great little party at the playground with cupcakes. The weather was great, infact, I'm glad we had it at 10am because it was really starting to get warm! We had 3 two year olds and Izzy. We all enjoyed the cupcakes, but I think the kids enjoyed them a little more from the icing on the frosting.

Medival Festival

During Memaw's visit we took the opportunity to visit a local Medival summer festival. Camlann Medieval Village is a short drive from Seattle. After walking around and enjoying the festival we had dinner at the Bors Hede Inn. This was definately the highlight of the day. We got in trouble for using out flash camera at the Inn. :) It was worth it, though.

Memaw's Visit

Memaw came to visit and watch Xander the third week of August while his daycare was closed for a week. They had a great time getting to knew each other. Xander got a new train table at the beginning of that week that kept him occupied most of the time. He still hasn't gotten the train to go with it (it's in the mail, bought on ebay last week). They played cars, he has about 50+ and he climbed all over it.