First Day of School

Here is Alexis all ready for her first day of Pre-School. She had a wonderful day and loved the bus ride, though she said the driver hit every bump in the road. I told her that bus rides are ALWAYS bumpy. She got to play dress-up and play on the playground. She wasn't scared of anything and was ready to go back. I just wish all the other Pre-Schoolers had great experiences. If you know Alexis, she is a social butterfly. I even found a shirt for her that said "Social Butterfly" with a nice pretty butterfly.

My Beautiful Children!

Alexis wanted to pose for the camera today, so I jumped at the opportunity. Here are some photos that I took of her outside our house. Nolen woke up from his much needed nap and I put a new outfit on him as well and snapped away. Thought I'd try to get a casual photo of them both, but Alexis wanted to stay in her fancy dress. Maybe I will try later.

30 minutes & it's all over

The last softball game was Thursday night. It only lasted 30 minutes because the other team scored 20 runs in the first inning, so we knew it wasn't our night. If it looks like there isn't anyone in the stands on the other side, your right. Our team always had the most fans. Guess I should have taken a picture of all of our fans. We love our team!

Pete up to bat. Sorry about the fence in the picture.

Doug rounds 3rd. Doug didn't play until the end of the season. He soon found out that softball hurts more than wiffleball.

Mark and Pete had a lot of action playing in the infield. For some reason Alexis cheered more for Mark than daddy.

Nolen attended many games and loved being passed around. Next year I'll be chasing him around and won't get to watch much of the games. With a name like "Nolen" I think I see a future ball player.

My little Pre-Schooler

They had open house at the elementary school tonight and Alexis got to see her classroom for the first time. Her first day of school is Monday and she is excited because she gets to ride a bus for the first time.

Alexis found the dress up clothes. She likes the hard hat because daddy has to wear one at work.

I'm not for sure if this is the thinking chair or the time out chair.

Class of 93

I had my 15 year class reunion this weekend. We only had 12 out of 39 show up, but we had a blast talking about the past. Here is a photo of the ones who showed up.

Illinois State Fair

Had to get away from the kids for a while. We went to the Illinois State Fair in Springfield and had a wonderful time. Not too much going on at the fair on Thursday, so I was able to hit a shopping mall. Saw all the sites at the fair on Friday.

I thought Lincoln had aged nicely and the sunglasses were a nice touch.

This photo is for my dad. Yes I visited the Dairy Building and yes I had ice cream. Yum Yum! My last trip to the fair was 1988.

Pete looking at a buffalo hide at the conservation area.

I even earned credit toward my teaching certificate at the fair. And since I was the first teacher through this exhibit, they game me a lot of free stuff to use in my classroom.

The famous butter cow. They have this exhibit every year and everything you see that is yellow is actually butter.

After walking all morning and having tired feet, we rode the sky lift. I remember this from 1988 and this building always accumulates a lot of junk on the roof that is dropped from the riders. No I didn't drop anything, I held my camera tight because I didn't want to drop it.

School starts when?

I cannot believe that school is about to start up again. I have spent the last two days preparing my classroom for the beginning of school. I'll probably spend a few more days next week in the classroom as well. Teacher's institute is on the 15th and then the students start on Monday the 18th. Pray for cooler weather because the building where I teach is NOT air conditioned. Alexis will also start pre-school on the 18th. I won't be posting for a few days. Hubby & I are taking an overnight trip (without the kids) to celebrate our anniversary. This Saturday is the Noble Chowder and also my 15 year class reunion. Busy, busy days ahead!