Monday, October 3, 2011

Anne's Birthday Hike

Last Saturday was Anne's birthday! We sincerely love Anne and were so excited to be invited to join her and  Seth on a birthday hike! 







Katey LOVED running ahead!


Anna LOVED being  in the pack, she just sang & laughed the whole time!


Two pink water bottles :)



Stopped for lunch :)



After lunch Katey wanted to ride in the pack :)




Katey had SOO much fun she simply couldn't handle it :)

After this we had a great dinner with them then went to the airport to get Daddy who'd been in San Fransisco the whole week! What a great day!

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

1st Day of Preschool Co-op!

So a few friends and I started talking one day about how much we like the idea of getting our kids together for "school".  Kinda a mix between homeschooling (which Joe & I plan to do) and traditional pre-school. This conversation quickly turned into excitement and we decided "why not start now!".  Our group has sadly shrunk with the Overby's moving away but still with 3  2 year olds and a 4 year old, Tracy, Lisa and I began our preschool today!

Our goal is not to really educate our children in the ways of math, science or these types of lessons but instead to begin to teach our children to be kind, follow instructions from someone other than mom (or dad) and to have fun!

We wanted to chronicle our first day, and as this blog is my best chance to remember anything, here go the pics :)

"Gathering Time" with teacher Lisa


"Circle Time"
Singing "Head and shoulders, knees and toes".




"Table Time"










Isn't our class ADORABLE!!!

Back to "Gathering Time" for a story!





Anna liked it too even though she's a little young :)



Ok back to the story :)



Learning to be kind :)


"Play Time"


And our class Roster!


Zachary Pietzold 4
( 4 in Sept)


Katelyn Knapp 2 3/4
(Turned 2 last December)


 Ty Pietzold 2 1/2
 (Turned 2 in March)


Cooper Cary 2
(Turned 2 in Aug)


So excited to see where our year takes us!

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Just My girls!

I am so in love with my girls and just don't get the camera out enough at home so this particular morning they were both being adorable and I had it close...here is the result :)







And we are done!  I love them!!!