Monday Moments #35~ late again....

Well, I am posting late again. In my defense, Monday was a holiday this week. Anyway, better late than never I guess.

On Saturday Camryn and Brian went to the Husker game. This year we only had 2 tickets so Elody and I went shopping.

not a great picture due to the shadow but at least Brian got a picture of her at the game this year

Camryn really liked the band at half-time. They played songs from Frozen and made a heart! 

Monday Moments #34 ~ It's quiet at home now...

Last Monday Camryn started 2nd grade. Camryn has always liked school but toward the end of first grade she started getting really whiny about going so I was a little nervous that she would put up a good fight about going to 2nd grade. Luckily she must have forgotten about not liking school and she was ecstatic to start 2nd grade. This year will be a big change for Camryn's class as they combined the 2 sections from last year into 1 large class. While I always liked that she had a very small class in kindergarten and 1st grade (around 13 kids), we didn't like that there were only a few girls in her class. This year she has 26 students and 10 are girls! So far the best part of 2nd grade is having Mr. Butler. Camryn has liked Mr. Butler since she was in kindergarten and we were thrilled to find out that she has him as a teacher this year.

Ready for 2nd Grade!!

Mr. Butler and Camryn

On Tuesday Elody started kindergarten!! She was a little sad that she didn't get to start on Monday with Camryn but mommy was glad to have an extra day :) Elody has been counting down the days all summer but the last week or so before school started she started getting nervous. She started to get a little clingy as I left but she managed to hold it together.

My sassy girl is so grown up!

The girls picked the same back pack this year, shockingly they were both okay with that.

Best Buddies

 

Elody found a preschool friend first thing

She got REALLY excited when the bell rang!

Ms. Reeves sent this picture home :)

Monday Moments #33 ~ Our step back in time

Finally a week with something to post!!

Last week the girls and I went to Minden to eat lunch with Brian. After lunch Brian went back to work and the girls and I went to Pioneer Village. I have wanted to take them there for quite some time but it never seemed to work out. I was cautiously hopeful that the girls would enjoy it and it ended up that they loved it! I didn't think they would have any interest in the old buggy's, cars and tractors but they took quite a bit of time looking at each one and Camryn attempted to read every sign. Their enthusiasm about the cars eventually faded (especially since they have building after building after building filled with them!) but they quickly moved on and found other things to get excited about. They loved going in the different buildings and of course made a friend or two.

They loved looking at everything in the main building

Camryn doesn't have the love of trains that she had when she was around the age of 2, but she still can't pass up the chance to climb on one.

and of course pretend to drive it!

Camryn was trying to look sad

that girl's got quite a frown!

their favorite friend of the day, the broom maker

He showed them how to run the machine that wraps the wire around

Elody was quite good at it!

Then he let them do some "sewing"

 We ended up spending 3-4 hours there and the girls never seemed to get bored. Having grown up 30 miles from Pioneer Village I have gone there a number of times. It is sad that the place is somewhat rundown now and has struggled to stay open. In a world where everyone wants to be entertained by state-of-the-art, high-tech gadgets I am glad my kids can still appreciate the simple things in life.

 

Monday Moments #32~My brave girl!

Camryn has been begging to get her ears pierced for months, maybe longer. It was one of those things that I knew would happen sooner or later but I kept putting it off just because I didn't want to deal with the healing process until she was old enough to handle it. A couple months ago she got more serious about wanting to do it and we finally decided that she could, with one condition... she had to save up the money to pay for half of it. Sunday after church we made a quick trip to Grand Island and she finally got her ears pierced.

she was very serious right before, but still confident that she wanted to do it

pretending she wasn't nervous

so brave!

She was very proud, and she didn't shed a single tear!

redness went away and they have hardly bothered her

Monday Moments #31 ~ Streetcar Days

This weekend we went to Streetcar Days in Red Cloud. I love these small town celebrations! They aren't too crazy busy and there is lots to do. Best of all, most of it is free!

Camryn loved this piglet, here it was trying to eat her boot

then it snuggled up and fell asleep!

the liked the bunnies too

but I think the pony was the obvious favorite

Elody was in love, until the pony wanted a little snack and she fell off!(unfortunately we didn't get a picture of that)

she got right back on and had a good laugh about it!

They also had multiple inflatables that the girls enjoyed for a short time. It was too hot to play on them too much. Again, we somehow didn't get any pictures of that.

Monday moments #30

Another busy week without much to say. Last week the girls had Backyard Bible Club (VBS in the park) every afternoon. Of course after great temperatures the week before we ended up with 90-100 degree weather for Bible Club.

Tuesday and Thursday Brian had softball games. His team is currently winning their way back up the losers bracket. Throw in a couple other obligations/meetings and we ended up with another week without many blog-worthy moments.

Saturday we finally had a laid back day without anything to do so the girls decided to stay cool in the water. Brian decided to take advantage of the situation and put them to work...

Monday Moments #29

It's Monday again and I don't have much to write about. The girls were in Orchard from Thursday to Sunday which means I really didn't have a ton of time with them in the last week.

 Before heading to Grandma and Grandpa's last week Brian took the girls to the kiddy pool at the park. They are almost getting too big for it but they love that they can take lots of pool toys there and I love that it's free.

doesn't get much better than that! :) 

Note to self: we definitely need to do something this week that is worth blogging about!!