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GH and papa

Daddy's Little Girl

Daddy I'm scared of......

Rooster comments are in red Captain Awesome comments are in black

Daddy I'm scared of skeletons
There are no skeletons here
I'm scared of spiders
Well your bigger than a spider. So if you see one step on it.
Giant spiders
Kick it in the knees. Then when it falls down step on it.
Squash
A big one or little one?.........
Pumpkins
If there is a pumpkin giving you crap smash it with a baseball bat.
Monsters
I'm old and I have never seen a monster. As long as you have Jesus there is nothing to worry about.

Apple Orchard

Yesterday Big Dog was sent home from school with a fever of 102 degrees. But, with some over the counter products we have managed to keep his temp down. He has been in good spirits. So we figured a day out in the country would be good for him. (Fresh air makes you feel so much better. And we weren't worried about him spreading any germs to anyone because there were no surfaces etc that he was touching) Anyway, onto the pictures.

This is Rooster with a "cow egg".
The small corn maze was just the right size for our kids.

The kids loved picking apples.

Go Big Dog!

GH did manage to get some apples pulled off the trees.

Hooray!

GH wants to share:)

The tire swing was a hit last year also.

Have a great fall everyone:)

Hangin out

That's classic!

Photo credit: Rooster

Never act goofy in front of the Rooster. She will document it.

Photo credit: Rooster

Buffalo wings are the perfect game day treat

Big Dog's First Day of Preschool

He was really excited to go to school:)

Daddy's Little Hippie

Yes, we sent our daughter to school looking like a hippie! But, doesn't she look cute?

One big pile of cute

Roosters First Day of School

Last night the school hosted an ice cream social. It was a great opportunity to meet the teachers and tour the school. Rooster seemed happy to meet the teachers and ran around the school happily. She was really excited when she ran into old friends:) This is a picture of Rooster in front of her locker.

The ice cream was delicious. It was the perfect dessert to top off the pizza we ordered to celebrate her first day of school. You may have noticed that the boys are missing. My friend Kim watched them for us. It was really nice to be able to focus all our attention on Rooster. I think she really appreciated the time with us. When we picked up the boys Kim offered us cake. We aren't the type of people who turn down cake. It was nice to be able to sit down and chat with such a nice family.

Before Rooster went to bed we received a surprise call from Aunt Shel. She was reading Cousin I a bedtime story called "The Night Before Kindergarten". And she thought Rooster might enjoy hearing it too. So she called and read this story to both of them at the same time. Isn't that sweet? Rooster clung to the phone as she laid in bed. Rooster was so happy:)

This morning we were a bit sad as we got our "baby" ready for her first day of kindergarten. It's so hard to believe she is a kindergartner. But, she is.

She's a big girl. But, she still loves her daddy:)

Last minute cuddles are the best.

Before she got on the bus she said "Here I come kindergarten!".

Today's Zoo Trip

Here are some pictures from today's trip to the zoo.

We decided to let the kids ride the carousel today. Here's a picture of Rooster.

GH was nervous at first.

Big Dog looked at me like I was crazy when I put him on the the giraffe.

Before we went home we stopped by the farm area. The kids always love petting the goats.

Lauritzen Botanical Garden

Big Dog enjoys getting out and running in huge open spaces. However, he looks super bored in this picture. I guess you can't expect a three year old boy to be impressed with flowers after he's been looking at them all morning:) Big Dog might have been thinking "This place could use some trains....something manly"
To our surprise botanical gardens aren't super lame. I have never been to a botanical garden before today....because I'm so cool. In my mind I pictured people having tea in a field of poppies:D That just doesn't mesh with my rock star life. But, to our amazement the botanical garden was pretty cool:) And it did have trains. Woohooo!!! The kids loved the trains. There are seven separate train tracks. Four at the top of the structure and three at the bottom. The top section took 3 weeks to complete with 40 workers. The bottom section took 40 workers one week to complete. It is quite impressive, complete with models of building in the Omaha area.

GH loved watching the trains go by. I kept trying to get him to say "train". He couldn't. But was able to say "wow" as a train went by.

There were so many beautiful things to look at.....

...and cool things to run to.

GH loved grabbing at all the flowers:)

I think these were GH's favorite:) I have no idea what they are. But, they are very pretty.

Pioneer Park

We went to Pioneer Park this morning. We all had a great time. GH loved seeing all the animals.

Big Dog loved the trails. He was running and jumping all over the place.

As we walked along a trail we saw these cages. They had a few different types of birds in them. GH saw the owl and watched it with a big smile on his face. Then he said "How you do?" So it wasn't us (his loving parents) that inspired his first sentence. It was some random owl;)

Rooster and GH loved this display. It had pictures of animals and a piece of their fur. I love a good sensory experience.

GH made himself comfortable in the bird nest.

The kids loved playing on this deck above a tiny lake.

This gate door can't hold Big Dog in! He didn't pull the door open because it was too heavy, he just squeezed through the bars.

Rooster has a serious mind......

While some people are just goofballs;)

Rooster liked the puzzles at the activity tables. This one was a bat. How often do you see bat puzzles?

Look at how happy Big Dog is? He loved our outing today:) GH decided that he was going to keep the bread for himself:) After GH helped himself to the bread. We decided that the kids might be hungry. We took the kids over to McDonalds for their first official Happy Meals. Big Dog and Rooster got cute little TY horses in their meals. GH didn't get a Happy Meal but one of the employees brought over a cute dog for him that someone had left behind.

Now that is refreshing:)

When we left I saw Charles S. a guy I was on swim team with as a kid. What a small world.