Omaha Zoo

It looks like I haven't posted since September!?  Geesh, life is busy.  And the basement is cold so that doesn't help.  In the interest of time I'm going to quickly post pictures and say very little.  I've got to clean off my camera for the next big adventure.

In mid- September we went on a little overnight trip to Omaha.  We went to the zoo, played in our hotel pool, and went to the Omaha Children's museum.  After having a summer with a new baby and NO vacations we needed to get away even if it was for just a little while.

All Hadlee

Hadlee started preschool today at Westview Church Preschool, the same school Maddox went to.  Hadlee has been so excited to start school.  I think she'll be bummed today when she doesn't get to go back until Tuesday.  And then bummed next week when she realizes she only goes 2 days a week for 2 hours.  I sort of wish she went more too since she'll enjoy it so much.  She had absolutely no problem going into the room, talking to her teachers, and playing with toys.  She didn't care about me at all.

 And the next pictures portray Hadlee's personality perfectly.  Put about 3 seconds in between each picture...

 "Look, Mama, a grasshopper!"  and she runs away.

 "No, that's a tiny cricket, touch it." I say.

 Of course it hopped away and she laughed.  She's so stinkin' cute!

Piper 2 month

Piper had her 2 month check up yesterday.  She's a perfectly healthy and normal baby.  She had to get 3 shots and an oral vaccine so she wasn't very happy about thing, poor thing.  She weighed in at 10 lb 9 oz (25%) and 22.5 inches long (50%).  She's the smallest of her sisters at this same age.  They were almost 1.5 nearing 2 pounds heavier and about an inch longer at 2 months.  And here we were thinking Piper looks so big and long!  I think it's more Piper is growing too fast and I want to enjoy her tininess as long as possible.

Zoo Fun

We had a family zoo day before school started.  Had to use up all those free zoo passes we got from the library this summer!

 Maddox loving the world...   Actually she pointed out where Grammy and Papa lived and wanted to give them a hug.

 Yes, this is the way I have babies.  Like Mork.  (When my children read this someday they will wonder who the heck Mork is and have to google it. Heck, they'll probably then wonder what google is.)

First Day of Kindergarten

My big girl went to kindergarten today.  I cannot believe it's been 5 years since I had her and she was just a tiny baby.  I know everyone says it, but time really does fly.  I remember thinking when she was born that it would be forever before we got into all this school stuff but looking forward to the fun of it.  Now not quit as fun and I wish time would slow down.

 On the first two days Kindergarteners go an hour late and get out an hour early so they can get used to the new schedule without all the big kids around.  I headed to the back door to take the girls out to the corner and there was the bus already, 10 to 15 minutes early!  I yelled at Maddox "Grab your stuff and let's go!  The bus is here!" and I ran out holding Piper in my arms to hold the bus.  Maddox, Hadlee, and Jessi (and both cats as it turns out) followed me out.  They're jacking up the street at that corner so it was really loud.  The bus driver knew he was early and was very comforting about taking care of my little girl and said he would wait for her.  Of course then he said he was only driving for these first 3 days and he was from Waterloo, IA.  He let us have a moment to take a couple pictures.  She hopped on happily and I went back to the opposite corner to find Hadlee crying because all the noise was scary.  We then went to the front of the house to load up and head to the school to take her picture there and see her go in the doors but the bus driver came back to the front of my house because he was lost.  So I sent him in the right direction and headed off.

 Maddox's bus was the last to arrive and it was late so who knows where he went.  But she and a few other kids made it.  Some of the Moms ended up driving their kids to school because they missed the bus due to the bad timing.

Luckily I still have two at home to care for and don't know what I'll do when Piper goes to Kindergarten.  I'll be so sad without any of my girls!  I'm going to fill my day with bathroom cleaning today and constant nursing.  Piper and Hadlee will keep me busy I'm sure!  But I sure do look forward to 2:50 today!