Ethnie's First Day of School

 And just like that, this girl is in the First Grade! 

 E is an excellent reader, her skills in math are improving and she is an excellent student. She wants to be an artist when she grows up and she is always making something!!

 As everyone knows E is obsessed with owls, she was thrilled whens he saw this owl book and she said her shirt looked like owl wings. She is so cute!

her first day she held my hand for all of two seconds as well walked in. She promptly saw a friend of hers from last year, and just like that she was gone. She's growing up all too fast. Have a wonderful year sweet girl. The world is your oyster.

How 'bout Those Cheifs?

 It was the kids back to school night and Jakob calls me at 3:00 and tells me that i need to find a baby sitter for that evening. Finding a sitter last minute was intense, but he promised I would like it. It was the Chiefs first preseason game and one of his bosses had given him his season pass rickets for the evening. We were in the third row on the 50yd line and it was amazing! 

Back in high school I was a cheerleader and after high school I coached for a year and was on the Energy team squad and practiced with the cheer team for the Edmonton Eskimos (which is the professional football team in Edmonton where I grew up.) During this time I fell in LOVE with the game of football. And while cheer has completely fallen away, football has stuck with me hard! I look forward and count down the weeks until football season begins!

 And while yes it was only a pre-season game it felt so good to be down at Arrowhead and cheer on our Cheifs. We know a few of the players and coaches and it was fun to see them play and feel the energy of the stadium. We also got to see JJ Watt pretty up close and personal from the sidelines. 

 We made it on the big screen too. HAHA!

It was a fantastic evening and I am looking forward to going back even if it means hanging out in the nose bleeds. GO CHIEFS!!!

The Eve before the Night Before School

 Our last two days before school started we decided to make a fort in the kids room and let them sleep in it.  The kids were thrilled. Just savoring the last few minutes of summer. 

Daddy outdid himself on the construction. These are the moments. Please never grow up!

Dinosaurs Revealed

 There was a Dinosaur exhibit down town and we just had to take Duke. We found a good deal on tickets and we were off. duke was SO excited!

 There were some cool fossils.

 And there were interactive dinosaurs that moved and made noises!! 

 Brontosaurs, E's favorite.

 

 This dude was creepy!

 Holding a baby triceratops horn.

Triceratops, Mama and Duke's favorite! 

 I loved that they had Mama and baby dinos too. SO cute! 

 About to get eaten by the T-Rex!!

 It was a wonderful afternoon and duke just loved it! It feels so nice to celebrate the things our kids are interested in! 

Savoring Summer

 I feel this overwhelming amount of pressure to make things magical for my children. Childhood is so fleeting and I want them to look back and feel like they got the most out of theirs. I was feeling a little loss for time as summer came to a close so we headed out to find some magic. The intent was to go feed the ducks and play at the park, but there was construction going on at the lake and so most of the ducks were not there and the park was unavailable so we went for a bit of a stroll. Here are some pictures captured by E.

 Then we threw some bread in and some fish ate it. 

 On the way home we stopped at McDonalds and got massive icecream cones. I drove home AS FAST AS POSSIBLE so we could eat them on the grass. it was 97°F with humidity made it feel like 105°F so the cones were melting fast. 

 Bear was not a fan of getting his hands dirty. 

 This boy though, was in.to.it!!! 

 I may have to frame this picture.

 We then turned on the sprinkler and splashed while Sprout napped. Oh sweet summertime.