AARGH...Cohen's 4!

Well, the pirate party was a success. Our little pirate had a wonderful 4th birthday. Most of the family was able to make it so that made it extra special! I made dinner of homemade spaghetti, bread and Cathie made a wonderful salad. It was so much fun to get together. Cohen's cake turned out really great, and he LOVED it. He also got some great toys...lots of Playmobile. He also got a chainsaw and monster truck race track-he was out chainsawing very early! He and Lachlan are having a ball playing this morning. I can hardly believe he is 4!

enjoying the meal and conversation
The pirate ship-there is even a plank on the other side!
Landon & Cohen
The cannon's are lit
Drew with his Mom & Grandma

Off to preschool

Cohen started his first day of preschool today! I can hardly believe it's his turn to leave Mommy for 2 mornings a week. He's definitely ready and had a wonderful time. He's getting so big, and is still so sweet and sensitive. Today, when I picked him up from school, he said "Mommy, I missed you SO much, but I had a weally fun time". He feels like such a big boy because he can be like Lachlan and go to school. Friday he will be 4 years old! We are going to have a party so I will post some more pictures soon!

The first of many days of school!

September

This month has been so beautiful so far. Over two weeks of beautiful days and gorgeous sunsets. Summer has finally arrived! I guess we might see it end here in a couple days but we have been enjoying it sooooo much. This is the most wonderful place to live when the sun is shining...remind me of that when we have had rain for 4months straight please!

We finally got the bikes out the last couple of weeks. We took a bike ride and picnic in Anacortes last week and I took the boys for a bike ride after school this week. They love Daddy and Mommy riding with them. We are almost done painting the house, and I will post some pictures soon! It will be so nice to have it done! The trim is the part we have been working on off and on for the last 2 months!
Ready for riding
Mack's first bike ride!

We had dinner at Terry and Donna's last night! We had a ball-thanks again guys. The dinner was wonderful and the fire and s'mores were a huge hit. The company was the best of all though!


Gooey and oh so yummy

Lachlan is loving school. It is nice when every day when I pick him up he has a smile on his face and is eager to tell me all about his day (mostly about recess). The only thing he is having a problem with is eating his lunch...he's in too much of a hurry to get to recess. He promises me to do better this week!

Hope all is well with you...

Photo Shoot

Two weeks ago, Jen, from Jen Martin Studios came to take our family pictures. We really just wanted to get a picture of the 6 kids but since she was coming here we decided to get pictures of all of us! I think they turned out really good-tell me what you think. Jen's link is in the Friends and Family section on the right. I added tons of pictures because I didn't know when to stop-they are all so cute!

The end of summer

The end of summer is here for us with Lachlan off to first grade today. I can hardly believe it! It went way too quick and there just wasn't enough sun or warm weather for us Vitamin D deprived! We went up to Orcas to close the summer with a wonderful 3-day weekend. David and Nicole joined us and we had a ball. The weather was mostly nice too! We strolled the Farmer's Market, hiked and ate a lot. If not for the fact that both Mack and I had colds it would have been perfect.
Nicole telling the boys a "once upon a time story" that Lach requested
Eating fresh oysters
Cohen

Lachlan batting rocks

In addition to having a first grader our youngest son is now 8 months! I wish time would slow a little bit so I could enjoy this a bit more. He his crawling every where and just starting to pull himself up to standing. He's getting so big!
8 months!


Lachlan was a little apprehensive with starting school today. He's starting at a new school in a program called "Visions". I think it will be a great fit for him and very fun. I will work in the class about 2 hours a week-parent involvement is a must. The theme this year is "Space". They are going to build a rocket, go to the Boeing Museum of Flight and the Science Center and many other field trips related to space and flight. This will be wonderful for Lachlan since he always talks about being a pilot. I am hoping today when I pick him up he will have a lot of exciting news of his day, his new friends, his teacher etc. I think it will be an exciting year.
Lach at his desk