Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Road Trip

On Sunday, Jake and I went with my mom for the White reunion. It might have been fun, I wouldn't know. I had to stay at the jumper with him all day!




I did get to meet my Great Uncle, Ebert. I also got to spend a little time with my aunt and cousins. We took my mom's mini van up there (2 hour drive). I would get one, but man, those things are so slow! I guess I am use to my Turbo engine.

In other news, Christian starts First Steps this week for his speech, or lack there of. Hopefully, he will be chatting with us soon.

Thursday, August 14, 2008

First Day of School!

Jacob was off to his first day of 3 year old preschool this morning. He gets to ride a bus with other kids in his class. He was quite ready to get going this morning, so we went outside about 10 minutes early.


Then, the bus pulled up right in front of our house. His bus driver and assistant gave him a nice welcome and he was all smiles. We waved bye-bye to him, but I could see him start to pucker up as the bus drove away. His teacher, Miss Kelly, said he had a good day at school. And he enjoyed the bus ride home.

Saturday, August 9, 2008

Fun at the Fair - 2008

Well, with weather like this, there is no excuse not to go to the Indiana State Fair. We have been planning this trip all week, and you couldn't have asked for a nicer day: slightly overcast, temps in the 70s, light breeze. We started the day by getting the boys something to eat at Mickey D's ( since food is expensive at the fair, and since they hadn't eaten breakfast). Then, we took the Fair Train down to the fairgrounds. The price has went up a bit, but I think it is still worth it considering the parking nightmare at the fairgrounds. (When we got off the train, you could see signs saying "All lots full."). Jake enjoyed the train ride. Christian fell asleep somewhere in Broad Ripple.





It is really nice that children under 5 are free at the fair. I think this is the first time in my life that I have been to the fair and not to the Midway. God, I am getting old. We checked out the ponies, the elephant giving rides, and the Nursery. The boys weren't terribly impressed until we got to the FFA area. They had so much fun. Definitely geared toward toddlers and preschoolers. Todd and I got separated briefly. (Did I mention how incredibly necessary a cell phone is these days? Tangent - I saw a hillbilly yelling at her kid because they got lost from their group - obviously, NO CELL PHONE!) So, the kids had fun there.






Todd and I decided that we did in fact need some nourishment, so he got a Ribeye Sandwich and I got a Beef Sunday (aka a KFC Famous Bowl with beef instead of chicken - or , as we call them, Hillbilly Bowls).


We could tell the boys were getting tired, so we called it a day and headed back to the train. On the way back, both boys decided to take a nap this time.