High Society

Todd and I had our photo published in a local Magazine. Todd's company, Midwest Earth Solutions was one of the sponsors. http://viewer.zmags.com/showmag.php?mid=wqtpqd&pageid=44#/page44/

Make-up

The girls love to be made-over.

Last day of summer

Today was the last day of summer. The high was 77, it was a sunny, beautiful day. The girls played with the Drake's this afternoon. Todd took off Madison's training wheels, she is officially a bike rider. She did great. Took off on her own and only fell once. Taylor never got her hair brushed, I would call it a typical "bad hair day".

First Day of School

School started on Thursday, 14th, but Madison stayed home with a fever and stomach ache. She did go on Friday and was very excited about going to school. When I picked her up after school, she said that her teacher, Ms. Ucman, was very nice and pretty. Ms. Ucman graduated from college in 2006. Big difference from Mrs. Schulteis last year.

It's Hot

Well what do you do on a sunday morning when it is unbearably hot, you turn on the sprinklers. And then you come inside and make your own music videos with your webcam.

Its a bird, no, a plane, no, its Super Taylor!

Taylor was invited to a birthday party and when I RSVP's I was informed that it was a costume, specifically superheros, party. So, last Saturday afternoon while Madison was at a swimming party, Taylor and I went to Hobby Lobby. Taylor got to pick out her cape, mask and belt fabric. She chose a picked pokadotted pink fleece for her came and mask and then the shiny pink fabric for her belt. I created a Super T logo out of the pink and blue felt. I tried to get her in a motion shot, but she was ready to go to the party and did't really want to run around the yard. She had a good time at her party, it was on a Tuesday 6-7:30pm, odd time for a party, but just about everyone from her class was there.

Our Stay-Cation

Last week we had our stay-cation, in other words, vacation at home. We started out last Sunday going to the Overland Park Arboretum for a walk in the morning, then to the City Farmer's Market where we picked up some produce and the girls went on pony rides. Then to lunch. Monday was a laundry day. Tuesday we went to the pool. Wednesday morning we got up early to go to the movies. We saw Clifford's Really Big Movie then had lunch at Cheeseburger in Paradise. We came home and made cookies. Thursday we headed to Lawrence to go to Clinton Lake with the Drake's. Again up early, packed up the car and off we went. We spent the day on the beach, wasn't quite SPI, but the girls and boy had fun. Friday, after lunch we went to Hallmark's children center, Kaleidoscope, we got to make all sorts of crafts & paint. After our session we went to Fritz's for a snack. Fritz's is a railroad themed restaurant. You order by phone at your booth and then the food is brought out by train. They have tracks overhead and your order comes in a bin. The girls really enjoyed that. Then we went to an exhibit at Crown Center, Moneyville. The girls got to create their own money. The finale was Saturday, bowling with Dad. Madison was the big winner with a 44. Of course, I didn't have the camera on me at all. I was able to snap some shots of the money though.