Our not-back-to-school picnic was rained out, but at least we got some nice first day pictures!

Sophie wasn't feeling very well.  She ended up coming down with a fever, so here's her first day pic.

Jason's and Benny's new favorite hobby, bungee cords in the back of Grandpa Bob's van.

Benny loves to fish!

And Jason is trolling for more frogs and turtles.

Sophie just likes to find shells.

Sophie went tubing behind the speed boat with Aunt Nicole.

We had a wonderful weekend at the lake with family.

The neighbors down the drive own an old fire truck.  They are gracious enough to let the kids play on it.

Here's Daddy flying the airplane down the hill!

Our group photo!  Happy Anniversary Grammy and Grandpa Bob!  44 years!

The beautiful sunset over the lake.

And more paper lanterns.

MSU 4H Children's Gardens with Grammy!

The kids love being read to by the statue boy.

And Sophie liked the sidewalk rainbow!

The Alice's Adventures in Wonderland maze ending in the Secret Garden was a big hit.

Sophie loved be eaten by the dragon scupture.

Jason thought it was weird to get pooped out by a dragon.

Sophie was very excited to find the Chicka Chicka Boom Boom garden, complete with letters!

Happy Birthday to Daddy!

Ivory soap in the microwave experiment!

It's even more fun to wash your hands afterwards!

He loves his treehouse!

Math for Jason on the left.  Math for Sophie on the right.  And letters, letters everywhere!

Sophie's ready for anything!

Our puympkin and gords drying in the sun.

Sophie loves perler beads.  I set her up with them this afternoon and went into the kitchen to make dinner.  She called me in to see her work.  WOW!  All. By. Her. Self!

From our garden, a watermelon!!

This costume was mine as a kid.  It's a little big on Sophie yet, but she wanted to try it on.

Addis Ababa in Plymouth!  We love Ethiopian food and the kids got a kick out of eating with bread!

Sophie and I enjoying our delicious tea!

We had a wonderful time with friends at the lake.
The girls on the see-saw.

Some of the kids went fishing.

And one of the dad's caught a fish!

The paper lanterns were a big hit!

Tonights garden harvest soon to be dinner!

Sophie loves her dance classes!

Bat Zone tour at the Cranbrook Institute of Science

The sloth was actually active and eating!!

WHOOOO are you looking at?

Sophie loves having better access to the color mixing supplies and the paints!

The garden harvest!

Our new activity room!