First Visit From the Tooth Fairy

D only had 1 1/2 days of school last week, so we made fall themed cut-out sugar cookies Thursday morning. Yum!

Friday morning, her front tooth had gotten significantly looser.  I could tell it was going to come out today so we took some last pictures of her with her full set of baby teeth. At one point, she had to hold the tooth up and in her mouth with her finger, otherwise it would just hang out of her mouth.  It was hanging by a thread, but she didn't want to pull it out.

It did come out soon enough Friday morning, and she was so excited to put it in her tooth fairy pillow. Love the new smile!

On Saturday, we planted grass seed on our front lawn and covered it with straw. We used an extra bale of straw to sit on a take a couple of pictures.

Sister and brother.

Mama!

The ever popular "silly face" picture.

Daddy!

First Day of Preschool

M is all ready for his first day of speech preschool.

First Day of First Grade

D got to choose whatever she wanted to eat the night before first grade. Her choice...homemade macaroni and cheese and broccoli.

M wanted his picture taken too.

D and her friend.

D's first grade teacher, Lin Laoshi.

Made it through the first day of first grade.

State Fair 2012

As is tradition, we went to the State Fair at the end of the summer. We got tickets for the kids to go on rides for the first time.

Grandparents and Saints

Steve's parents came to visit us for a week in August and got to join us in Steve's work party at a St. Paul Saints baseball game. The kids loved getting their face painted and "tattoos."

Gary took the kids on bike rides around the neighborhood almost every day they were here. The kids loved it!

Summer Soccer

The kids played on a summer soccer league for kids aged 4-6 (perfect!). They had a lot of friends on their team. They both loved playing soccer and being on the same team.

They always wanted to be the goalie.

Annivesary Retreat

We celebrated our 8th anniversary by going to the Inn at Timbercove in Ashland, WI. We went there for our honeymoon and returned every summer until we got the cabin, so it had been a couple years since we'd been there. My parents watched the kids so Steve and I could have a relaxing weekend. My favorite thing to eat for breakfast in the whole wide world. Brazilian pancakes. When Tina publishes her cookbook, I will be the first one to buy it so I can get this recipe!

We stayed in the Guest House.

Their two dogs Dolly and Jim accompanied us on walks in the woods and mealtimes on our porch.

Hammock Haven...'nuf said.

Love the view.

We went to Bayfield on Saturday and ate a picnic lunch by the harbor.