September Highlights

Love this sweet, handsome, smiley boy!!

 Officially 6 months old this month...

 Ella's first day of Kindergarten (full day) and Lucy's first day of preschool (3's class two days a week).  So fun to have them at the same school!

 Everett had to get in on first day of school pictures too :)...

Ella was so ready for full day K!  Love that she loves school...




I got to join Lucy on her first day of slow start preschool.  So glad she loves going!





After school Starbucks date...

Sweet boy puts up with all my picture taking :)...

 Ella had a great season playing NYSA soccer on the Cardinals team.  She improved so much over the season and loved playing by the end :)...

 

 My mom made Ella's doll, Isabel, a matching soccer uniform! So cute!

 After years of watching Ella at dance class, Lucy got to start her own Creative Movement class this year!  And she got to do it with her sweet friend Kaylee...

 Ella lost her first tooth (not counting her top tooth that was pulled by the dentist :))...

 We did our 2nd annual YES day during Labor Day weekend, when we let the kids decide what to do for a whole day and we say yes to all their requests!  Our rules are that we spend time as a family, and do experiences, not just go buy stuff.  I had the girls give me an idea of some things they might want to do ahead of time to be able to fit it all in.  It was a jam packed day and we were all exhausted by the end, but had so much fun! Thankfully Everett was an excellent napper on the go and went with the flow being out all day.

First up, waffles for breakfast...

 Shopping at the American Girl store with their Bitty Babies...

 Lunch at the American Girl Cafe...

 Lucy wanted to ride on these stuffed animal things at the mall.  There were so many times that she had asked to ride on them before and I always said no, so she took advantage of the one time I would say yes!  Ella wasn't interested in them...

 The girls wanted to see the baby gorilla, Yola, at Woodland Park Zoo. We usually go to the zoo in the morning, and Yola doesn't come out until the afternoon, so we had missed seeing her numerous times.  Thankfully we have a zoo pass that allowed us to get into the zoo for free so we didn't feel obligated to spend a ton of time at the zoo and got a great view of the cute gorilla!

 A ride on the Great Wheel on the Seattle waterfront...

 Ice cream before dinner!  Ice cream was followed by dinner at Red Robin on the waterfront...

 A stop at their favorite park on the way home...

 A slumber party in Ella's bed...

 Whew! Busy but fun day with memories to last a long time!

Ella got a new (to her) desk for her room.  So special that this was my childhood desk that Cody refinished!  Ella loves having a place in her room to do all her artwork without a little sister or brother getting into her stuff...

Seriously can't get enough of him...

Back to school haircut...

Meeting baby Claire...

Play date with the Castros...

Everett's all time worst blow out, sorry for the gross pictures, but this was worth documenting!

Chubby boy all cleaned up after a bath!

Ella's start student poster...

Treats at Deru when grandma was in town!

Ella wanted Everett to come in to her class for her special "show and tell" the week she was start student...

Date night at Vivo 53...crazy big ice cream sundae!

Watching one of Ella's soccer games...