First Day of Preschool!

Again, this has been a long time in coming, but here are
pictures of Eleanor on her first day of Preschool at the YMCA. She LOVES everything about it, especially her teachers, Ms. Michelle and Miss Heidi! Here are a few shots on her first day!

Swinging away!!

Well, I must admit that I have lots of photos to upload and never seem to do it in a timely fashion, so please forgive me! Here are a few photos of the girls enjoying the last few days of shorts and t-shirts weather on the swing set. Thanks to our awesome babysitter, Ellen, Eleanor now loves to go high and fast! She had been fairly skittish of swinging high until Ellen showed her how fun it was!

Look who is sleeping in a big girl bed!

I caught Laura Kate climbing out of her crib last weekend, so we turned her crib into a toddler bed. She LOVES it and has done great with the transition. I was able to sneak in her room during nap time and here is what I found!
Needless to say, I think is she is sleeping well without the outside railing!

Learning to can the fruits of our labor

One of our first priorities after moving in was putting in a garden. William has spent lots of time tending his crops and we have loved eating all the fresh veggies! We also decided to start canning and now have stocked piled lots of yummy things to eat...dill pickles, salsa, green beans, dilly beans, sweet pickles, and more! Here is a photo of our first canning experience...dill pickles--had to crack open a jar today and man are they good!


Along the way, William had lots of great help in the garden...here they are coming in with their daily harvest.
And in the midst of all this work, there is always time to be silly with daddy!

Playing around!

The girls love the "park" in our backyard, so we took some pictures while playing...enjoy!

The Little Ballerina

Eleanor was part of a Ballet-Tumble Camp last week and here are a few photos of the littlest ballerina in the class! She is in the middle of the photo...the one with the big bow on her head...imagine that! :)




A little too far down on the "knee bends" as she calls them! All in all she had a fun week and loved getting to wear her tights and leotard everyday!

Happy Birthday Eleanor!

Here are some photos from Eleanor's birthday party a week ago. We had it at the park and she had a blast with all her friends, not to mention eating her cake and ice cream too!