Playing dress up!

Roland's First Day of 4K 8.19.09

I don't know who was more nervous this morning, Roland, me or Brian. For the last few weeks we've been gearing Rolls up for his first day of school. Since we've moved to KY he's been at home with dad so we knew this might be an issue. Last weekend I took him school shopping & we got all new clothes, shoes, socks, and undies and a new GI Joe toy for good measure.Last night and this morning he was excited. Ready to meet new friends and play on the playground. Of course as soon as the van stopped in the parking lot of Christ Luthern he changed his mind. His teacher was great; quickly pulling him off of my leg to join his classmates. Mrs. Wolken (his teacher) said the freak out only lasted about 30 seconds.

Whew. Dressed to impress with new school clothes from head to toe! We had to bring Tiger in the car and the superhero blanket in case Tiger got cold.

Briana comes to visit!

This June/July Briana came up to spend a good deal of her "free" summer time with us. A month with a teenager in the house was an experience! Who knew we were so boring? We did manage to get a few smiles out of her while she was here. And now that she's gone back home we miss her more than you can imagine!

So what does a vegetarian eat at Big Boy?!

Brian in heaven with all his babies on him.

Some of the cute pics from our trip to kentucky Down Under this summer. Marlowe got to pet a kangaroo. Roland loved climbing to the top of a rock wall. Brian braved a flock of birds and I found my inner Snow White.

The Great Louisville Snow Storm of '09

Since moving here I've really learned to drive in snow and ice. It's still not fun. Here are some pics from the great power outages I'm sure you've heard about. The big tree that once shaded our entire front yard got halfway taken down by the ice.

This is the night before we went to bed.

This is the morning after...

Marlowe's 2nd Birthday!

It was snowing the day Marlowe was born. It was also snowing on her 2nd Birthday. She had fun making cupcakes, dancing in her new pullups and going to Toys R Us to get a new baby doll from Nanny & Poppy.

Marlowe gets in mama's makeup...again!

At least she knows the mascara goes on her eyes.

Out trip to the Newport Aquarium & Cincinnati Ohio

As soon as the snow melted we headed to the Newport Aquarium. It's sits on the edge of Ohio. The trip took us about 2 hours. Once we got there we realized a lot of other parents had the same idea. Needless to say we spent more time at IKEA than the Aquarium! If we would have had more time we'd have gone searching for WKRP. Maybe next time.

A pajama picnic and 22 bags of leaves!

Marlowe and Roland have a picnic.

After the fun Brain had stuffed 22 bags of leaves. Marlowe really didn't like leaves