Visit With Jessica

Actually, my mom and sister were here too, but I didn't take any pictures of them...so you get to see Jessica horsing around with me!

Jumping on mom's tummy!

She looks like an Elf in this picture...so cute!

Wearing mom's hat

And off it comes!

Kite Flying!

You know the saying "They don't make 'em like they used to!" ? I guess it's true!  My grandpa brought a kite today for my kids to play with.  I didn't pay much attention to it until Ryan asked me to tape it up a little cause it was falling apart in a couple places.  That's when I looked at it.  Then I looked at it again...strangely familiar.  Then it came to me...this is my kite...from when I was in kindergarten...a good 25 years ago!!

I had no idea this kite was still around...I haven't flown a kite in YEARS, many many YEARS! Haven't even ever thought about it that I can remember...but with it sitting there on the table, I started remembering.  Me and my grandpa flying the kite...it was so much fun.  The perfect picture of childhood...

So I headed to the school field with Ryan and the kids...and we flew the kite!  I had fun pretending to be a kid again, and my kids had fun flying a kite for the first time!

My Turn

Ryan's turn

Cody's turn

The other kids had turns too, I just didn't have the camera handy unfortunately!

Oh...just one more picture....Sydney riding her bicycle, she's really getting good at it.  I remember when she couldn't pedal at all!

Memories

You never know when you won't get another chance to take a picture you really want.

First Day of School

First day of school today!  My babies are in grades 1, 2, and 3...all French Immersion.  Kinda bitter sweet, all three of them are gone all day, every day.  It was so quiet in the house, kind of nice!