First Day of School

Last Monday, Parker started Pre-school. She actually got to go a week early (and it was free!). She is going to The Discovery Center. Her teacher is Ms. Stackhouse. She was super excited to go that day. I was able to take her and pick her up, because it was our workday. When I picked her up, I was so excited for her. I asked her, "So, how was it?" Her reply was..."Good." Then I asked her what she did. "Nothing." GREAT!!! She is going to be one of THOSE kids! She then called Matt and told him way more than she told me!

Ready to go. (Notice her new hair cut!)

Here she is outside of the school.

Another milestone. It was very bittersweet. I was so excited for her, but at the same time so sad for myself. My baby is growing up!

This week, she goes with the rest of her class. One thing we've noticed, is that she now raises her hand and says, "I have a question". Also, she was talking to my mom and said her teacher's name in a quiet voice. Then she said, "I said Ms. Stackhouse in a quiet voice". Mom and I wondered if she had been told to use her "INSIDE" voice (which she doesn't have!).

I'm back to work now too! So far so good. I've been a little stressed with changing grades this year, but in time things will get easier. (I hope!)

Put In Bay

Last week we too a family trip to Put-In-Bay. We went with mom and Dave, Luke & Rachel, Jenna, Dan, and Lisa, Larry & Lindsey. Parker had a blast. There was a lot of things for her to do. We enjoyed dinner every evening at one of the restaurants. We had my favorite Lobster Bisque. It's world famous there! Here's the site: http://www.boardwalklobsterbisque.com/

The first night we were there we saw this big slug on the deck. Parker was so funny with it. She wouldn't touch it. And when she finally did, she said, "It's so slimy!"

We went to the Butterfly House at Perry's Cave and saw lots of butterflies. Here is a Monarch I saw sitting on a leaf. It was really neat to have the butterflies just flying all over you. http://www.perryscave.com/public/attractions/butterfly_house/

Here is a picture of Harper and I enjoying some wine at one of the winerys. (She wasn't of course!) She was tearing the place up. Notice the chair on the ground in the left of the picture. We also had to shut that door behind us because she kept going in and stealing the fake display grapes.

Here is a picture of Matt and the girls watching the sunset over Lake Erie. Harper enjoyed sticking her feet in the water.

This is a picture of our house, The Chalet at the Bay. It had 4 bedrooms and slept 13. There was a great fire pit and a swingset out back. We were close enough to everything, but far enough away too!

Another thing Parker LOVED to do was mining for gems. She also did this at Perry's Cave Family Fun Center. She was very proud of her finds! We also played put put there.

All in all, it was a great relaxing, yet interesting vacation. We will definately go back because we didn't do everything we planned on doing there!

Canoe Trip

Yesterday we took the girls canoeing. (Not Harper, she took a nap) Here is a picture of Parker and Shelbie getting ready for the trip. It was great weather. The girls had fun splashing each other too!