Caroline's First Day of school

Caroline's first day of Mother's Day Out was a few weeks after the big girls started school.  She was excited but I knew she thought it would be like the open house where I stayed the whole time. 

When we got to school Quinn and Colin were walking in too! 

Colin and Caroline are in the same class. 

The secret is out! 

She was NOT happy! 

Audrey Turns 5

Our Big 5 year old!  Audrey is so sweet, funny, and by far our feistiest.  She adores her sister both bigs and little!  She likes to be with them more than she likes to do most things.  To the point that sometimes it is hard to pull her away from home.  This year her birthday was on a school day.  She wasn't sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing.  We still tried to make it special by doing as much as possible when she was home.

Donuts for breakfast

After school we went to her favorite restaurant 

Where Daddy met us. 

Then it was home for gifts

And cake! 

Audrey:

Favorite color- "first is purple, second is pink"

Best Friends- "My sisters"

Favorite thing to do-"Play with Nana and Pop Pop"

Favorite thing about school-"Drawing"

Height- 

Weight- 

Audrey's Birthday Party

We had a swim party for Audrey's birthday again this year!  Thankfully it was a hot sunny day.  We always feel like 5 is a big birthday.  They seem like big girls!  This was an extra special one since it was her golden birthday! 

August FUN

I am so thankful that the girls don't go back to school as early as some and that we get a big chuck of August but....we still never seem ready for summer to end. 

Claire couldn't go underwater or be in direct sunlight for a couple weeks in August so we found shade and wore hats! 

Ready for the museum 

We made a couple "last trips" to the museum.

Had friends over to tap dance.

Ate bagels! 

and took lots of bike rides. 

Daddy was out of town the second night of sausagefest so Mom went prepared..

Emmerson got to help in the kids zone this year. 

We are so happy Audrey has this extra year before kindergarten so her and Caroline have some more time alone together!  They have so much fun playing with all the toys alone! 

Since Quinn and Colin didn't start school until after Labor Day we were able to squeeze in some extra time with them. 

The girls love to disappear and make up dances for us to watch later! 

So happy I still get her at home this year! 

We also found plenty of time to go to parks.