Gabe's first day of Pre-K

Gabe was only a little nervous this morning. But he was really cute.

Give me a high-five?

He gave daddy his patented "train" high-five. True Gabe fashion.

And Brown Monkey goes to Pre-K too.

Giving Charlotte a kiss and telling her good-bye :)

Week 34: The tail end of summer

Last week a lot of the pictures got taken while Zach was at school. Me, Charlotte, and Gabe...we could call them a tribute to his last week at home.

Ah, so happy to be back to my old routine :)

I got a couple new cartridges for my cricut (electronic cutting machine) and the boys and I had fun Sunday and Monday making robots and monsters for them. 

More of Charlotte generally getting into everything:

The boys have been watching the cartoon Dexter's Laboratory. This day after school they were going around leaning on walls and tilting books on the shelves to see if any panels opened up to reveal a secret lab in our house. They crack me up!

Gabe has gotten back to drawing some really great (and funny) stuff. This is a sign to tell me, in five different ways, that I can't come in his room, which is probably a result of me telling him "no" to constant "will you play with me?" requests. There is a door that when you open it reveals a wall of bricks so I can't get in, the circle with arrows means don't touch the door knob, and there is a little guy telling me to stay out.

Playing in a tent.

We got our generator!

 Getting ready to go to Gabe's pre-K orientation :)

Our August so far

Yes, time spent in St. Louis is usually a blur for us. Except maybe for Zach, who will ask me questions about the littlest thing months later...maybe I should have him tell me what we did! I have some notes somewhere, and all the photos, of course. So to give you a run-down, and possibly explain some of the pictures, here's what I can remember:

birthday photos at the mall * lots of eating out: Red Robin, Outback, The Melting Pot, Happy Joe's, CPK * hanging out with family, the boys especially loving the time with Angela * having dinner at Mark and Christy's, and the kids meeting new friends * Zach in the kiddie pool at Grandma Jill's * much shopping, prepping, and baking for the birthday party * an evening at Persimmon Ridge winery (and drinking more than we realized) * the big twin reveal: it's a girl AND a boy! for Katie and Josh * seeing Guardians of the Galaxy at the dine-in theatre * playing with Grandpa Ron's trains