Girl Scout Cookies

So Alyssa is a Daisy Scout this year and has started selling cookies. The other day we stopped at a house and I was standing farther back and didn't hear what the lady who answered the door said. So Alyssa was kind of standing there looking dumbfounded as the lady was closing the door. I asked what she said and Alyssa replied, "that they didn't have any money". Then she kind of thought a few seconds and said "but how can they be living in a house if they don't have any money?" It was funny how Alyssa said it and the look on her face. Some things like that can be hard to understand or explain.

Tinkerbell and a bat for Halloween this year.

It's been awhile

Let's see we've obviously been busy since the start of school....
a quick trip to Chicago to visit relatives one weekend, soccer games for both Alyssa and John every weekend, Daisy Scout meetings and activites (a trip to the nature center and a daisy scout cookie workshop - Alyssa can start selling cookies tomorrow), along with weekly soccer practice and guitar lessons, family picnic with the mom's group, Alyssa's birthday party and a visit from grandma & grandpa, playgroups, Sunday school classes, school photos and family photos, work awards dinner, Pumpkin Patch field trip with John (in the rain), and I started working on a regular basis the end of August and completed the Kansas City 1/2 marathon (13.1 miles) on October 17th finishing 15 seconds under my goal time of 2 hours.....I'm exhausted just remembering it all! Some pics will be added soon.....

Outside of school.Waiting in line before school.
Sitting at a table in his kindergarten class.

Alyssa's First Day of First Grade

Here's Alyssa at her desk on the first day of school.

Alyssa pulled out her own front tooth! It had been just wiggling for days and she was having to take so much time to eat so as not to bother it. Think she finally got tired of it and took care of it herself since she wouldn't let anyone near her! :)

Last Day of Swim Lessons

Alyssa was brave this time and decided to go down the big slide. She loved it so went down several more times. John went on the slide another time when we were at the pool, but he got to the top and changed his mind so didn't end up going down.
John with his certificate - he was more interested in picking out a candy.