Jake Inhales His First Coney

Um, Jake......you've got a thing......right there....no on the left......no your left.

He Did It

I'll be honest. I'm not sure what's going on here, but I'm pretty sure Jake is trying to convince me its Duncan's fault.

My, what big feet you have my dear!

We All Scream For Ice Cream!

In July, we took Jake to get his first ice cream cone.




And he loved it!





He did pretty well with it too - who do you think was the messiest? :)

New Car Seats

This is another one that got lost in the shuffle last spring... Jake's move to a front-facing car seat and Ben's move to a booster seat with a seat belt. As you can probably guess, Jake LOVED being forward-facing, and in the video picks right up on what his brothers like to do in the car - read!

Threshing Bee

When we were in Rochelle in August, we all ventured to our first Threshing Bee (a fair of sorts to commemorate harvesting grain?)

There were huge piles of straw the kids had fun playing in...







...steam-powered machines...







...and fun things to ride on!

Cousins are a Blast!

Between a weekend back in Rochelle and a visit from Mike, Shannon, Audrey, and Tommy, the boys got lots of playtime with their cousins this past month. They had so much fun together. Matt said recently, "I'm going to marry Audrey because she's my favorite girl!"

Dance Moves!

Jake shows off his new dance moves!

1st Day of School

Matt and Ben started their first day at St. Ursula Villa on Aug. 22. Now that they have their first full week under their belt, they really seem to be liking it. They've made some new friends, really enjoy their specials (art, library, etc...), and are super-excited about their superhero lunchboxes :)

You don't mind if I crash in your room, do you?

We woke up this past Thursday morning to find Matthew asleep on our floor. Not sure when during the night he came in... or how many trips he made to bring most of his bed with him :)

Catching Up - Take Two

Yes, that would be snow... the one and only snow we got last winter! Not even enough in most years to justify the putting on of all the snow gear and playing in it. But this past winter, we went all out and had a lot of fun in it!



Jake didn't want to be left out of all the fun!