Life update

Oh my goodness, I'm such a bad blogger. I promised to put up more photos 5 weeks ago... I guess I've been busy.... ok since I last posted, We took the kids up to the lake (photos to come) I got elected president of the preschools parents group which is really weird because I never saw myself as one of "those" parents but I guess now I am :) Eric is leaving walmart and starting a new job, Berti turned 5 and started her second year of preschool. She's loving it. She got a new backpack. Picked it out herself. It's got Iron Man, Spider Man and Wolverine on it...Maybe there's hope of her not being too girly :) She gets upset on the weekend when she doesn't have school...and they have a 3 day weekend EVERY week... thank god for Sunday school starting up again soon :)

Ok I'll post our trip to the lake soon but first, Berti's birthday and first day of school.

Her birthday was a BBQ in our back yard. Berti loved it. She swam the whole time and when I told her she could have whatever she wanted to eat, she piled her plate up with nothing but chips and dip. She's just like her daddy :) I gave her a new temporary tattoo today, this one is less scary than her normal skull and bones ones, it's some cute cherries. Ok, this cloud was awesome. It looks just like the one from the Independence day movie when the spaceships were flying threw our atmosphere but hadn't broken threw the clouds first. I'm such a nerd :) The "L" she's making with her fingers is for Liberty. She does it all the time so when you see it in pictures, know that she's being cute, not mean. School started and the bus no longer comes to our house :( We have to walk, or drive depending on the weather, to the other side of town. It's not a big deal if the bus is on time but during the 2 weeks since school started, the bus is always early or late. The schedule says they should be there at 1:30 to drop her off but once I got a call at 1:00 from the bus driver asking where I was. Turns out they switched the drop off times but they forgot to tell me. The very next day, they were 25 minutes late to pick her up (no schedule change, just late) and we walked and that morning was COLD! The day after that, I showed up 15 minutes early and the bus was already waiting for us. The other kid who waits with us lives right on the corner of the stop so they can just look out the window. I'm on the other side of town so it's impossible for me to see if they are there early. I'm really hoping they just haven't figured out the route completely and that they'll put out a new schedule soon and stick to it. If not, I'm considering driving her plus I'd get to sleep in a whole hour if I drove her in the mornings and that would be awesome :)

Fair Time

We had a really great time at the fair this year, we went with our friends: Jeff, Chris and Sammie.
I think they county went all out this year. They hired face painters, caricature artists and a clown that juggles and makes balloon animals. And the best part is the county paid their fees so they didn't charge anybody for their service. We were too late for the face painting...and Berti had no interest in it anyways which made mommy very upset, you know I would have loved those photos :) But the kids both got balloon animals and Eric and I got our picture drawn. The caricature artists was really cool. He talked to Eric about radio and football. It turns out he owns a haunted house in Omaha and it sounds fun so I plan on going this year.
After getting our photo drawn, we went out and walked around the fairgrounds. It was actually really nice out, like the first non 100 degree day all week. Liberty in the bouncy castle and then went on her elephants although this year she decided her favorite one was pink, not orange. "Orange is old" she told me :) We ate funnel cake and cotton candy and Logan got his favorite corn dog :) We watched the Juggler. He told funny jokes and made faces at Berti and Lolo to make them laugh. He was also the clown that made balloon animals. He was really good! Oh and he' didn't dress like a clown. I just knew he was one because I grabbed his business card. If this photo looks familiar it's because Jeff looks the exact same in every photo I take of him. Same pose, same smile, same glasses. I'm not sure how he does it but it creeps me out. Eric won us all posters playing the dart game and then he got balloon bats for the kids which they used to attack Chris with. Eric and Chris went up into the fun house. Eric pulled Chris's pants down as he tried to go up the stairs but I didn't get a photo. You could hear them laughing the whole time they were up there and I'm glad the only little kids around were mine since they are both pretty immature. I have a very funny video of them but it was getting dark and my battery was low so my photos didn't turn out too great. Even though Eric had to get up early the next morning, we ended up staying until way past ten. It was really really fun!

Random Farm Photos

Logan has learned to place fetch with Sophie. They both love it and would play for hours if I'd let them :)

Both of my babies have now grown to love the four wheeler. Berti has loved it for a long time... she learned to drive it when she was 2 :) but Logan was always scared by it. I think being sandwiched between his big sister and his grandpa makes it feel safe and more fun for him.

Poolside Fun

Now that we have our pop up tent in place, we have actually been able to go out into the pool without getting overheated or sunburned... well the kids have, I still turn red like a lobster. I swear I wear the strongest sunblock I can find and I still burn...Ouch!
Anyways, in the afternoons the sun in in the perfect spot so the tent puts shade over the pool and we can spend an hour or two splashing around. Berti loves it. Logan is still a little scared of the water but he slowly gets in, especially when daddy is in there too, otherwise he just stays under the tent at the table with me.

Liberty has also started a new fascination with flies. She calls them her tickle bugs and gets excited and happy when they land on her because it means that they like her... I think it's a little weird but I had to include photos of that too.

Oh and can someone please explain why it is that I can't get a single shot of me with both of my kids together but I can get all of these with them and their daddy... It's just not fair! I think he may be secretly bribing them. That's the only way it makes any sense to me.