First Day of School

The day before school we tried to make a fun day for the kids. 

We set up a fun taste test for them.  They tried all the super sour foods we set out and ranked them from most to least sour.

Then they ate miracle berry pills that dissolve on your tongue and change everything that's sour to sweet.

Lemons and limes tasted like candy!

They finished the night with brownie sundaes and a new pair of pajamas

And Arya got some ready confetti for under her pillow from her new kindergarten teacher

Arya cried on the bus on the way to school, but when she came home she was already saying she couldn't wait to go back.  Casen is a seasoned pro now that he's in third grade.  It's a new phase for Caleb and me.  Since Casen was born before Caleb came home from Japan, we actually haven't been childless since we got married!

First day success!

August

August was our last month before both kiddos head off to school.

The start of the month was pretty exciting.  Caleb finished and passed the course to become a fire arms instructor for Henrico county.  He makes it pretty darn easy to be proud of him.  I'll use any excuse for some cheesy decor, so we threw him a little Harry Potter party.

We celebrated our anniversary at home this year.  We had so much fun!  We made a replica of the Melting Pot's cheese fondue that we love and Caleb cooked us some steaks.  Cards and yummy drinks together for a night in is kind of our perfect night.

We brought the kids to a glow in the dark mini golf.  They really enjoyed it.

 

The kids put on a puppet show for us with lots of little paper puppets they made themselves.  It was super cute.

We did a few more taste tests this month.  We ordered some chips from England.  Their Walker's brand is the same as our Lay's, but they have much more interesting flavors.  We liked them all!  And I got a bunch of Oreos and the kids blindfolded had to try and guess what flavors they were.  Arya was a pro guesser!

 

Arya had her kindergarten orientation this past week.  She got the same teacher Casen had for kindergarten.  She's not quite as excited as Jo was for school, but we know she's going to love it.

And Casen is in 3rd grade this year! 

And lastly, I most of the time get to finish my monthly blogs with pretty flowers from my husband :)  I had a horrible month of the dentist and have been a grump.  He spoils me anyways.