2017 :: week 38

September 17

Singing time is my favorite part of nursery. We get a little break from entertaining the kids and only have to keep them from hurting themselves and others. Also, I never realized how many blonde boys we have in nursery until looking at this picture.

September 18

One of our favorite things to do in the summer is grill burgers and top them with fresh tomatoes from our garden. As the summer draws to a close our garden's productivity is way down so we are taking advantage of these delicious tomatoes while we can. I made a tomato-based gazpacho for me to eat at lunchtime this week too. We believe that a near perfect burger can be constructed using the following template: Pepperidge Farm Sweet & Soft Slider Bun  + burger salted with Red Robin seasoning + cheese + tomato + red onion + chipotle Mayo. Yum!

September 19

Lauren had her first Daisy Girl Scout meeting Tuesday evening. She had a fabulous time with friends from her class and the other kindergarten classes at her school. There are about 17 girls in the troop and so there are lots of opportunities for making new friends.

September 20

We met up with cousins Tyler and Micey at the Lenexa Gym-for-Me. Elliott loves getting together with his cousins. Now that the Lenexa Rec Center has opened the Lenexa Community Center is much less crowded.

September 21

The Lego situation in Will and Lauren's room got out of control this summer. As they have acquired more Legos the storage system we had set up was not up to par. This week we bought and put together an IKEA TROFAST. The kids spent hours taking apart their creations and organizing them by type/color. I love walking into their room now.

September 22

Now that they are in school for seven hours a day I am really cherishing the time I have with Will and Lauren in the morning before school and in the afternoon and evening. I really like Will. He's such a good boy. This week he was selected to be a peer model based on his good attitude and positive example in the classroom. We are so blessed to have him in our family.

September 23

One of our favorite fall traditions in going to the parade at the Overland Park Fall Festival. This year it didn't feel much like fall (it was almost 90 degrees?!) but we still had fun. We spent the afternoon running various errands, taking naps, and grilling and eating burgers. That evening Anthony took the kids to the park where Lauren successfully went across the monkey bars by herself and Will got in some quality pumping practice (we recently realized Will hasn't done much swinging since he started kindergarten) because he prefers playing kickball and climbing). I went to the church and watched the LDS Women's Conference.