Trick or Treating Downtown Valpo

Annika was a Geisha and her friend Sammy was a pirate! It was awfully cold, but the girls had fun!

Weekend Extravaganza!

Annika had a pretty full day for a Saturday. She woke up this morning and had a chocolate chip muffin and apple juice. Then we went to McDonald's for a hashbrown on our way to the Steam Show at Sunset Hill Farms. Look at all the tractors we saw! Thanks for coming with Grandma Jeep!

Annika went on a Hay Ride with Kim, Addie's babysitter!

And Grandma bought her a cowboy hat!!

After the steam show, and after Bo played in his game, we had Bo and Sam over for a playdate! This is how two children play firemen! Note: Firemen do use hoses to put out the fire so getting wet is inevitable is the only conclusion I have for their outfits!! Yes those are swim caps and goggles!!

TGIF!!

Tonight, Annika is kicking off her weekend by going out to dinner with her dad. A little posing in coordinated Bears garb sounded like fun too.

Do poles come with those skis?

I got my first ever pair of Crocs Saturday at the Croc store at Lighthouse Place Mall Saturday. Annika wanted to try them on. What do you think?

Second week of school.

Pretty much the same as the first week, just with more homework. Oh, and missing a day of class already. Tonsilitis, YUCK! She got to spend the day with Grandma Jeep, which from what I hear was more fun than school.

First week of school.

Annika was excited to go back to school. 3RD GRADE!! Immanuel instituted a dress code this year. Polo shirts only(and pants or skirts, of course). Any store, any brand, even with logos, as long as it's a polo with a collar and sleeves. This makes picking out clothes in the morning much easier. She has the same kids in her class from last year, no one left, no one new. It seemed to us to be a pretty uneventful week. "Annika, how was school today?" "Fine." "Did you learn anything new or fun?" "Not really." "How was lunch, anything good?" "I don"t remember." Multiply this by 4, and that was the first week.

Workin' at the carwash, whoa, whoa whoa!

Lost, but not forgotten

I broke out the film camera while we were away, and when I had the film developed I found a couple of cute shots of the girls.

Bye bye princesses!

Annika decided it was time to leave the princesses behind and move on to bigger and better things. 12 hours, 2 gallons, and 5 coats later here it is.

Cousins

Annika has had the good luck of seeing a lot of her cousins this summer. Mstly Bo and Lily, but also Alyssa and Brandy, my nieces form Wisconsin. Here's a few pics to enjoy.

playdate :)

Bo and Sam came over for a playdate. First Sam took a nap...

Then he ate some lunch....

Then I found out that we were playing Hide and Seek and I was IT!!

Porter County Fair

We had our trip to the fair on Friday. We went with Ty and Lily. It was so hot, but the girls had fun riding rides. They went on the Farris Wheel, The Gravitron, The Himilaya, and The Haunted House ride along with the usual kid rides there. Ty went on the Big kid rids with the girls. What a sport!

Ty and Lily on the Farris Wheel

Me and Annika

Annika and Lily on the Yo-Yo

Bumper Cars

Camp Lutherhaven!

Annika is at camp until Tuesday night! We dropped her off yesterday. She didn't even say bye when it was time for the parents to leave. Let's just say she looked like she was going to have a blast!

Cabin 9!

Cabin Mates!!

The Lake!

I think it's an epidemic!

Not wanting Bo to be alone in the lost tooth club, Annika gave one up to the fairy as well yesterday.

Fireman picnic

Annika went to the annual fireman picnic at Kirchoff Park the other day. She had a blast on all of the equipment and with the firefighters.

Birthday wishes to our cousin!

Happy Birthday, Bo!

* We did sing to Bo over the phone his real birthday song.

Sorry the camera is cock-eyed!

Being smarter than the camera!

I finally figured out that I was just not being smarter than the camera. Here is a video of Annika diving at her grandma's pool.

Finally!!

John finally was able to get a card reader for my camera! Here are some of the highlights...

Caution! Really long video, but Annika's Spanish class was saying the lord's prayer in Spanish for the end of year program.

Here is another photo of her at swimming lessons on the diving board. I just can't get one of her going off. The camera is not fast enough.