August

In keeping with recent tradition, here is a month's worth of pictures (minus the first day of kindergarten pics) in one blog post.

In early August, we got a new, bigger bike for Jack.  When we rented bikes in Hilton Head, he got a bigger bike and did great on it.  We realized the bike he got for his third birthday was really too small for him.  He loves his new bike and is a great bike rider.  He has even ridden it to school a few times (with Mom or Dad following).

Sometimes after dinner, the boys like to go into the backyard to eat their dessert (ice cream cones in this case).  The boys were being particularly cute on this particular evening, so I grabbed the camera to get some pictures.

Charlie is such a happy guy!

They crack each other up!

I imagine I will experience lots of brotherly wrestling in my future.

The week before school started, we went to the zoo with our good friends and got to see the new Sea Lion exhibit.  There is a sea lion behind Jack and Andrew in this picture, but they are more interested in taking pictures of each other.

Now they notice the animals!

I told them not to smile.  Afterwards Jack said, "Didn't I do a good job of not smiling, Mom?"  Yes. Yes, you did, goofball.

One day Jack decided to play some tunes for us on the guest bed.  In many years when he has his first album, maybe he'll put one of these pictures on it.

Jim and I went to a couple Cardinals games (without the kiddos) in August.

The weekend before school started, my college roommate Amy came to town with her three kiddos.  We had a lot of fun and it was so good to see them!  My friend Sue came to the zoo with us one day to help us with our six children, ages 7 and under.

 Monkeys:

Amy and her beautiful family:

Our friends Dave and Joslyn also came to town (they recently moved).  We definitely miss them!

Louie came to a birthday party for Jack's preschool friend.  So cool!  Go Blues!