Kids Say the Silliest Things

We had our very first parent/teacher conference with Lash's preschool teacher. While there she told us a story of when all of the kids were picking up toys before snack time. Lash announces to his classmates: "Come on guys...we don't work, we don't eat." Clint and I completely blushed when she told us this! I have been working on that biblical principle (2 Thes 3:10) with Lash at home, but I never expected him to use it at school!!

After dinner Henley was running around and I asked the general question of whether or not she had been washed up. My mom said "No, she just jumped out of her highchair." I looked at Henley and she looked back at me and said "Boing"!! Perfect timing!!

Putt Putt

Lash had been working toward a goal and he achieved it this week. For his reward we took the kids to town for a game of putt putt and milkshakes.

It was a perfect fall evening and we had the course to ourselves.

As it turned out...the kids enjoyed the pretend horse (and the other animals) as much or more as they enjoyed the putt putt. Regardless it was a fun evening to get outside and enjoy each other.

Lash turns 4!!

Happy birthday kiddo (one day late because his birthday was actually yesterday, September 21)!!

You are growing up into such a wonderful "big boy"! Your favorite things are animals...all kinds of animals, but your absolute favorites are farm animals and especially horses! You also love basketball, soccer, football, baseball and golf. Your favorite food to eat is pizza and you love going to Oma's house because she has donuts (oftentimes provided by Uncle Caj).

A normal day includes reading books, playing with cars, watching VeggieTales, and of course playing with animals and dinosaurs. You enjoy reading the Bible before bed and you always ask Daddy to read you two or three stories.You and Henley are still working on sharing toys and you both seem to always want the toy the other is playing with at that exact moment.

I am so proud to be your mom and I love you!

Preschool?!?

Lash has started preschool...wow! Henley thought that she was starting school too when she got to tag along to the "Take Your Parent to School Day," which was an open house to visit the school and meet the teachers. She jumped right in there wearing a backpack and playing with the older kids. She also thoroughly enjoyed the two days when Lash was at school and she got all of the attention!

On the first day of school Lash missed Henley, but he found the sandbox on the playground and the dinosaurs and farm animals to play with, which made it bearable. I think they will both adjust to the new routine and find that it has its perks.

Happy Birthday Punkin

Henley Jane you are two years old! You are such a beautiful little girl with big blue eyes and a sweet smile. Although you and "Ash" don't always get along, you are the best of friends and you miss him when he goes to preschool. You also love your Daddy and you watch for him out the window when he is outside in the yard working or when you expect him home from work.

You are a girly girl with a tractor gene. You like to have your hair done in curlers and with bows, you love to hide treasures into your purse and carry it around on your arm, and you get so excited to put on pretty dresses. You play with baby dolls and are always asking me ("Mommy") to swaddle them for you. You also play with cars, "choo choos" and tractors, and when the basketballs come out you beg for someone to lift you up to dunk the ball.

Going outside is one of your favorite things to do, especially when it includes swinging on the swing set and going down the slide. You are big helper when the garden needs picked and you will take the vegetables and put them in the bucket, although not always as gently as I would prefer.

Thank you to a friend who put the following short video together as a birthday wish for Henley:

Drawings

Lash has really gotten into drawing and coloring. He enjoys it very much and I think he is pretty good. Here are a few of his most recent masterpieces:

"All My Uncles Playing Basketball"

"Daddy In Rain And Fireworks"

Time Flies

Wow how time flies! Summer is an especially busy time for us with the gardening and yard work that is required and that makes time go by so fast. Garden produce is yummy, but takes extra time to prepare and preserve.

The weather has been lovely lately, although summer is returning in full force. We have been able to enjoy meals on the screened in porch:

We have also had fun inside. Here is a picture of the kids pretending that their chairs are horses and are "riding" them.They have such grand imaginations.

In our house we are looking forward to fall!

P.S. Wow, what a random post. :)

Family Photos

Every few months I get the itch to do a family photo. I was really wanting to get a photo of myself and the kids and a picture of just Clint and me. We all happened to be dressed in coordinating colors this past Sunday, so I threw the camera in the car and asked Clint's sister to take our family photos before lunch.

Unfortunately we didn't get a great family photo...although we tried very hard, but overall we did get some good ones.

Best Weekend Ever...Almost

If you would have asked me Saturday at lunch if this was the best weekend ever I would have confidently answered "YES!"...and then the meltdowns started. Overall, it was a really good weekend and we got work done with plenty of play time as well.

Highlights include:

Building a headboard...

Lash loved helping!

Finished product.

Custom graffiti.

Playing at the playground...

This slide was tall and fast!

"Henley, smile."

"Henley, smile with your mouth open."

"Henley, say wee."

Henley loved the slide and she went so fast it was hard to get a good picture!

Daddy and Lash playing golf together for the very first time...

Swimming...

Henley's favorite thing was pouring water on herself...over and over and over again!

Blueberry Picking

 

We got invited by a friend to go blueberry picking at Berry Good Farm near Ottawa, Kansas. Although it was the hottest day of the year (so far) we had a blast! We were concerned when we first arrived that they were all picked out, but we were able to pick over two pounds of yummy blueberries.

 Lash was pretty good at finding the ripe berries, but Henley had a more difficult time. The best part was eating while picking...they both loved taste testing along the way!

Race Car

Lash and Henley were playing together last week without the need of a referee (I am adding that job to my resume). Here is a video of Henley pushing Lash on his Lightning McQueen car...I think he should have been pushing her, but I was not going to offer any suggestions.

First Annual KuefferFest

After lots of planning, the weekend for KuefferFest finally arrived. We hosted Clint's family (and a couple of extra special friends) for 24 hours full of good food, laughter, games, awards, and the unforeseen raccoon hunt.

It was a blast and we can't wait for next year!

Team Champione'

Team Ramrod

Redbud Classic

We had not been able to make it to one of Chloe's track meets all season, but thankfully the Wellsville Redbud Classic got rescheduled from Thursday (yucky weather) to Tuesday (beautiful weather).

We didn't make it to the meet early enough to see Chloe throw javelin (sorry!), but we did get to see her run in the Thrower's Relay. We also checked out the pole vault...because that was fun for the kids to watch...and we caught the 4x800 relay and the open 400 (go Morgan!!).

Umbrella Hat

I'm not sure that I have ever seen one in person...an umbrella hat! A friend of ours gave Lash one after church on Sunday and the kids had fun trying it on. It is also being used as a picnic blanket of sorts...who knew!?

Girls Night!!

Ah....friends! Last weekend a very good friend from Nashville came back for a short visit and we had a "Girls Night"...which was a wild and crazy dinner at Pepperjax followed by a silly photo shoot.