Indiana Jones

Gordon went through a little phase here where he LOVED Indiana Jones...he came up with his own outfit and made a home-made whip to carry about...then Grandma found a little set at Walmart and turned him into the real deal!! Here he is....

Indiana Jones LOVES babies....so he can always take a break to hold his "favorite baby EVER!"

Saturday=Yard Work

Grandma Ward came to town and helped us prep our yard for the coming winter!! Thanks...it was a beautiful day and we really enjoyed the sunshine!

a weird little traveling circus?

NO... I'm not talking about my family...I'm talking about this weird little traveling zoo/circus. Steve's boss told him about this group that rehabilitates big cats that have been kept as pets...they were at this big out door mall and were open to view or pay $$ to play with them...they had a bunch of baby lions and tigers and some other things too!

Apparently some of their employees also dabble in a little magic too...they were putting on a free "magic show" on Friday night...we set up blankets to watch but took off after the weirdos got started....it was more a bunch of crazies acting scary than magical...but the animals were really cool!

1 month old!

Margaret had her 1 month appointment today!
Here are her stats:
11 lbs
23 3/4 inches
Sleeping better
100% healthy
200% adorable

She is growing so fast!
I love this little peach!

"Teaching Maggie some things"

That is what Oscar told me when I came into my bedroom to find him on the bed where I knew Margaret to be sleeping...When asked what on earth he was doing breaking the rule about getting on the bed without permission he replied..."Mom, I'm just teaching Maggie some things!" It was said so earnestly that I couldn't get onto him.

After going over AGAIN how important it is to keep our baby safe I asked him what he was teaching her. My favorite bit of knowledge was "I am teaching her how to shoot webs." (as in spiderwebs) It's a good thing she has big brothers or she may never have learned the proper way to shoot webs!!

*Learning how to shoot webs.....check....Thanks Oscar!

Kindergarten!!

Gordon Started Kindergarten TODAY!!!
He was so excited!
We let him pick what he wanted for Breakfast and he chose his favorite eggs....aka Aunt Erika's Specialty Eggs (cheesy eggs)


Getting on the bus!!
It was a crazy morning and the bus showed up 10 minutes early so Gordon ate his lunch on the bus!! Whoops....
He was so excited to go that I had to chase him out the door to give him his backpack and stop him to actually get his picture!

All done with first day!
When asked how it went he said, "It was so sweet"
I also asked him what his favorite part was and he answered, "Making new friends, especially my new friend Michael with the brown shirt"

You are growing up so fast Gordon I cannot believe it! I love you--good job!

My first trip out "ALONE"

I can say "ALONE" because I was hardly alone. Toting a 5, 3, 2, and 3 week old to Costco was a feat to be reckoned with!

We ate lunch then did the shop!

The children were very well behaved and slowly exited the cart as it got more and more full!

Hopefully we wont have to go back to Costco again for 2 weeks!!

I love it but dang, it is a work-out with these kids!

GOOOOO MUDHENS!

Steve's work gets tickets to our local baseball team and we are the lucky recipients every once & a while! We love to go and this was Maggie's first trip to the diamond!

The ANDERSON INVASION!!

Okay so the idea of having 5 additional children and 2 adults coming into town just 2 weeks after having a baby could be a daunting situation but not when it is my 2 darling Sisters and some of the cutest kids ever! It was great fun...though "educational"! Some of the highlights of the trip were going to the library playplace, going to the Zoo, Pond swimming, playing games, and especially shopping/eating out & movie going sans kids!! Thanks for coming guys!

I LOVED having these Andersons and 2 Munns (Shanda & My Mom) at my house to celebrate the safe arrival of Munns Grandbaby # 37!!

Here is a shot of all the kids!

I needed to post these pictures from our shopping trip...
Erika found her new favorite Jammies!! They were in the little boys section at Target...she did pass them up for herself but got some for her boys...and Gordon got a pair too!

Margaret out & about in Style...

Smiley Baby

I LOVE watching this little girl dream, she makes the cutest sad faces, laughs and smiles all the time!