Emma with Chloe the 9 foot python snake that she held during our visit to the African Wildlife Safari Park. Way to go Em!
The girls during a recent family outing to The Toledo Zoo.
Look mom....no training wheels! Ella has been riding with no training wheels since mid-August. We just took them off one day and she peddled away. Emma isn't quite ready yet but soon will be. I can definitely see getting new bikes for Emma & Ella's next birthday.
Taylor's 2nd grade teacher has created a class blog. Now all of you that visit our site can also see first hand what Taylor is doing in school. I am so excited about this! I have added the link to Our Favorites in the sidebar so you will remember to visit often.
http://www.mrssiravosclass.blogspot.com/
I knew they would become best buds! Although Champ gets quite annoyed when Romo plays with his wagging tale and steals his favorite spot on the couch which has been Champs for 10 years. Their favorite game is hide & seek with Romo under our bed and Champ running around it trying to see where he will come out next...it is very entertaining.
Romo also THOUGHT he found a new sleeping place in the clean clothes basket. I couldn't find him one afternoon and he had decided to claim a new spot. He quickly found out that he needed to find a new sleeping place.
Emma & Ella had their first day of preschool at their new school (Monclova Christian Academy) http://www.monclovabaptist.org/MCA/html/main.html on September 3rd. They were very excited and there were no tears....from them anyway. They have already met many new friends including 2 other sets of twins in the class. There are 2 sets of girl/girl twins and 1 boy/boy. They have 2 great teachers: Mrs. Hummel and Mrs. O'Bradovic. The top 2 photos are actually the morning of september 3rd and they have their own cubbies for bookbags, coat, notes home, artwork, etc... The bottom 2 photos are from school open house. They are holding hands with their good friend Lydia and talking to Mrs. Hummel.
We wanted to do something different over the long Labor Day weekend so we got Grandpa Jim and Nana to take the girls fishing with
Aunt Tammy, Unlce Tom, Hope, Calla and JT. We have a great catch a release pond next to the river in Waterville that was great for all the kids. Ella had the first catch of the day....a little blue gill. She was happy with that and pretty much done for the day. Emma had the biggest catch of the day when she snagged a catfish. It took the help of daddy and Grandpa to get it lifted up without Emma going in. She was not impressed and said (I quote) "That is gross, I'm never fishing again'! Hope, on the other hand, thought it was great and wanted to touch it.
The gang L to R: Hope, Calla with Grandpa Jim, Ella & Emma with Taylor standing behind and Nana with JT
