sushi baby

Last night Lexie had sushi for the first time. Not surprisingly, she loved it!! Which is good because her brothers do too!!

This is my sushi!

Can you see it?

Do you want to try it?

Okay, I'll eat it!

Cheese!!! (With a mouth full of sushi)

bathtime fun

Here are a couple of bathtime pictures from tonight. It seems to be the favorite part of the day around here- at least once their hair has been washed!

Old sippies are great for pouring water!

Bathtime is fun!!

I'm not pouring the water out of the tub!!

I figured out how to splash the camera! :)

ben and lexie

Since Ben and Lexie did not start school this week, I figured they deserved a post of their own! :) We played out front this morning for a while before we went to pick up Nick from school.

This is for Auntie Janne-- look at all the purple!! :)

Ben: "Sesie cute"

Ben: "Ben cute too"

Lexie: "What?!"

Lexie: "But I love you, brother!"

nick's first day of school

Nick started pre-k this morning! He was up with the sun and ready to go WAY before we needed to leave-- I think he's excited!! :) He's looking forward to going to the same school as Christopher, although he REALLY wants to stay all day and be able to eat lunch in the cafeteria.

Nicholas, 4

The boys all ready for school!!

christopher's first day of school

Today was Christopher's first day of first grade. He was SO excited when he got up this morning!! He quickly got ready and then asked if it was time to go about fifty times! He's very excited to be at school all day and to get to eat lunch in the cafeteria! :)

Christopher, 6

Christopher and Daddy before school

welcome home!

Now that we're all settled and unpacked (for the most part), it's time for pictures of the house!

The front

Front Porch

The living room, from the front door

Living room from the bookcases (with Jacob's Alice Pack, and my anniversary present)

Living room from the hallway

The kitchen

Breakfast nook and the kids' table

Kitchen

TV

Family Room

Dining Room

And moving upstairs......

The master bedroom from the door

and from the master bathroom.

The kids' bathroom.

Christopher and Nicholas' room (from the door)

Christopher and Nick's room

The laundry room

Benjamin's room (from the door)

Ben's dresser

Lexie's room (from the door)

Lexie's room (from the closet)

rain in nc

I never realized how much rain North Carolina actually gets. The 50 plus inches of annual precipitation that Fort Bragg gets is actually over 12 inches more than Seattle gets in a year. We are loving the almost daily, late afternoon thunderstorms!

new pajamas!

It's that time of year when the fall pajamas come out. Ben and Lexie each got a pair of thermal pajamas while we were at Target today and wanted to try them out tonight!

Watching Dirty Jobs with Daddy!

Getting attacked by Ava

Lexie and Ben wanted to pose for pictures! (And Lexie loves carrying around everyone's shoes)

Silly girl!!

They love playing together-- a benefit of only being 11 months apart!!

503rd mp battalion day

Arnette Park

Thursday was the 503rd MP Battalion Day at Arnette Park. Jacob's Company and all of the other Companies in the 503rd, along with their families, met for a fun day at the park. There were softball games, volleyball games, and even a few rounds of tug-of-war. Our kids had the most fun playing at the playground.

Christopher pretending to be Captain Jack Sparrow

Trying to climb up the slide like the boys!

The slide was Ben's favorite, and he went down it over and over!

Lexie went down the slide with a little help from Daddy.

Nick kept trying to go down "creatively"

The boys are getting so big, Ben can use a BIG swing now, and Christopher can pump all on his own!!

Going down the slide with Daddy!! :)

Ben taking a break on the alligator stairs.

"Hmmm.... all the boys know how to go up the ladder?!"

"I'm sure I can get this!!"

Look at the spiders we have here in NC!!

After a few hours of running around the playground, it was time for lunch. There was a huge barbeque with hamburgers and hotdogs, chips, and a HUGE variety of baked goods (all donated by our local Food Lion)! The kids were excited to have a picnic!!

Look at those curls!! :) And yeah, bad mommy alert, I know she shouldn't be eating hotdogs whole!!

But Ben does, so she has to too! :)

Playing on the playground wore Nick out!!

And she did eat the bun once the hotdog was gone!

Christopher finishing up his hotdog.

We had a great day at the park and can't wait to go back for the next 503rd Battalion Day!!