First day of Preschool

Nora had her first day of preschool and was so excited and ready for school to start. She is going to Parkview Preschool again and will have the same teacher, Mrs. Fink. We are excited to start a new year and meet some new friends.

First day of playschool!!

Molly had her first day at Kristi's playschool this week. She felt like such a big girl! I now have three hours on Monday mornings when Nora is at preschool and Molly is at Kristi's. This gives me time to keep working on my school work.

How cute is Molly with her big backpack?

I can only imagine

Nora took some dance lessons from a girl at church over the summer. They put together a dance that they performed during the start of church to the song "I can only imagine". The dance was in memory of a little girl named Avery who was tragically killed two years ago. She would have been the same age as Nora. The girls did an awesome job and here is a small bit of the performance.

New haircut

I took Nora and Molly to get their haircut today and we chopped Nora's hair! She looks so cute and so much older!

State Fair 2010

The past three years Jim and Deb have taken the girls and I to the Iowa State fair for a week. We knew when we left that it could rain, but we got there and it was pouring! It rained until around 1 so we did mostly indoor stuff. Nora wanted to ride on the different rides but they were all closed. I was able to con her into not being to upset by buying her the pink fluffy cowgirl hat!

We ate lots of fair food, watched cheerleaders and tumblers, petted lots of different animals, and enjoyed a day with the girls.

The funniest part of the day came when Nora had to use the restroom NOW. The closest thing was a port a j0hn. We went over and she opened the door and said, "Mom, if I go in there I will never be a true princess!" I started laughing and told her she would still be a true princess if she went. How funny!! My daughter knows what it takes to be a princess and it is not an outhouse!

New Dresses!

Our neighbor Shanna gave Nora and Molly tons of princess dresses that there family was done using. They have three girls and they have outgrown the princess thing. Not our girls!! Nora had a blast trying on all the new dresses and accessories. Thanks Igleharts!

visit from the Lizzie

As I posted earlier Nora's best friend Lizzie moved to Miami in June. They came back for a short visit with family in Des Moines and stayed with us for one night. This is my favorite picture of our two beautiful girls! We love you Lizzie!!

Des Moines Zoo

We woke up one beautiful Sunday morning and I told Brian that we should go to the zoo. So we packed up a lunch and our girls and headed to Des Moines. We had such a fun day! Molly loved the playground and just running around the different kid areas. Nora got to ride a camel and feed an ostrich.

After lunch we called Brian's friend Brett and met him for ice cream and a really fun little shop in west Des Moines. Then we decided to go over to home acres furniture store and get Molly a big girl bed! It didn't take long to find exactly the bed for her..a cream victorian bed! It is so pretty and I can't wait to see how it looks in her room.

Exhausted, we headed back to Iowa City for baths and bed!