Thanks aunt torey

My aunt torey (my mom's sister that lives in CA) made the girls the cutest aprons and sent them to us. She was asking my mom if we had any matching aprons and mom told her that I loved the aprons with the dick and jane print. She found the dick and jane print and made these awesome aprons! Thanks, we love them!

Wilson's Apple Orchard

We love Wilson's Apple orchard..for several reasons. First, we love the tractor ride to get the apples, second the apple turnovers are to die for, third we get to spend time with friends there, and we love the apple pies!

We went to the apple orchard three times in two weekends this year! First we went out with Brian's mom one Sunday afternoon. We rode the tractor, got apple turnovers, and looked at the pumpkins.

The Martinson family came back from Miami for a short visit so we went and of course at more apple turnovers and bought more apple pies!

The third time we went it was with Nora's preschool class. We did a picnic lunch at the orchard and then rode on the tractor. Only one apple turnover this time and no pies:) We can't wait for the orchard to open again next fall!!

Hawkeye Game

Nora had her first Hawkeye game experience this past weekend. We rode the hawkeye express down to the stadium, tailgated, went and saw the band and herkey, and headed into the game. She did really well for the first quarter then got a little restless and hot. She made it all the way until the third quarter and then I took her home on the train. It was a fun day for everyone!!

Balanced Literacy Case Study

This summer I have been taking a class called Balanced Literacy and Instruction. It sounds really boring but I have gotten a lot out of the class. The major component of the class is to create a paper and presentation on the components of a balanced literacy approach to teaching. The presentation had to be a workshop for 10 or more teachers and parents. I spent all summer working on this paper and workshop and am finally done..and I got an A! Here are some pictures from my workshop. This was probably my favorite class that I have taken so far.

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.