Kellogg's Return

Actually love this view of the house, carriage house and barn-taken from the back pasture where the kids are at the gate. Thank Julie for taking so many great pictures! Pregnancy has made me LAZY!

Kids would run back and forth between barn and pasture to deliver stray hay to the  horses.

 Kellogg Boys Working hard to get this thing reframed before tearing down the walls.

While the menfolk worked the Women and Children went to the Zoo.

The New Outdoor Theater Show with Captain Adventure and the Evil "Stayindoors" 

 Camel Rides which were a big hit!

 During a slow moment they even let us pet the camel

 Lincoln a lil unsure eventually took a turn

  Connor & Josie Kellogg

Bringing in the horses became a part of our bedtime routine. :) 

 You ever notice how One kid's work is another kids fun?

Our Egg collectors, Ready at a moments notice!

Riding Lawn mower Rides always a fav

 Thank you for coming Kellogg Family! We had a great time with you and look forward to getting together with you again!

Tate & Preschool

Tate qualified (in 4 different areas) for Preschool last March through the school district. So as soon as we got back from Utah, at the end of March he joined a new preschool class they had just started. It was hard for me to start my lil boy in school, nervous at how well he would do without me around. :) He was excited (as was I at the deal we found) to get a new backpack-not being pink, purple, Barbie or Princess related.)

 This is Miss Annette, who works with Tate on M/F. She was also McKenna's 1st Preschool teacher at Liberty Ridge 4 1/2 years ago.

Tate's 1st Day of Preschool

 Tate isn't full of alot of information when he comes home from school. He usually tells us that he played with trucks, and he rode he bus, but that's about it.

With school ending he came home with all sorts of projects that he had been working on.
This included a pape version of himself-Tyler was thrilled since she had done one too.

 Chocolate pudding painting

 The Hungry Caterpillar Book

 This was his last day on the bus. He's always a little nervous in the mornings as the bus pulls away, but all smiles when he comes home. He LOVES riding he bus!

Tate's Teacher Miss Terry and para Miss Maureen

They told me that he was finally starting to stick up for himself. I was confused as he's usually the one bullying others. There were some pretty confident and outgoing kids in his class that must have intimidated him?

Overall I think it was a good intro to school and he's already excited to go back.

Husky Hustle

McKenna's school had their annual Husky Hustle. Tate and Tyler came along to cheer and help punch cards. McKenna really stepped it up and won Best Sister award when she invited them to come along and to run around the school parameter with her.

Water & Snacks were given to keep up the kids Energy.

Off again.... 

 I believe McKenna did 6 laps. I went around once and

I was surprised at just how long it was, at least 1/2 a mile.

Tate wanted his picture taken with his snacks.

Just because McKenna was getting her picture taken.

Play dough

With moving come the rediscovering of lost treasures. For Tate this is Playdough. I don't know if he's been exposed to it at preschool, but I do know that he has a new love for this stuff. he will play with it for an hour making snakes and blobs that he calls horses. Love that his attention span just got that much longer.

The girls have even gotten into it.

 anyone know how to rotate pictures on Blogger now?

Fun on the Farm

 Serenity

Taylor or Tyler? Bring on the Band

We have become big fans of Taylor Swift lately. We got the Speak Now Live DVD. I walked into the room and was confused, thinking Taylor Swift had moved in. Taylor sings almost as well.

 The rest of the band soon joined us when school let out.

Tate, well he found his own costume, after Happy Feet.

I love Mother's Day! Sleeping in, breakfast in bed, homemade cards-it's fantastic! Although I didn't think it possible my kids were more excited with the prospect of surprising me with such a great morning! I woke up to giggles and lil heads peaking in my door to see if I was awake yet.

The weather was fabulous and we spent a fantastic afternoon with The Jackson's. The kids had a great time with their grand-daughter playing in an inflatable ball thing you can climb in and getting rides on her 4 wheeler. We all enjoyed a wonderful picnic in the yard enjoying the sun and each other's company. So nice we forgot to take any pictures!