Ike's first day of School: Kindergarten addition

 I can't believe the day has come. My little boy is growing up too fast. I'm sad I stopped blogging, I need to pick it up again.

 Here's the ubiquitous front door shot. Does he look nervous?

 He's going to miss his little brother Ian. I don't know what Ian and I are going to do all day without him.

 This was the popular shot of the day, had to stand in line but I think it's cute. Of course little brother had to jump in too.

 I think his backpack weighed as much as him. We miss orientation so all his school supplies are in there.

 Ike and his best bud and next door neighbor Cason. What handsome boys.

 There he goes with his Ninjago backpack. Yep, I think he's going to be the smallest in his class again.

What a cute little stinker. Can't smile normal in a photo to save his life, but he's all mine and I'm going to miss him when he's at school all day.

Aunt Holly's visit to Sioux Falls

Ryan's sister Holly was our first visitor at our new house in Sioux Falls. We took her to the Butterfly house, the Falls Park and the Apple Orchard along with a few other places. These are some of the pictures she took of the trip. I'm so glad she got to come out and visit.

Last night in our home in Pleasant Grove

The Last night in our home in Pleasant grove turned out to be a pretty magical night. We ended up having all the cousins over to play, for I think the first and unfortunately the last time. I'll admit I was a little hesitant to spend the last night in my house with a lot of kids but I became nostalgic for the night before it was even over. I know my boys miss their cousins so much. It was so nice to have them so close and get to see them every Sunday if not more. Ike is making lots of friends out here but nothing compares to COUSINS.

Ike's Preschool

Ike's been loving Preschool. He's been going MWF from 1-3:30 for about a month now. He's already learned the pledge of allegiance and a lot of different songs. The little girl with the glasses LOVES Ian and has to pick him up and hug him every chance she gets. She won't even let me leave without giving him a kiss. The teacher commented on it today and said, 'You guys don't know her?' I was like, no she just loves Ian. But who wouldn't?

Apple Harvest SD

We went to the apple harvest festival here in Sioux Falls, SD. It was fun but very crowded. We got our requisite pumpkin shots, even though it was a little sunny and Ike thought it was funny to stick out his tongue in every shot. Wonder where he got that? (Jace and Christian).

Thanksgiving Point Farm

Ian has started saying his animal sounds and is loving farm animals so I thought it was time to take him to the farm at Thanksgiving Point. He loved it but wouldn't go on a pony ride so lucky Ike got to ride twice. We also went on a little wagon ride and checked out all the cute animals.