Sprouts, Camping, and Parties

After the holiday, Charlotte started her second year of Little Sprouts preschool. This was bittersweet because it is also, after five years, our final year as a family in the program. It's such a great program and we will miss it when it's over.

Charlotte had her first eye exam that week. Sadly, we were informed that she is slightly near sighted and will need glasses in a year or two.

One day Grandma and Papa Bill came to school for Grandparents Day.

Noah enjoyed the nice weather at recess at school.

CeCe and I put together this cat craft.

Wyatt dove into his Treasure X present. We did the chiseling part in the garage.

The outcome was two little green goblin guys, one dragon, and one piece of gold.

On the 7th we attended Lukas' birthday party and on the 8th we attended Colin's birthday party while Nick was in Galena.

These two in superhero mode.

On September 11th, we recognized Patriot's Day.

That weekend, the boys had cub scout camp. They did some fishing, earned some badges, and did a skit.

I drove down on Saturday to pick up Wyatt from camp so he could attend a birthday party at Mr. Rico Loco's. There was balloon animals, glitter tattoos, and divine desserts.

Afterwards, I dropped him back off at camp (a total of 4 hours of driving that day for Charlotte and I). We then went straight up to Schaumburg for movie night (Willy Wonka) at the Thorson's. Luckily, Kari drove us but we still spent a total of 6 hours in the car that day. The boys ended up coming home late that night due to impending thunderstorms so I probably could have saved us one of the trips.

Pre-K and Trolls

A week after the boys, Charlotte started her first day of school in the Pre-K class.

 For her first big girl backpack (one that was big enough to fit a folder), she chose Princess Jasmine.

She was a happy girl on her first day of school and immediately went and sat next to her best friends, Faith and Avery.

The next day, she accompanied Noah to a dermatology appointment about the hemangioma on his forehead that still hadn't disappeared. While we waited, Noah read books to her.

Later that day, we worked on making her Peppa Pig clay characters that she received for her birthday.

She also assembled her new princess necklaces.

And we said goodbye to our library sign that we displayed all summer.

That weekend, I took Charlotte to Blackberry Farm for a special Trolls event. We got to meet both Poppy and Branch. 

We also made bracelets and had cupcakes. This is the same place where the boys had their Harry Potter event, but the Trolls event wasn't as elaborate.

We also rode the merry go round, the train, and the hay ride. 

 For the finale, we watched the Trolls movie while munching some popcorn.