september highlights

A month of transition, but I think we're finally in a routine! School schedule, new activities, and lots of fun. Here are our September highlights:

 Zoo day! 

 Andre got to come to Elitch's with us! It was so much more fun with Dad

 Early morning stuffy parties--going for a ride on Flutterbee

 Tessa started gymnastics and she is obsessed. She's the smallest one in the class but she has already improved a lot and talks about it every day (she calls it "sticks")

 It's soccer season! Andre is helping coach Rhett's team this year, which means Tessa and I have lots of fun together during practices. 

 Crazy hair day--this is as wild as we got. 

 The older girls in the neighborhood tied Tessa and Sofia's cars together to create a train to drive up and down the street

 Rhett's fun run! He was super focused on getting all the laps and even did 10 extra laps!

 Andre scored a huge bin of Duplos from a guy at work, so our front room has turned into Duplo central for the neighborhood. Hours of fun, including this super tall tower they were so proud of. 

 We drove to Georgetown to see the fall leaves and stopped at a fun wooden playground. Tessa said, "Mom, take my picture!"

The leaves were beautiful! Definitely worth the drive. 

august highlights

And just like that, summer's over. Sure, it's still 100 degrees today, but now it's september (!) and we're in the school groove. August was pretty great--here are the highlights.

 Cousin trip to the zoo when Finley was visiting

 Rocky the Nuggets mascot. Tessa was super excited to see him but not enough to be in the picture. 

 Petting zoo at the fair. This girl is an animal lover!

 Sunday morning scripture reading in bed. It's the cutest thing to hear Rhett read the scripture stories to Tessa. 

 Annual trip to Lakeside with our passes from the summer reading program. It was as dirty and broken down as always, but the kids had a great time

 End of summer play group trip to Belleview Park. The kids played in the creek for hours and rode the train around the whole park. 

 First day of school for this big first grader! He was so brave and excited. Moving to whole day school was a transition (he was so tired for the first week), but he loves school!

 Camping at Golden Gate Canyon. This park is the best. We tried a different campground this year and loved it just as much. So many rocks to climb on!

Lounging in the library hammocks

 Tessa is quite the artist and covers the paper with very deliberate, small marks

 Back to school time means the splash pad was deserted. 

 Book fort at the library! 

We took a weekend trip to Breckenridge with just Rhett. It was nice to spend time with only him. The highlight was definitely riding the gondola to the top of the mountain to play in the snow in August. Rhett was amazed. I wore sandals and froze my toes.