ketchup...

with me going back to work full-time, livia starting first grade, sophia starting preschool, and everything else in between...i needed to "ketchup".

enjoy the pics! four-wheeling with grandpa out at ron and barb's house
having some fun at red rooster days!

getting in a horse drawn wagon ride in dassel...

we stopped off at lake ripley to have a picnic lunch and play at the park

first grade orientation:

livia with her first grade teacher, mrs. schantzen

first day of school

ready to take a ride on the fire truck...they got a trip around town and then dropped off at school!

livia with her best bud, claire

livia with her bus driver - grandpa!

sophia at her preschool open house (with her long-term substitute teacher, mrs. bartley)

livia practicing soccer

getting their team photo taken (on the first day of practice!)

getting ready to take a ride in the fire truck "bucket" (can you see sophia in there?)

75 feet up in the air (can you see why i decided to stay on the ground?)

mommy/daughter days...

last week as i was walking sophia into daycare, i stopped and asked her, "would you like to spend the day with mommy?" She looked at me kind of puzzled, and then she said, "Sure!" When I told her we were going to Nickelodeon Universe, she was more than ecstatic. Here are some pictures from our Mommy/Daughter Day. ready for the trip!
sophia at nickelodeon universe (mickey universe is what she calls it)

riding on the "blue's clues" ride together...she chose magenta instead of blue - i think it was because it matched her outfit :)

her favorite animal!

after the rides, we decided to have some ice cream at the schwan's shoppe

we ended our trip at the mall of america with a stop at the dora store and disney store...my little princess!

it was a fun day!

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as i was walking into daycare with livia on friday, i asked her if she wanted to spend the day with me. She quickly replied, "Yes!" After spending the day with Sophia the week prior, Livia had been waiting for her "day". I think she forgot because she was sure surprised and excited to spend the day with me. Here are some pictures from our "Mommy/Daughter Day".

the "before" picture at "color me mine" ( a pottery painting store)

here is the "after" picture (we won't be able to pick up our items for 1 week...can't wait to see the final results!)

after lunch, we decided to play some games at chuck e. cheese...i think she likes horses!

livia next to chuck...she quickly realized that "he is just a robot". after our fun, we headed home, but not before stopping at the general store for a treat. before we left livia stated, "This is the best day ever!"

aww....i agree...it is always special spending time with my girls!

s-a-t-u-r-d-a-y night...

bobby and i have been fortunate to have a babysitter (thanks, auntie susan) and a fun place to be the last two saturdays. Two saturdays ago, our good friends, Paul and Laurie, invited us to a Twins game in the "Legend's Club". This past Saturday we celebrated my cousin's wedding in New Ulm. It has been way too much fun on a Saturday night!we sat next to the '91 World Series trophy in the Legend's Club...how cool is that?

the twins were honoring the '91 world series team that evening

the whole '91 world series team on the target field

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livia took this picture of us before leaving for the wedding

sophia wanted her picture taken with her pretty shoes, too!

cheryl (mother of the groom) and my mom...sisters

just in case if she has too much to drink later...hee hee

the windschitl clan...

dopplegangers? maybe they have just been in the family too long...

hmm...what is some trouble i could get into now?

whatcha doing...

this summer the family and i have really taken to the disney show, "phineas and ferb". Every episode there is a cute, little girl named Isabella that asks, "Whatcha doing?" I wasn't working during the month of July, so I bet you were wondering what we have been doing this past month.

Here are some photos from July, so you no longer have to wonder, "Whatcha doing?"... we visited a few parks...

played at the mcdonald's playland a few times...

set up a "pretend" library at home and visited the public and park elementary library every week!

made numerous trips to the dairy queen!

worked on "school work"...

made some trips to the "stories in the park" on thursday mornings

bobby and i attended a friend's wedding...

bobby and the girls visited the mn zoo...

thing 1 and thing 2 seem to be appropriate names for our children at this time!

celebrated my birthday with family...

my birthday....it means the end of summer, but the beginning of new adventures for the withers family!