Back to school! (First day of Kindergarten!!)

It's back to school time!! I can't believe school is starting already, since it's only August 19th. But the kids are excited about it, and ready to go. We now have two offical "school age" kids - Zack is heading off to kindergarten this year!

Nice backpack selections...

Zack was super excited about going to Kindergarten. He kept asking "how many more days...?".

Waiting at the bus stop for Sydney's bus to come.

There she goes !!

Zack headed off to his kindergaren class. Here is his desk - at the "green" table.

Miss Katie is his teacher.

Bird Lake

We had the very great opportunity of going up to a cottage on Bird Lake that is owned by Jacob & Kendall's grandparents.  Well, we kind of invited ourselves to go along, but I think Jennifer was happy to have us there :)  I thought it would be a great way to enjoy one of the few remaining days of summer before school begins.  The lake was a quick hour or so drive away, and the kids kept entertained by communicating by walkie talkie the whole ride there (between separate cars).

The kids had a lot of fun playing on the beach area and wading in the water around the docks. 

We got to take a trip around the lake in the paddleboat.  It was a beautiful day, really sunny and warm.

Jennifer made some super yummy brownies.  They were chocolately and gooey!  Delicious!!

After lunch Jacob show Sydney and Zack the finer points of jumping off the docks.

Block Party

I think today was the hottest day of the entire year.  Seriously!!  Way hot!!  And of course it was the day of our block party.  In the middle of the day.  ugghhh  Even so, we loaded up the plate of treats, grabbed the lawn chairs and headed over to the street of the party.
We had the honor of having the new Walleye (hockey team) mascot visiting our party.

The kids had a bike parade to start out the party.

There was some seriously yummy food at the party.  Even Zack found something he liked (shocking!!  haha)

The fire department visited also and showed off their fire truck and equipment.

We even had a clown to entertain the crowd.  He did great job and also made balloon animals for everyone.

Although we had fun, I was ready to head inside to get out of the sun!!  whew, I was whipped by the end of the party.