September

Although the advice is usually to leave it alone and let it grow, I had finally reached the point where a change was needed.  We cut off all of Cole's curls, and he got his first big boy haircut!  It took some time to get used it, but he's such a handsome fellow now!  Here's some before and after pics!

From behind...

From the front...what a cutie!

All gone! I'm a big boy now!

And speaking of a big boy...Cole just can't stand to be left out of anything.  Here's a good example for you!

It didn't matter if he could see or not...he swung at the ball!

This was one of our last ice creams of the summer!

School started after Labor Day for us and it was a bit of an adjustment for us.  Both Reya and Kade are gone all day. Reya is in 2nd grade this year and Kade is in all day Kindergarten.  It's a long day for both of them and because of where we live they are on the bus almost an hour each way, but they enjoy it.  

They are excited!

Of course Zane and Cole had to get their backpacks too!

Reya on the bus!

Kade at his desk!

Kade on the bus!

Reya at her desk!

 It took some time for Zane especially to adjust to not having Kade around all day, but he's been doing much better at playing with Cole and including him in what he is playing.  Here are a couple things we've done while they are home:

While it was nice, we had our snack outside in the mornings and afternoons! They are super silly!

We live across from a farm, so they are watching the tractors get the corn.

Jamey agreed to play on a flag football league through the church, so I got these pics while we were "watching the game"  This was the last time we all went to watch due to cold and lack of things to do during the game. 

And our two newest additions!!  He finally talked me into it:

Our new truck! And yes we can all fit in it!!

 And two days after we bought the truck, Jamey came upon a slide that said free on it, and when he stopped to ask about it, they said he could have it if he took the whole playset, so we got this whole thing for free! The kids were ecstatic! What a blessing!

This is how it came

Part way done

All finished! I don't have a pic but we have a cover on the top now too.