Westview

Yesterday was the field trip to Westview orchard with Jacob's preschool. The fieldtrip is super fun and it was a PERFECT day for apple picking. If I would have know that 50% of Ben's preschool class didn't have school I would have pulled Ben out of school for the day :) Zach would have been so happy.

Jake and CJ had no real interest in picking the apples they were much more content to just eat them.

Enjoying some donuts and apple cider (I love fall in Michigan)

Enjoying the Huge hay stack

Loving on some animals at the petting zoo area.

Batman

I went up to check on the boys one night before I went to bed and this is what I found :)

Jacob's first day of school

Jake started preschool at Woodside a few days after Ben started. He was so excited to be a big boy like Ben. I love it that he was so comfortable at school.

They had to bring their favorite stuffed animal for their first day of school. Of course Mr. Elephant had to come along

He loved this game. He is really into sorting games (hint for Christmas)

Caleb got to join in the action as well

Ben's first day of school

Ben was so excited for school to start this year. The night before it was kind of like the night before Christmas. I loved it that he was so excited. I pray that lasts for several years.

Not sure what this face is all about but I think it is pretty funny

In line waiting. (paper towels were on the school supply list Allie)

golf and other fun

Ben has been wanting to Golf with Josh all summer. The problem was that Josh has not golfed much this summer at all so, it was kind of hard to fit a round with Ben in. The boys decided it had to be done before school started so, over Labor day weekend, we headed to Ted and Karen's to get some golf on.


First we started with a few practice shots in the backyard. Once Josh realized that Ben can really hit the ball pretty far he realized practice balls are best for the backyard.

Caleb who is obsessed with anything his brother's do especially if it involves a ball had to join in the fun as well.

In a rare moment Jake and Caleb decided to have some fun together in the jeep. It is a scary thought to look at these pictures to see Jake driving Caleb around.

Ben then hit the course with Josh (aunt Heather and Grandpa tagged along as well)




Ben promises that he beat Aunt Heather, not sure what her take is on that however.

A few weekends later Jake needed his Daddy time. Josh took Jake to the driving range early one morning.

(keeping his eye on the ball)

Josh said that he got a small bucket of Balls and Jacob hit all but 5 of them. Crazy!!

Last day of summer fun

The day before the boy's had their surgeries we decided we needed to celebrate the possible last day of summer before school started. We stared with some sugary treats and then headed to several parks. I decided it would be a perfect today to play with some of the settings on my camera (again) so, there are lots of pictures of my very cute boys!!











Can anyone name the park???

The boys had surgery the next morning. Ben had a tonsilectomy and Adenoidectomy and Caleb had tubes inserted into his ears. Both Caleb and Ben did amazingly well. Ben was ready to play less than 7 days after surgery. I think that if Jake ever has to have a T&A it will be done somewhere between 5 and 7. (I like that recovery time much better than the recovery of a 3 year old)


8-25-2010