Piper's First Day of Preschool

Her Teacher: Mrs. Beattie

Her favorite part of preschool- Cassidy!

First Day of Kindergarten

This is Rock's first day of Kindergarten. He was pretty pumped to be going. We have "all day" K- which took some getting used to. It was an emotional day for Myles and I to send that little one off to "the real world".

Getting to know his teacher: Mrs. Silvertrust. He is telling her here that his name is not "Myles" but he goes by "Rock". Oh man, what did we do to him.

Goodbye Mom! You can leave now. (I loitered for awhile)

And this is what goes on at home when Rock's away!-

Baby #3

Yes! it is true- we are expecting baby #3. Couldn't be happier. Due date is April 22nd!

Snowing- INside- in September

So, I was milling some flour- walked into my kitchen and it was snowing! Flour was everywhere!- I mean EVERYwhere. The air was all thick and it had covered every surface in my house while my mill just kept humming right along. I panicked, then realized it was one of those moments where the damage has already been done, so what do you do? Piper came in and asked- "mommy, why are you yelling and why is it snowing?" So, we both laughed and I grabbed the camera...

Goodbye to Summer

Dear Summer-

Thanks for the fun times- we will most especially miss the illegal bonfires and hundreds of s'mores we made and ate.

Until next year- The Steimles

Happy Birthday Pipes!

Happy Birthday to my Piper!

Her birthday was June 10th and she turned 3 years old. Where does the time go?

We celebrated in the morning with donuts and jumping in the bounce house with Cassidy. I caught the girls holding hands in the car and "celebrating the happy day".

In the evening we headed to Grandma's in Brea. Myles took Piper on a date to Build a Bear at Downtown Disney while we set up for the party. She wanted a pink princess party. She had fun cake and pinata and good company!

She got her own Guinea Pig from G&G and named her "Sparkles". Sparkles is a nut ball. She is fast and runs and jumps out of your arms. Luckily we had Eliza (the animal whisperer) to help us keep her tame. She also got a big girl Princess bike and helmet.

Blueberry Picking

Amber and kids came up a few weeks ago and we did some blueberry picking. Katie and her kids joined us too. Piper went for quality while Rocky went for quantity. It was a great reminder that summer had officially arrived!