Carter's few words

here is a link to Carter's first few words.  he is really starting to say words and copy.  it is such a fun time.  Some of his other favorite words that I didn't get was "shoe"  "pumpkin" "grandma". 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCHE_uqiev8&feature=youtu.be

The big D

 We went to a park downtown Detroit.  It is right near the water and you can see Canada.  Behind the kids is the big GM building.  We went on the "People mover" which is a odd version of the metro.  It only goes one direction and hits all the main places downtown D.  It cost only .75. It is fun for the kids and we get to have a quick sight of all of the D,,, ugly and all. 

 Near the park is a fun waterfountain and nice walkway along the river.  It is a nice place for a Saturday stroll with the family.

David took the kids fishing

 David took the kids fishing and got them all a special pole.  They had such a great time and they had caught one fish. 

Peach festival

 There was a fabulous peach festival about 30 minutes north of us.  We took the kids there on Saturday and they had a great little festival for kids.  They had gunnie sack race, which the kids came in 1st place, they had a book race, egg race, bouncy house, train, free lunch, balloons, wooden projects to do...ect.  IT was awesome and all for free.  The kids had a blast and it was such a beautiful fall day.  We bought some not so good peach cobbler and some peach ice cream. 

 They had snow white and Belle there and Eliza loved it.

 We had lunch on the street.  We are a good looking family.  Notice our backdrop is the tatoo and cigar shop... a little odd.

Eliza's first day of school

 Eliza is finally in Kindergarten. I feel like she has been ready forever.  She loves school and she loves being with her friends all day.  She was so excited to wear jeans to school.  The only bummer was that the 1st day of school was only a half day and she said she was bored.  She just wanted to go to a full day of school.  She goes to school until 3:30 everyday.  She was a little cranky the first couple of days after school because she was tired and it was a long day but she has adjusted well.  I thought it was funny because the 1st week the teacher really made a effort to get them used to not being with their moms so they read stories and made craft projects to remind them that they were ok.  They had a special table to go if they were sad or missed their moms or dads..... Eliza didn't even look back when she went to school.  Had no problem saying good bye to me.  She wants to go to school by herself and walk from the corner by herself.  She if very independant.  I think she is very special and I am a little sad to share my special person with someone else, but I know that this will make her even more special.

David's 32 birthday

David had a very uneventful birthday.  He was working the night shift that week so he came home at 8 AM and slept until 3:30.  Eliza came home from school and I quickly put candles on the cake, sang to him and ate cake and ice cream... then he went back to sleep.  We really didn't do anything exciting on his birthday but he and I went to the BSU Michigan State football game in August and had a great time.  I  told David it was his birthday present.
For his cake I made a oreo frosting and it turned out quite well.  Even he was surprised.
Happy Birthday David.

Eliza meets her teacher

Yesterday Eliza met her new Kindergarten teacher.  She starts school on Tuesday and she is so anxious and excited.  I was excited for her and watched her check out her new classroom.  It looked very fun with toys and blocks and tons of learning things.  I was holding back a few tears as I saw her grow up.  I knew that this was just the beginning of a life time of learning.  This new stage of school won't stop for a long time.  I guess I was just emotional that it is finally starting for her.

At night Eliza and I talk and she was talking about Egypt.  She asked me if I knew where it was.  I said yes,  She asked me if we have been there and I said no.  She said "because it is very far away.  Is that where all the bad people are... yeah... I have heard of it."  I am not sure where she is getting her information but I loved it.