The first day of school was Tuesday Sept. 8
Th. Jacob was not excited at all. He did not have a good experience last year. He is starting 6
Th grade, which is in middle school here. I was happy that
at least the school district decided to not have the high school and middle school kids ride on the same bus this year. I heard the language was horrible!
Alison was very excited and a little nervous starting 1st grade. She is always very nervous about being late, so when I took her outside to take her picture (10 minutes early) she was very upset that all the other kids were already at the bus stop and
immediately started crying. This is the best picture I could get from her. The bus ended up being very late and we stood at the bus stop for a half an hour.
I was excited for the kids to start school. They have been out for over 3 months. I led a cheer after the bus left. I now wonder what some of the neighbors think. But honestly, I don't care. I still have 3 at home (which is the average amount of kids in each family in my circle).
They had a few bounce rides. Rylie loved this big dog bounce house. 
Jacob and Ali went town this big tornado slide. Ali thought it was more fun than Jacob did. I guess he is getting too old.
Joshua, Ali and Rylie all rode the ponies and loved it.
We all went on a free horse drawn wagon ride. Rylie kept yelling Weeeeee even though we were only going 5 miles an hour. We had a great time. I can't believe how fast the weather changed from wearing shorts one week to jackets and coats the next.
Emily is getting really good at pulling herself up to standing. I couldn't resist taking her picture. She is so cute and such a good baby. She loves to play with her siblings and thinks she can do everything they can do.
Josh got a lot of presents. He got a ball & bat, a Mickey Mouse Yatzee game, Play-doh, clothes, a construction kit, and of course a toy robot!
For a robot themed party Josh had to have a robot cake!
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSH!!!"Josh had a great birthday.
