Kindergarten Hand Prints

 A few parents and I helped Michael's Kindergarten class make t-shirts.

Each child had to leave his or her hand print on some 20 shirts--phew, what an undertaking!

Can you find Michael's print?

Who knows how long the shirt will hold up, but these photos should last a while.

A Birthday for Tess

 We had a small family birthday party for Tessa earlier this summer.  As we often like to do, we celebrated on her actual birthday.  The birthday girl can snitch from her own cake, but we waited for Daddy to get home from work before the real party began.

Look at that cake, Dad!

New gifts.  A summer dress, cash register...

...a baby doll.

How does it taste?

Chasing bubbles!  Tess insisted on blowing the bubbles, not chasing them.  That's our Tessa--a do it myself kinda gal.

Shooting Stars!

Emily was way excited to race with friends for the Gap2Gap relay race.  The junior segment of the race includes running, biking, rollerskating, and an obstacle course. I took Emily to the bike path the day before to try out what I thought was the full length of the course--turns out I was wrong and she had to bike a considerably longer distance than what we'd practiced, but she still did great and powered up a small hill at the end of her portion.

Ready to go! 

Team Shooting Stars won second in their group.

Here she is with her sparkly pink and turquoise "mystic island" bike.  Next year, Emily and Michael can race together on a team.  That'll be fun!