Backpack, lunch, and cartoons

Mary eats her "school lunch" all morning in the chair watching PBS Kids. Kenny tried to pilfer the chips but she tugged them away from him and told him, "You don't go to school, Kenny!"

Tradition

Kenny

Mary Jane preschool

Adam 1st grade

Kelly 3rd grade

Patrick 5 grade

Megan 7th grade

Jonathan 8th grade

Beth

Mike

It's the first day of school and we take pictures in front of the mailboxes.

Magic wand

Accio candy! Quick before Mary Jane catches me with her princess wand.

Genealogy

Mike was looking for a hat for his hike. Megan brought him this Pocohontas beanie cap and Mike put it on. Yet, as me and the kids are related to Pocohontas (she is my 11th great grandmother on my dad's side) he did not want to wear it (he's only related by marriage and all). Oh, and it is small and purple with a Disney Pocohontas on it too.

T-shirt

According to Mary, her shirt says, "No boys allowed in my room!"

All uphill from here

So, Mike and I took a bike ride today that felt like it was all uphill. He had the gall to tell me that the 5 mile (55 minute) ride was effortless. I so started wishing we did not live in Smoky Hill but in Smoky Flat. Did the dork vomit not see my hat hair stuck to my forehead and all the panting as I was in granny gear, not to mention the walkers passing me? Effortless!

Pumpkins

We have 7 pumpkins on the vines. These are supposed to be 1,000 pounds.

A guy from Mike's work gave us the seeds from his 1,000 pound pumpkin from last year- I saw the pictures of his (actually grown in Denver). At this point I'm hoping for 50 pounds. Megan likes to put big rocks at the end of the runners so she can see how much they grow every day.