Denver Botanic Gardens - Aug 2011

Matthew and I went to the Denver Botanic Gardens with all of our friends today. We had a great time and Matthew was super tired! I haven't been there for 3 or 4 years and it has changed some. We loved the new Childrens Garden...I didn't get any pictures of Matthew in there, mainly because he was really wet from the water features there!

Rylan's 1st Day of Kindergarten - August 2011

Rylan started Kindergarten last Wednesday at Stargate here in Thornton, CO. He goes from 7:50 until 2:45 and only until 1:15 on Wednesdays. The school is only 5 minutes from home. He is loving it so far and had a good 3 days last week. We will see what this week brings! He has 2 friends already in his class from prior preschools and 2 other friends in other classes. He adores his teacher Ms Murphy as well. It sure is quiet around here without him...but Matthew sometimes makes up for him! HA!!!

BOOTS!

Matthew loves shoes as much as Rylan did, if not more. I need to get my camera out more often and snap pictures of him walking in others shoes. They say this is the earliest form of dress up and pretend play they do! So here he is in Bella's new cowgirl boots. He will even steal random kids shoes at places like Lil' Monkey Business and the Skating Rink!

Matthew's Masterpieces - July 2011

"OH WOW"...Matthew exclaimed as his took his first brush stroke on his white canvas! It was so cute. We decided to paint one day when Rylan was at summer school. He loved it and had to do 2 pictures (which are hanging up now)! Cannot wait to do it again. He was in full amazement!

Rylan

So I am going to postpone Rylan's 5 year old BDay Party Pictures because Kara needs to reload them on snapfish (only the Swet's ones came on the site Kara-I will resend you my login). Here is Rylan working on onen of his BDay Presents, it is a dinosaur dig project...which he loved and looked cute doing! He received lots of great gifts...we got him a razor scooter and redecorated his room Dinosaur Style! Pictures to come soon...

Sidewalk Chalk Art - Summer 2011