A trip to Wash, MO - End of 09/15

We were finally able to leave Overland Park for the first time since Memorial Day- woo hoo!  We don't liked to be locked down but due to the store opening, we were home for a few months.  Adam and I worked the first couple weekends of September and then we hit the road for the next 2 weekends.  

Adam picked Coop up from school in the rain. The girls and I were already in the car, ready to hit the road to Wash, MO!

 Laney took this and it pretty accurately shows what our car rides look like in the passenger seat.  If Pippi isn't sleeping, she usually needs something, even if it's just a hand to hold.

 5 minutes into the car ride,

 20 minutes into the car ride.  She just isn't a pleasant road tripper.

We made it!  Em was playing babies with Pippi. 

Always happy to see each other!

 My pics often seem blurry, every kid is busy!

Brody and Piper reunited for highchair lunch dates.

 What's sweeter than 1 baby?  2 babies!  Our good friends, the Alfermanns, had identical twin boys at the end of summer - Charlie and Louie.  They couldn't be sweeter!   I was over the moon to get to hold those sweet babies and catch up with good friends, if only for a quick bit.

 At a school auction, Adam's parents had bought a dinner/afternoon on the farm of a local Washington family.  They live on beautiful property, we had a fun afternoon and evening on the farm!

 The rope swing was a hit.  

 Pippi loves to make friends with dogs.

 We bets on who would go in the pond first, Piper or Brody.  For the record, neither of them did.

 We went on a hayride to see their pig farm.  My kids acted like they had never been on a farm before.  They couldn't get over the pig smell, totally dramatic.

 John works hard to get attention from Laney but she doesn't budge.  Piper on the other hand is John's buddy.

My boys live in their Urban Air shirts.  It was a beautiful fall day!

They had some newborn piglets running around or I should say, running away from the kids.

 The drama continued in the pig barns.

 A fun weekend!

More of September 2015

Seriously, I am so behind on this blog that I want to cry!  I just pulled out my planner from last year and opened it to September so I can recall what we did.  Warning - lots of pics.

 Alex Gordon and his family rented out Urban Air for his son's birthday party.  We thought it was pretty awesome to have our favorite Royals players having fun at our place!!

 Still wanting to sit on the potty after bath time.  

 It was our weekend to have Coop's class teddy bear, Theodore.  We took him to one of our favorite places, Scheels!

 An after school snack with Theodore.  

 More at Scheels.

The photo opps at Scheels never get old for our kids!

 They love to share a bed on non-school nights.

 I have lots of pictures similar to this one - love sweet, sleeping babies.  

 She found the little potty in the basement and was so excited!

 I was in charge of Lola.

 Back to School night at Laney's school.  We skipped Cooper's back to school night, oops!  It was a crazy week at Urban Air and we decided to just stay home and hang out with the kids instead.  I told Adam that probably wasn't a strong start to our childrens' education.  You think you skip the 3rd kids' back to school night...not the 1st kid! 

 I love that they learn about the Bible and God in Laney's preschool...almost makes me want to buck the tuition and keep them at this Christian school.  Cooper is definitely not learning anything church related this year.

 My cute crew to pick Cooper up from school!

 Back in September, Adam and I were each working one weekend a month.  And by weekend, I mean about 8:30am-midnight on Friday, 9:30-midnight on Saturday and 9:30-9 on Sunday.   Looking back on it, it was crazy - good, just crazy!  This is our party zone which is busy busy on the weekends.  

 I love Laney's spin on her accessories!  

 This night they didn't like dinner and Adam was out of town.  I was tired and over it.  I told them to eat what I made or make a sandwich...so they did.

 These 2 raid my closet for jewels, bags and shoes.

 We had been watching American Ninja Warrior so he started developing his own courses.  

At school, the students get Cheetah Checks...basically tickets from teachers when they see students exhibiting great behavior.  They do a drawing each month and pick a name from each grade level.  Coop won in the first month!!

 I am rarely at the grocery store without the 3 kids so I am not afraid of using the free doughnuts/cookies as bribery.

 We took advantage of a pretty September Tuesday and met the Galbraiths at the arboretum.

 All babies, all the time.

 When I take the kids to Urban Air, Cooper disappears to the Dodgeball courts.  No joke, I don't usually see him until we leave-no matter how long we stay.  So, it's me and the girls.  And this is how our pictures always turn out...blurry.

 Piper spends the most time going up and down this slide into the ball pit.

 Pillow talk with Henley.

 Pippi was playing with one of Henley's motorized dogs (for lack of a better description) and got her hair tied up in the wheels.

 I can't remember exactly how we got it out.  I think Rusty had to get a screwdriver and take it apart.

 Bedtime books.

 They took it upon themselves to drag pillows and blankets in our room to watch a cartoon.

 I wish our Target gave away free cookies, bribery isn't so easy here.  They always fight over who sits where in this stinkin' cart!

 

 My fruit monsters!

 One morning I had them up and running errands pretty early for us so we made a pit stop for donuts!

We have the west sun in our backyard and although the summer afternoons are a bit brutal, the sunsets totally make up for it.