We got KITTIES!!

Its been a long time since we have had a cat in the house. 5 years since Sam disappeared. Claire has been asking for a cat for a long time and Laureli loves to play with the kitties at the Anderson's house.  I finally caved and said yes to getting a new cat. We went to the Humane Society over Labor Day weekend and came home with TWO! 

Introducing Piper and Oliver! Piper is a 3 month old female and Oliver is a 6 month old male. Oliver is very active and curious, where as Piper is quiet and shy. They both are great with the girls and tolerate their "love" so well. 

HAPPY GIRLS!

Claire and Oliver

Laureli and Piper

Although, doesn't look thrilled here. Oliver and Tucker have been playing wonderfully

Kindergarten!

Claire's first day of kindergarten at Crosshill Christian was last week. She was a little nervous having a new teacher but super excited at the same time. Her school needed to add a second morning kindergarten because they had so many students enroll this year. What an amazing blessing to have that many families at Crosshill! The new teacher is Mrs. Bennett and she has three of her own kiddos at Crosshill. Cheers to a new school year!!

Who remembers the first day of preschool!?!

Looks who's 5?!?

Our Claire is 5 today! We made it to day 1825. Whew! What a ride it has been. She is an amazing gift and we are so blessed God choose us to be her parents. 

We celebrated her birthday this last weekend down at the pool. I don't have a whole lot of pictures but love this group photo of all the kiddos. 

A few things about Claire. She loves pink, but is branching out into purple and blue. Claire is still tall for her age, 44'' and weighs about 40 lbs. Claire is smart and very observant. You never know what she is going to notice or over hear. She is starting to try to read and LOVES math. 

Time for our annual 20 questions for Claire. Some of them are the exact same answers as last year :)

1. What is your favorite color? ....................

Pink

2. What is your favorite toy? .......................

Elsa and Anna dolls

3. What is your favorite fruit? .....................

Strawberries

4. What is your favorite tv show? ……………....  
The Thief and the Cobbler

5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch?  ....... 
Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches

6. What is your favorite outfit? ………………...... 
Blue polka dress with the pink flower

7. What is your favorite game? …………….......... 
Duck, Duck, Goose

8. What is your favorite snack? ……………….... 
Gold Fish

9. What is your favorite animal? ……………..…  
Giraffe

10. What is your favorite song?.…….................… 
We know better (from Frozen)

11. What is your favorite book? ….................…… 
Frozen

12. Who is your best friend? ………………....…...  
Adeyln

13. What is your favorite cereal? ……………...…. 
Mini-Wheats

14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? ................. 
Swings and monkey bars

15. What is your favorite drink? ……………...........….. 
Water

16. What is your favorite holiday? …………................… 
Christmas

17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? … 
Giraffe

18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? ....... 
Daddy’s Oatmeal

19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? …… 
Rice and chicken

20. What do you want to be when you grow up? ……… 
A Mommy

Check out last year's answers :)

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