Olympic Day

It was Olympic Day at UT Elementary.

Marlo and Evy... and Austin.

Bowling was her best event.

Marlo and Eli.

Obstactle course.

Louis and the Future

Here's Louis' response when asked by his new teacher what things he's excited about for the future:

Louis: "Driving a car. I like turning the steering wheel. I'm excited about going to college. I know grown-ups go there in big cities. I'm excited about building a house. I'm excited to get bigger teeth."

On the flip side of this... this weekend he told us "I want to get strong, really big strong muscles but I want to stay a little kid. Not a grown up."

Family Bike Ride

The kids are really starting to enjoy their bikes. I can't wait until the weather cools a bit and we can ride more. On Labor Day we rode the trail at Govalle Park. Louis made it a little over a mile and then loaded up in the trailer. Marlo road 2.5 miles and was a champ!  

Construction Site Visit

Looking at the kitchen/dining from the front door.

Built in benches are starting to take shape. When the kids saw it they said "I didn't know were were going to have a stage!" I guess we have a stage.

Built in bench in sitting area and dining area.

A bathtub! This was really exciting for the kids. Probably because they recognize it and because we currently don't have a tub.

Louis and his friend Kinley in the playroom, wondering  how you go out "that door" (which is actually a sky light)... They plan to fly.   Later when I asked Louis what his favorite part of our new house was he said "Kinley."  He knows what matters most- Friends!

Hide and seek.

In the tiny garage apartment.

The front door.  Wow, that's a lot of glass (and probably a lot of finger and nose prints).

Around the house

Homework!

"We're going to take these apart and make something new with them." It took me a while to fine all the parts and get them back to being chairs after this fun activity.  

10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 BLAST OFF!

House Visit

Marlo in her room

Louis in his room

View from 3rd floor looking (over the garage) west to Downtown Austin.

Who needs toys when you have construction waste?

Quotes

Quote from Marlo:
Driving home in the car she was mumbling to herself in the back of the car then she said, "Mom. I need to do an experiment and I need a potty that no one uses to do it. It needs to be one no one uses because this experiment might clog the potty."
Upon further questioning I find out she REALLY wants to flush leaves down the toilet to see what happens. Quite the scientist!

And Louis:
At dinner they were resisting what we served so Sean proposed that they come up with meal ideas. The rule was that each meal has to have a vegetable. Chef Louis said,"How about macaroni and cheese with salad on top of it with ranch on top if that! Now, THAT is a vegetable!"

Louis likes pretending to be a dog and asked me to build him a dog house.  After playing in it for about 2 minutes he came out and said "Can you build me a think in the ceiling that blows air? Like an air conditioner?" Just when I thought my craft skills were good enough...
(On another note- Amazon Prime Pantry is worth it just for the giant box!)

Throw back to an old quote from Marlo... "We don't have a dog, we just have Louis."