My Helper

We have mushrooms, tons and tons of mushrooms growing in our mulch.  I've tried every way I know to get rid of them, but they keep on growing (I think they blow in from the farm behind us).  So every day Oliver gets out the rake and rakes them down and tries to get the "mushroom bulbs" out for me.  It is so cute and I appreciate all the help I can get in trying to get rid of these buggers.

Camping

It was time for our annual camp in the backyard outing.  We thought we should do it before the nights start cooling off too much, so we sent up the tent, at s'mores, took a night walk, and Daddy and Isabel went to sleep under the stars.  We ended up bringing Isabel inside and taking down the tent at about 10:00 because of a major thunderstorm coming our way, but she didn't mind and can't wait to do it again.

We Love Grandpa

Grandpa came to visit for a long weekend and we kept him very busy.  We went to the National Zoo, the beach, played some backyard football, and then walked around the National Mall to look at all of the monuments (and to eat a hotdog on the White House lawn).

First Day of School

Isabel is so excited to be going to Preschool.  She is going three mornings a week, and so far is loving it.  And Oliver had to have his picture taken on Isabel's first day of school too.  :o)

Also, note the lost tooth.  I tried hard to get a picture the day she had it pulled, but below is the less than excellent result.  She was very brave when the dentist pulled it, and she loved the idea of the tooth fairy.

Trip to Kentucky

Robert had to spend an undetermined amount of time in New Jersey for work, so I decided to take the kids to Lexington to visit my parents.  We ended up seeing everyone in the Carter family except Michael, what a nice surprise!  Oliver loved playing with Aunt Katie, Isabel loved having everyone's attention, and I loved chilling at the lake.