SONshine Preschool

Aubrey was up bright and early and ready for the day by 7:00

That way she could take a pic with Daddy too

Showing off her shoes and backpack

Avery had to go to the babysitters alone for the first time

Dr. Bob saw us and offered to take a pic of both of us :)

standing In line

checking out the gym

On the Listening Carpet singing the 

Good Morning song

Coloring a Clifford paper

Blocks with friends

Mrs. Cheney

Mrs. Mulder

Mrs. Broadway 

Iowa State Fair

Iowa State Fair 2015

Aubrey and Daddy got to go up to the Fair Friday night

and stay in the camper together.

They parked at South East Polk and rode the bus!

On the bus ready for the FAIR!

Aubrey with the Red Angus heifer of Grandpa Craig's

brushing the heifer 

Aubrey got a special ice cream treat for helping out that night

Aubrey and Grandpa Craig being silly

Saturday morning Mommy and Avery joined everyone -

we took the bus too from SEP

Aubrey and Mommy in our matching Kaisand Cattle shirts :)

Kaisand family photo op :)

Grandma Char and the girls with the calves 

Aubrey enjoying her new sticker book from the Fair

Avery entertaining herself in the barn

These horse statues were all over the fair this year

Grandma Van Grouw was in charge of taking pics

and accidentally took videos instead....

if you look close, we are the group walking about 1/2 way up.

Mommy went with Aubrey

then Curt

and Grandpa Van Grouw with Avery

Everyone had a BLAST!

Aubrey's request: apple juice - we just happened to be by the apple stand

and she got an Apple Slushy - yummy!

Grandpa VG Curt and Avery watching the show

Daddy showing "Sweet Shot"

At the Varied Industries Building - the ISU area

had the NCAA Big 12 Tournament Champion Trophy and net :)

Aubrey signing her name at the Animal Learning Center

After a break in the LONGEST SHOW EVER - 

Daddy could join us for the "Little Hands on the Farm"

Girls ready to farm

(notice Avery is in socks...she chucked her shoe off 

and before we noticed it, it was far too late to find it)

planting her seed 

Missed that one ;)

in the BIG tractor tire

Of course it felt warm enough to get wet...or soaked!

We happened to run into Bobby Jindal -  Republican Presidential candidate -

Aubrey and I had a decent conversation with him.

Here he was saying, "Wow, you're 4 years old?!" - pretty crazy.

Needless to say, we felt obligated to cast our kernel for him after that encounter ;)

so. many. people.

Being brave petting a big dog 

And she wasn't so brave with the Cat in the Hat

so Mommy had to join in the pic :)

Ahh....a good hot dog to end her time at the Fair!

End of Summer

We are down to the last week of summer and we are just taking it all in.

One last hurrah at the State Fair this weekend and totally back in the routine.

Avery wanted LOTS of bows in her hair...just like Aubrey did 

when she was this age :)

Cool as Elsa

Aubrey got to ride in a pickup

Avery comes to us and says "pretty toe"

Little Stinker

Mini golfing with Daddy...need to work on the form there girlie 

Daddy and girls going to get the mail 

Daddy duty

Picnic lunch outside after a morning swim

Being performers on the edge of the couch

A JACKET in August - loving the chilly weather!

Ice Pops are a must EVERY AFTERNOON :)

Yummy! Avery calls them "bomb pops"

Deck before...after a good power washing

Ready to stain

HOUSE COMPLETED!

Just restained the deck - yay! 

Aubrey took this one :)

Girls brushing their teeth before going back to the babysitters