Scrapbooking Madeline's first day of Kindergarten

Here's a scrapbook layout I did for Madeline's first day of Kindergarten.

Utah State Fair

We went to the Utah State Fair on Sept. 15, 2007 and had a lot of fun. Here's a picture of the kids at the Little Hands on the Farm. This is where they were able to pretend like they were on a farm picking corn, eggs, apples, vegetables, wool, ride a tractor, milk a pretend cow, and earn money for their work and buy something from a grocery store at the end. Madeline chose cheetos and Ethan chose chocolate milk. We also took them to see sheep, goats, pigeons, rabbits, cattle, and swine. We took them also to fish there, but no one caught anything. It was complete with dippin' dots and cotton candy.


Madeline and Ethan posing for a picture.


Ethan and Madeline feeding ponies.

Madeline's first week at Kindergarten

Madeline started kindergarten on the morning of September 5, 2007. She had a hard time going in at first - she started crying, but when we came back she was all smiles and was ready for the next day of kindergarten. She went Wednesday - Friday and she learned the letters A, B, and C - how to write them and how to write her name. Her homework was to read 10 minutes a day also. It will take a little bit of getting used to for her mommy though. I'm going to volunteer once a week at her kindergarten class and swap with another mom babysitting. See more pics.

Labor Day Trip to Antelope Island

Jared and the kids went for their first time on a drive to Antelope Island. That day, the Island had a pioneer event where the kids made their own candles, and rings. Madeline dropped her candle in the dirt and Jared put more wax on top making the souvenir complete with dirt from Antelope Island. Ethan's candle was perfect. We went and had a picnic dinner and then got our swimsuits to go in the Great Salt Lake. It is true about being able to float. You don't even have to try and you float. Just be careful if you dunk and water gets in your eyes - it stings!!!! We had to walk out onto the beach a ways because the water level has receded several hundred feet and then it slopes ever-so-gently. It doesn't get deep for several hundred more feet into the lake. We ended the night with a trip to Dairy Queen for a blizzard.