Months ago, dad approached us kids about putting together a surprise 60th Birthday Party for mom and of course we all said YES! It wasn't easy to keep our mouths shut and lie to several people, but with lots of help from family and friends we pulled of a successful surprise party with a Tea/Downton Abbey theme. Here are a few of the pictures from the party last weekend. We love you mom!
fall festivities
It has been over two months since our last blog post and part of that is how busy we have been. I can not believe it has been two months since school has started. Everyone is having a great school year so far. Charlotte adores her teacher and has learned so much that she surprises me everyday. Oliver has changed so much just since the summer. He is talking constantly now and his favorite phrase is "that's what happened" after one of his stories that often only Charlotte can decipher. Even though both Jay and I have been very busy with school and FPM we have had some fun trips to pick apples, pumpkins and of course all of the halloween adventures. This year C was feeling a litter under the weather and it shows in some of her halloween pictures, she only made it to a handful of houses before wanting to come back home. Oliver on the other hand, absolutely loved it and still today is questioning..."where all the candy is?" as we go for walks. He is confused where everyone has gone from our trick or treating adventure through the neighborhood and why people are not handing him candy on his walks like they did on Halloween! Here are some pics of our adventures over the past two months. Enjoy!
summer 2015 video
We had an amazing summer. Like last year we took a couple seconds of video from each day. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did while experiencing it all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EdJ_FnL42g
2nd 1st day of preschool
It is back to school time at the Hess house. Professor Melissa headed back to school this afternoon, but not before Charlotte headed back to school for her second year of preschool this morning. Yes, that means that next year, Kindergarten will begin...don't get me started. Here are a couple pics of Charlotte that we took this morning and after picking her up.
She picked out her dress for the first day. It has doggies all over it. Oh, and her shoes light up too. You are only 4 once...right?
We may or may not have been eliciting smiles by flying pieces of candy into her mouth while shooting. Just a little tip if your kids aren't smiling.
She insisted we do a picture with "golden" her newest favorite stuffed animal. Charlotte can't wait to take golden to show and tell.
That's the Charlotte smirk we all know and love...
A shot by the brick wall at school.
Charlotte's teacher had a special box for Charlotte to keep all of her own supplies in...pretty cool!
Just checking things out...
Getting to work on her paper...
Parents brimming with pride after practicing writing her name every morning, all summer. And she nailed it!
And to cap things off...lunch at Skyline Chili...her favorite!
Ollie even got to partake.
And time to update the growth chart.
Mommy pointing out how much she's grown since last August.
And, "oggie too"
