Our Tree Climber

By the time we got home from the Fire Station, Andy was home as well from his church errand, so he got busy doing some yard work outside. Rachel loves to have an excuse to be outside, so she always heads out when Andy's out there working. She disappeared and surprised Andy by being up in a tree like this: 

She LOVES to climb trees. I keep on wanting Andy to get rid of these 4 trees (2 in the back and 2 in the front) but maybe we shouldn't...

Fire Station Open House

The Fire Station near our house held an Open House today. The kids and I decided to go and we had a fun time checking out the fire trucks, ambulances, and other activities. Ian had fun as well, but was not willing to participate in any of the picture taking. We got lots of little freebies from the vendors that were there and it was a fun Saturday morning activity.

Student Council Installation Ceremony

This morning I went to Rachel's Student Council Installation Ceremony. It was quite interesting... I 'd never seen anything like it. I used to work with the Student Council when I taught school and I don't recall us doing anything like this. Maybe we did and my memory is just gone... Anyhow, Rachel thought it was pretty cool to sit up on the stage and get sworn in as a Student Council Representative. The only disappointing things was only 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders attended. We thought Audrey would have been there. And she was kind of bummed to miss it. If we ever do this again, I may just have to pull the younger sibling out of class for 15 minutes. Here's a picture of Rachel with all her Student Council friends: