Bi*ker Ba*bes (and Dude)

(had to edit the title to keep it from showing up on inappropriate searches)

We had a very fun visit from Stan's aunt Debbie and uncle Mike. [a.k.a. Aunt Jessie and Uncle Jessie, according to Jessica...Little Jessie. I guess it's only appropriate that this Aunt Jessie is the sister to Uncle Neck. (B-pa, you have some strange siblings, ya know!) If you come to our house, you're likely to leave with a nickname coined by the infamous Jessica.] Anyway, Mike and Debbie (er, I mean Aunt Jessie and Uncle Jessie) are in the process of roaming the country on their hog. They were in Idaho and so they came on up to see us and got to stay a few days! Of course the girls had to check out the bike:




And had to don the customary b*iker duds:




Being the lame mom that I am, I didn't get my camera out until the last day but Aunt Jessie promised to send me some she took on hers when she gets home...whenever that may be! She got some cute pics.

We had a good time and I hope they made it down to where there is some warmer weather. We tried to talk them into going on up into Canada but Debbie was already uncomfortable with the fact that she was closer to the north pole than the equator. Maybe next time. Here's the little b*iker dude:

School Days

School days are here again and we've survived the first week! (I had full intentions of posting after the first day of school but it seems I wasn't as prepared for this crazy year as I thought I was). Rebecca is doing great in K this year and seems to be really enjoying it. On the first day of school when I asked them how it went Mackenzie said "Third grade is kewl!!!" and Rebecca said "We got chocolate chip cookies for snack!!!" Rebecca has been reporting to me every day what they have for snack...but I have to dig for other details like...what she learned that day. I hope third grade stays "kewl" for Mackenzie...she wasnt too impressed with second grade since they actually had to do work and didn't get to play as much (that's actually what she said last year).

Ok so...no, mom didn't cry. Rebecca didn't cry, and she loves riding the bus. Mackenzie predicted that Rebecca would have to go to the principal's office the first day of school (gee, thanks for the torment, big sister) so Rebecca was very relieved to get home that first day without going to the principal's office. Jessica seems to be in hog heaven with sisters gone. And I think I'm going to have to duct tape Jake to a chair...that's legal, right?