Kindergarten, Second Grade, and the State Fair

Checking out a goat.  Finn wasn't too sure about her.

The boys loved the bunnies!

Minnesota State Fair 2015

Checking out the horses!  Finn said they were wearing "socks"

Beautiful Horses

Horses with Liam and AJ

Riding the pretend horse

Standing in line for the Moo Contest.  Aiden came in 5th place for the best "moo"

Liam's Turn to Moo.  Liam came in 8th place for the best "moo."  Finn entered the contest too, but as excepted when his turn came, he said nothing.  NOT ONE WORD.  Television cameras waited on pins and needles for him to utter one simple moo, but he decided to save all his talking for later, of course, so we missed out on our chance to be on T.V.

Luke has absolutely NO fear on rides

Liam on bumper cars

Liam at ring toss

Finn on the motorcycle

Luke and Liam began 2nd grade

AJ had his first day of kindergarten

Happy First Day of School!!

Over the Labor Day weekend, we took all the boys to the MN State Fair.  I say this every year, but John and I do not enjoy going to the State Fair.  Many people in MN grew up going to the Fair  and they love going each year, but we really don't have those feelings of nostalgia.  There are a lot of people, it is quite expensive, all of the food is deep fried, and the main thing the boys want to do is spend as much money as possible on cheap rides.  With that being said, we were very close to skipping the Fair this year. But, we endured yet another year for one reason...Finn.  This was Finn's first trip to the fair.  It was quite tropical outside, but thankfully not as hot as they predicted.  We primarily went so that Finn could see the animals similar to his brothers at the same age.  It is fun to watch Finn get so excited about seeing horses, rabbits, goats, pigs, etc...He loved the animals.  A few days after we took everyone to the fair, we asked Finn one morning what he wanted to do that day.  His answer, "see the animals."  Glad we made the effort to go!  It was definitely a fun trip to everyone even if the big boys wanted (and begged) to spend 100 times more money on rides than what we spent.

In other news, we started school today.  Aiden began kindergarten and his last year at the Montessori school where all the boys have attended.  He is doing kindergarten at Montessori before he will join his brothers at the local elementary school for first grade.

Luke and Liam began second grade at the same school where they attended first grade.  One of their very best twin friends (Charlie) is in their class this year along with a few people they know from last year.  Both are very excited to start school and see all their friends.

Happy 1st Day of School!!