1st Day 1st Grade

Our cute Kaylee had a very successful day of 1st grade yesterday (Tuesday, 30 August). She came home and told us all about new friends, recess, the computer lab, music time, and eating lunch at school. Here's to a great year of school!

Irene Adventure

In the face of Hurricane Irene, we opted for flight rather than fight, and enjoyed a weekend trip a few hours from home in Hagerstown, MD.

Our adventure included . . .

Listening to "Peter and the Wolf" in the car,
(Some parts were a little too intense for Ashlyn)

Swimming,

Napping,

Coloring,

Sleeping in big beds,

and little beds,

Eating out,
(Can you guess which restaurant we were at?)

Seeing Kelly and Ashley,
(Cousins of Russ who drove up from DC)

Playing Book of Mormon WHO,

and hiding our most valuable possessions in the hotel room safe.

When we returned home Monday afternoon we found that all was well and no damage had been done by Irene.

The Long and Short of It

We took Kaylee to the salon this week to get her before-school-begins haircut. Ashly was sitting in an unoccupied chair watching the cut taking place when she suddenly called me over and asked:

"Mom, what if I get short hair?"

WHAT?!?!

The pride of Ashlyn's life has been her long hair. We comment multiple times per week about its length, and how much it has grown overnight, etc. She has often talked about how she wants her hair to grow as long as Rapunzel's. But, motivated by her older sister's example (getting a haircut looks like a fun time, right?), she changed her mind.

And so, here she is . . . (sorry I don't have any "before" pictures - I obviously had no idea I would need them)

I realize it doesn't look "short" in the back, but they did cut about 6 inches.

And here's Kaylee's new 'do . . .

Here's a sample of what Brenna had to say today . . .

I did it! (followed by clapping)
I wub (love) you. (to a baby doll she was cuddling)
I need some.
I drink some.
I bring it.
I eating the water. (while in the bath)
Mommy help you.
I need cuppy (cup).
I need that one.
I got it.
I need a banket (blanket).
I need dance.
I need a baby.
I need a bookie (book).
I need a bath.
I wear this.
All done colring (coloring).
I wipe it.
Benna (Brenna) pay (play) now.
Who's dat (that)?
Mommy find it. OK.
Mommy read it.
I pay (play) with dat.
I pay babies.
I finding a baby.
What's dat?
I standing up.
Baby wash hands, too.
Daddy wear dat.
I read skiptures (scriptures).

Miscellaneous Summer Pics

Here's a little collection of random pictures from the past two months.

Another One Bites the Dust

Kaylee lost her first tooth about a year ago, and the second one came out a few weeks later.
Number three waited until June of this year, and wiggly number four (pictured below) hung on until the end of July.

Number five bit the dust after church today, with a little help from Dad and some dental floss.

The Burnett family tooth fairy trades out the old teeth for a crisp one dollar bill.

Apparently that's not quite good enough for Kaylee though, since the note she left under her pillow tonight requested a TEN dollar bill. I'm sorry to say, she will definitely be disappointed when she wakes up in the morning. :)