Thurs Aug 20th

It's the second day of second grade and we let her ride the bus. I'm not sure if it's a smart move or stupid one (especially since I had that feeling in Sunday to not let her ride the bus), but Nick and I decided we'd let her try it out. Ella has agreed to tell us every thing that goes on in the bus and if something bad is shown to her to close her eyes and plug her ears. Like I said...I guess we'll see. I'm feeling very nervous about it. Ella is so excited though. This morning while I was waiting with her for the bus to come she met a nice little girl that has become her instant friend. They played rock, paper, scissors while they were waiting and Ella told me they played it on the bus too. 

I went for a short run with the kids. I let Lisey play on the playground for a bit and she loved that. Then I took Lisey and Lincoln to the Curiousity museum with our next door neighbors, Elise and her son Owen. 

 We made it to a story time and we did a craft after. Lisey had fun making a dancing baton. 

Lisey loved doing this climbing wall. She did it over and over again. 

We climbed up the ropes to go into the airplane. Every other time we been, it's been too crowded to go in. Both Lisey and Lincoln loved pretending to be a pilot. 

Unfortunately Lisey was a bit tired and cranky and our fun was cut short with a potty accident. Elise was very sweet about it and didn't make a fuss about leaving early. I think she's going to turn out to be a really good friend. 

Ella made it home safely on the bus. I was worried she'd miss it or get on the wrong one or something, but she did great. 

After Ella got home we went to the outlet mall that's right by us. Gymberee was having a great sale so we got the kids each a new outfit. I'm definitely going to take a picture of them in the new clothes. So cute! 

We got some pretzel bites to celebrates Ella's first time on the bus. Link loves drinking from the cup like a big boy.