goodbye "2-3's" room at daycare...

Thursday, Aug 20th Alicia had the her last official day in the 2-3 year old room at daycare. On Friday, Alicia and I went into her room to visit and party with the rest of her classmates and with Ms. Stacy and Mr. Jeff. We are so thankful for all that her teachers did for her and the support they've shown for Alicia. My favorite saying that probably came from her teachers this past year was this... "she's strong-willed. not stubborn.." haha.. love the new twist on that! Thanks for all the Galileo memories from that room.

Here's some of the pictures from Alicia's room's party.

Some pictures of Alicia with her friends, Carl and Lucas, who also attended Galilieo room with her. Alicia with her teachers, Mr. Jeff and Ms. Stacy.

end of summer

See guys, here's the scoop. It's like this...
First off, I'm one cool social gal. I'm cool enough that my mommy and daddy took me to their softball games this summer. Too bad they are over now, as I got to hang out with some nice friends and play. But now that the softball season is over, we can really get to relax and enjoy the rest of our summer weather and more of our nights at home. Maybe then, mommy and daddy can catch up on my blog then and fill you in on everything that has been going on in my life!! Stay tuned!

All aboard!!!

A quick pic of the kids from today's Day out with Thomas! More photos
and story to come later...

Lucas , Kaylee, Carl, Alicia

Growing update

Alicia went to her endocrinologist yesterday for a growth check. She's
been on her medicine now for about 8 weeks now. Alicia officially
weighed about 24 lbs and was 34.5 in tall. Not too bad as it was about
a 1.5-2 lb gain! Her dr would like to see abou 1.5 a month gain
though; so it sounds like a prescription for more ice cream :) keep on
growing Alicia...

first tractor ride

So the story goes like this....
A couple of weeks ago I got to go on a tractor ride with Uncle Billy. It was very fun. I think it was my first ever tractor ride. It wasn't a really big tractor, just a small lawn mower tractor.

We rode around Grandma's big yard several times. I even helped drive and use the steering wheel! No mowing the grass yet, maybe next summer.

I also got to help water flowers at great Aunt Vera and Uncle Eric's home a couple of weeks ago. Vera collected rain water in a big bucket so I dipped my watering can into the big bucket and poured water all over the flowers. I did it with no help and was very proud of being able to carry and pour the water all by myself!

Cat napping

Nice rainny day for a cat nap....

Whatta Crazy Weekend of Activities

I'm not even sure where to start this weekend.... I'm sure Heather will update the blog with smaller stories.. but here's whats been going on with the Kluesners the last weekend.

We then had a crazy weekend which brought us to a various number of places: a company picnic; Colona, IL; Eldridge/Davenport, IA; Lake Zurich, Wrigleyville, and Elgin IL. It was crazy to say the least since we were all over the place.

Colona is where we visited with one of Heather's childhood family friend Rob. It was good to see him again and Alicia enjoyed playing with his puppies Cooper and Brutus.

Next up, in Eldridge, where Drew's cousin lives, we stayed with the Schroeders on Friday Nite.... Alica got to visit her 2nd cousins Amara and Alyssa... and it was a good time.. Alicia and Amara had a blast listening to music and playing various games....they got along great! We had some Happy Joes Taco pizza and some yummy Iowa sweet corn while visiting. To add to the fun, late Friday night, so strong storms rolled through the area, as we got to experience her an extended power outage... it was fun watching Alicia play with a flashlight.

Also Friday nite was the Jr. Bix. Alicia and Amara did great! Amara went first with the help of her mom, and a few helpers from the community. Her training definitely paid off. She's a trooper. Alicia was up after a few more heats... and she just couldn't wait to go... She was lined up... heard the word "go" and took off. Unfortunately it wasn't the right "go"... Mommy had to get our little jump starter.. and after lining up again.. she started really quick again.. then she saw daddy and then essentially stopped. Daddy had to run to the end to make sure Alicia would run and make it to the finish line. It was a good time.

Saturday was Mommy and Daddy's race. Mommy did the 2 mile race with Drew's cousin Amanda, and Daddy did the 7 mile race. Alicia is very proud of her mommy and daddy for achieving all of their goals going into the race. We hope to make this Bix Race an annual occurrence now. Thanks so much to Amara and Alyssa's grandma (Aunt Sandy) for take care of the girls on Saturday while we were able to partake in the race activities!

Saturday Afternoon... we made the trip up to Lake Zurich to celebrate Megan's 1st Birthday! It was a good time to see all of Alicia's friends (Megan, Lucas, Carl, Nicholas, and Ben, and a few new friends). Megan was very excited about her birthday and all the cake and gifts, that she almost walked! Yeah Megan...

here's some more pics from Megan's bday...

http://picasaweb.google.com/drew.kluesner/Megan1?authkey=Gv1sRgCIX8yNGssriOKw#

Sunday, the Kloss's stopped over to visit. Grandma and Aunt Mary had a party at home with Alicia while Uncle Billy, Jill, Mommy and Daddy went to the Cubs/Red Game.... Alicia really enjoyed seeing Grandma again... and having them have a sleep over and stay was great! We still need to download the pictures from Sunday-Monday, so once we get that done, I'll post a few from that too.

anyways.. that gets us up to date till atleast last monday. I hope you guys enjoyed our marathon weekend of activities as we did.