Wheel of Fortune Fun

The Wheel Mobile came to Oak Creek and we came out to support Stacy enter for a chance to go up on the stage and spin the wheel!

Pat Sajak and Vanna White were there at Steinhafels!

 No, but some other fun traveling host and hostesses were.

Stacy didn't get her name randomly drawn, but we all had a lot of fun!

School is tasty and fun!

Breakfast with Books

Parents got to join their Kindergartners for breakfast to kick off their reading program!

I also helped out in her classroom once this month and Abby raised her hand 3 times to answer questions!

Looking happy to hold a bess beetle, one of their classroom pets!

When making pumpkin spice donut holes counts as homework!
(finding and following the recipe) 

2nd Grade field trip to Domes

Bikers & BBQ

Both the girls have worked really hard throughout this summer at learning to ride their bike without training wheels. 

Daddy running with Abigail down the cul de sac!

Lydia proud to have made it to her friend's house on the other side of the subdivision, without training wheels!

As of now, Abigail loves to zoom around on her bike with training wheels, and Lydia likes to ride free of training wheels!

 Made it to Summerfest grounds this year not for Summerfest, but for BBQ fest. Enjoyed the street performers as Lydia and Abigail have a big interest in magic, and enjoyed a smoky good lunch!

Big Changes

Yay! We have 2 mortgages! 😜

 The girls love this 685 sq foot house. It's charming and adorable...and for rent!

Our life has certainly been inconvenienced in the process of closing, finding a renter and showings, but it has also been enhanced with meeting new people. The same can be said for me rejoining the workforce. Life is a bit more complicated (especially when anyone gets sick), but I am exercising my skills and serving. I see my job as an extension of my life. It also allows the girls to experience ASPIRE, the before and after school care. Working Mondays, Thursdays, and every other Sunday, I can still find some much needed down time. Ben's job has been demanding more travel, so that's been a juggle too. But we Pulleys are always up for a challenge and stronger having gone through them together!

World Rhino Day @ Racine Zoo

The Racine Zoo does such a good job with special events with their staff and volunteers.

Danielle slept over so we took her with on Saturday morning to celebrate World Rhino Day, 9/23/17!

"Snacktivity"

 We learned a lot at the different stations about the Rhino and enjoyed the hot morning at the zoo!

Additionally, I'm tacking onto this post with this cute picture from a rainy October day at the zoo...

on African Penguin Awareness Day

Awe'some Apples

We stopped at Awe's Apple Orchard in Franklin to pick a peck of apples.

There were Empire, Gala, and Ginger Gold

The girls are holding their favorite: Ginger Gold

It is an awe'some healthy snack!

1st Day of School

Another school year begins at Deerfield Elementary!

 Abigail is now a big Kindergartner in Mrs. Benz' class! I walked her in to her room. I helped her hang up her stuff, put her lunch in the basket, and played a bit at a table before kissing 5 times and leaving her for the whole day! She's just a bit nervous about eating lunch there, but no tears!

Lydia was quite excited. She numbered and checked off each item on the morning checklist so that she was ready, prepared, and not late for her first day of 2nd Grade with Mrs. Tarnowski!

Now that they are both at school all day, the dreaded question comes, "What are you going to do all day?" Ahh, it's reminiscent and just as bad as when the question comes when you are a new stay-at-home mom. I hate how it suggests my value and worth is based on what I do rather than who I am, or whose I am. Of course the days get filled with shopping, errands, household tasks and cleaning, and endless laundry.  I appreciate how accomplishing these things during the day frees up our family time at night. I also like being able to help out in the Kindergarten classroom and chaperone field trips. With my time at home, I like to try out new recipes, read blogs, books, or magazines, take Rio for walks, maybe catch one of my favorite daytime shows: Today with Kathie Lee & Hoda, The Chew, Ellen.  I am most excited to be able to work out at Planet Fitness with no rush and hang out with my MOPS group again. I will continue volunteering at church: counting on Mondays, being co-superintendent of Sunday School, attending Board of Ed meetings, play in the SMMB, and work my new partnership role with Pulley Properties. ;) Now, I have been looking for a paying job to go to while the kids are in school. What I found is a home care nursing position every other Sunday. It's the only daytime hours available now, but we think it will work for our family, and I'm excited to get back into nursing! I am excited to see what amazing things God is going to accomplish through our family this year at school and work. We are blessed!