The Fortress of Ainsley-tude

Sometimes, it's chilly in the morning and I bury myself in blankets and pillows.  The boys call it the "Fortress of Ainsleytude" after the Fortress of Solitude in Superman.

Love,
Ainsley

Nerd Camp

I went to a west suburban summer school camp this week where I dissected a sheep's brain. 

Love,
Ben

My 4th Birthday Party!

We celebrated my birthday with the traditional pool party and my grandparents and my cousins all came to visit!

Love,
Ainsley

Psycho Suzi's

We decided to go to the Psycho Suzi's for lunch one day.  It was great!

 

Love,
Ainsley, Ben, and Cameron

Legos at the Library

The library had a LEGO day and this is one of the many creations I made!

Love,
Cameron

Maisey's Birthday Party

The day after the recital, we celebrated Maisey's birthday!  Happy birthday, Maisey!

Love,
Ainsley, Ben, and Cameron

My Cousins' Tumbling and Dance Recitals

We went down to Iowa to see my cousins do their dance and tumbling recitals!  It was so much fun!

Love,
Ainsley, Ben, and Cameron

Last Day of Elementary School

Here's a picture of my last elementary school class ever!

Love,
Ben

Northern Educate Lacrosse Tournament

A new, indoor lacrosse tournament showed up in the Twin Cities this year, and our association fielded a team.  I was pretty excited to be selected to play on it.  We didn't do too well, but it was fun to get an early jump on the field lacrosse season.

Love,
Ben

Our Trip to Fargo

We have never been to North Dakota.  We decided it was time to fix that.

We stayed at a nice hotel that had a warm pool.

We went to the big Scheel's and rode the ferris wheel and raced in the NASCAR simulator.

We went to the Fargo Air Museum and saw planes and flew helicopters.

We also went to the Plains Art Museum and saw some nice works of art.

Love,
Ainsley, Ben, and Cameron

Our Third Annual Friday of Memorial Day Weekend Lunch at Pittsburgh Blue

Every Friday of Memorial Day Weekend, Mom, Dad, and I head to Pittsburgh Blue for lunch! We don't really plan it, it just sort of works out.

Love,
Ainsley

It's Official!

Dad and I cannot be left alone at Target.

Love,
Ainsley

Box Lacrosse Playoffs!

As usual, we lost in the first round of playoffs to a team that we had previously beaten in the regular season.  Sigh.

Love,
Ben

My Last Day of Preschool (for the year...)

Today was my last day of preschool, at least for this year.  We had a little program and an ice cream social to celebrate!

Love,
Ainsley

JA Biz Town

My school had its' annual fieldtrip to JA Biz Town today.  I was the city attorney.  I had to approve all of the loan and rental agreements and solve two liability cases.  It was a great day!

Love,
Ben

My Last Day of Preschool

Here is me and my teachers on my last day of pre-school!

Love,
Ainsley

School Board Meeting

My friends and I were recognized at the school board meeting for being smart and winning the math master's competition.

Love,
Ben

Lacrosse Clinic with the Minnesota Swarm

My neighbor Wyatt and I went to a lacrosse clinic with players from the Minnesota Swarm today.  I won a shooting competition and got Ryan Benesch's lacrosse stick!  He is my favorite Swarm player.

Wyatt won this faceoff, but then broke his arm. :(

Ben

Out in the Backyard, Working on My Lacrosse Skills

Dad and I were recently working on my lacrosse skills. I'm getting pretty good, if I say so myself.

Love,
Ainsley

My Preschool Had An Art Show...

We have been studying different artists in preschool and doing different types of art each week.  At the end of the month, we had an art show!

Here was my musical collage.  I had to cut all those pieces of paper!

Love,
Ainsley