Elmo meets DracuLaura

Halloween is such a fun time for kids and this year it was finally nice enough outside to really enjoy the evening.The neighborhood is FULL of kids and our trick-or-treating group grows each year! Here's some photos of all the fun and spooks!

Teagan's First day of Second Grade

Teagan Rose Stupsky: (noun) and first born of Danielle and Ryan Stupsky.
She is seven years old, sandy blond hair with a few emerging freckles across the bridge of her nose. Known for her love of multi-legged creatures and art.
Started second grade on September 6, 2011 with Mrs. Nicole Hedlund as her teacher.

I hate to see her grow up so fast, but I know she's in good hands with her friends!

What?!?! Mommy has ignored her blog?

Even Nolan knows that an ignored blog is a boring blog! We'll be back soon folks - we're out enjoying our very short summer here in Minnesota! See You Real Soon!

These are a few of my Favorite Things!

These are a few of my favorite things!
One starts with N,
The other with T.
They are both loved by their Daddy and Me!

Nolan's First Birthday

It's unbelieveable how quickly the past year has gone. Nolan is already one! He's done some amazing things in just 365 days. He rolls over, crawls, smiles (for real, not just the baby gas smiles) and is SO VERY CLOSE to walking!

Mommy made him an Elmo cake.

And he's very happy about that - check out his grin!

Oh, and he's very good and being messy!

It will be any day now and he'll be graduating.

Trick or Treat - Halloween Fun!

Just a few shots of the Stupsky's annual pumpkin carving! Teagan was able to show Nolan the ropes this year!!

BOO!!

Then the big day finally came! Teagan and friends took on the neighborhood and collected all the sugar they possibly could! Nolan was just a spectator this year - but watch out next year!

Then our little devil came back and handed out candy to the big kids who were still trekking through the neighborhood!

First Grade Fashionista!

My fashion diva is ready for First Grade!!


Teagan was very excited to start her first day of first grade. She was up early and dressed before we even knew she was awake. 

Once we got to CBPA she took off to find her classroom.

She was thrilled to have her own desk and was such a big girl.

It was so strange but Teagan is in class with Amelia (Mia) Blanchette and Mia's mom, Sarah, and I graduated HS together in Marquette, Mi! We were talking about how strange it is that our girls are in class together when another mom mentioned SHE was also from Marquette but graduated several years before us. It's a very small world!


School: CBPA - Champlin Brooklyn Park Academy for Math and Environmental Science (a mouthful)
Teacher: Ms. Nora Short

Watch out world here comes Teagan!