Tuesday, September 4, 2012

FIRST and LAST

 
Today was Chase's FIRST first day of school and Colton's LAST first day at Foundry.
I can hardly stand how cute these were today.
 
 
Chase had no idea what was going on but was only too happy to pose for me.
Colton was so excited about so many things.  He was excited about going to my class.  He could hardly wait to show Chase around and have him there with us. And, he was so excited about being with Mrs. Dana.

The backpack tipped him back into the wall.  The next picture I took Chase was crawling along the floor trying to keep the backpack on.  He didn't mind it but it was huge!
Look at how big this guy is. 
We were ready to head out and get our day started!
There was lots to be done at school and in my class.  The boys did so great.  They both played and walked around with me getting ready for the day.

Daddy came up to walk the boys to class. 
Mrs. Kelly and Mrs. Jennifer
Kelly sent me pics throughout the day.  Here are a few from his day.
 
Mrs. Kelly said he was helping clean up here.  That's my boy!
I'm not sure whats going on here but this picture makes me laugh!
 
 Both of his teachers said what a good day he had.  When we dropped him off he didn't even cry.  I think he was a little stunned about what was going on. I heard through out the day he had a few tears here and there but nothing too big.  I think he got lots and lots of cuddles.  Everyone (in his class and from the front office) said how much they loved cuddling on him and how sweet he was.  Mrs. Jennifer kept talking about his sweet demeanour.  He is so sweet.  Mrs. Kelly said recess was his all time favorite and he squealed with happiness sliding down the slide.  He ate a great lunch and napped in "baby jail" (the cribs).  When Colton and I went to pick him up he was sitting in Mrs. Kelly's lap and he was as happy as could be, until he saw big brother standing at the door.
 
 
Heading into Mrs. Dana and Mrs. Diana's class.
Mrs. Dana and Mrs. Diana sent a few pictures during the day as well.
(Its nice to know your kids teachers.  I'm getting totally spoiled)
Snack
I was so excited to get out to the playground (because his class and my class have recess together) but he ran right past me like I didn't even exist.  Heart my heart but he was having such a good time.

Centers
Work from the day.
Mrs. Dana and Mrs. Diana said that he had such a good day.  Mrs. Dana said he was social and talkative but at all the right times.  He ate lunch well and was excited he didn't have to rest.  He told me, "We just turned off the lights and put our heads down at the table." His favorite part of the day was inking his hand (for the above project).  He also talked about playing outside and rotating in centers. He had such a great day with ZERO tears.  He's growing up!
 
 
 
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Thursday, August 30, 2012

Meet the Teacher

 
Today was Meet the Teacher at school. We had quite a morning planned with three Meet the Teachers. We got to school about 9 and daddy joined us in Mrs. Dana and Mrs. Diana's class. Colton was a little timid seeing all of the teachers at school but when Mrs. Dana came to him he gave her a hug.  He's always loved Mrs. Dana. He has a very large class (18) so it was pretty packed.  We filled out paper work and headed out.  


After Colton's Meet the Teacher the boys went for donuts while I had my classes Meet the Teacher.  I only have 8 kiddos this year so I wasn't too worried.  Sadly only 4 parents showed up.  :(
 
We ended the morning meeting Chases teachers. It was packed in his room but he was happy to be there.  Mrs. Jennifer and, of course, Mrs. Kelly (my cousin) were so sweet to him.  He is the youngest one in the class and some of the kiddos looked so much older than him. He kept trying to sit in the chairs but he's too small to get himself up in the chair on his own.  When we left class Chase got turned around. I was standing in the hall calling his name but instead of coming to me, he walked back into his class and pulled out a chair, ready to play.  It made me happy and made me think Tuesday morning may not be as tough as I thought. (Fingers Crossed!)
 
We're looking forward to a really great year.  It'll be the only year I'll ever have both my boys with me so I'm going to enjoy every crazy second!
 
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Sunday, August 26, 2012

Summer Happenings

 
 
Tomorrow is our last "official" day of summer before I start in service at Foundry on Tuesday and the boys and I start back the following Tuesday.
 
Thanks to my obsessive picture taking I took pictures of almost all of it.  So, here's our iPhone summer photo dump. 
This could be the most pictures I've ever posted in a blog. 
Sit back and get ready for a picture OVERLOAD!
{Seriously.  I warned you.}
 
 
 We painted.
We hung out with grandparents.

We went to a lot of Friday Night Dinners.
 We visited MeeMaw.
The boys played hard together.

We celebrated Father's Day
We celebrated Colt's 4th Birthday.
We had a birthday photo shoot with Kellie.
We went in for Colton's 4 year check up.
The boys met Baby Jackson for the first time.
Colt hung out with his bestie.
 We did puzzles.
 Zak and Colton went to a workshop.


 

 We had nurf wars.
We had lots of cousin time.
 
 
 We took naps.
We went out to eat.
We celebrated the 4th of July with neighbors.
We went to the river.
We went to a few different Bucees.
Zak and I celebrated 7 years of marriage.
We had lazy days at home.
I had a fun "Cousin Sister Girls Night"
We played with electronics.
We were silly.
We napped some more.

We watched TV.
 Pa spent lots of time with us.
 We went swimming.
 We practiced letters.
 We went to the Lego Store.
 We rode the jeep.
 We crafted.
 We read.
 We visited MeeMaw again.
 We sent Nanny, Grandad and Baa to the Olympics. 
To watch of course. Not compete.
 We babysat Peyton.
 We decorated the house to surprise daddy.
 We played games.
 We danced.
 We ate lots of ice cream.
We took apart the rest of the "baby" stuff.
 
 We had McDonalds for lunch.
 
 I made a beer cake to celebrate Crocketts birthday.
 We went to the airport to pick up Baa.
 We snuggled in our PJs.
 We got new shoes.
 I got flowers for no reason at all.
We had donuts for breakfast.
We went back to the airport to get Grandad. 
The boys SHARED!
 We made music.
We had lots of playdates.
Baby Jackson came to play again.
 We went in for Chases 15 month check up.
 We went grocery shopping.
 We baked.
 We played with daddy.
If you made it this far you must be a grandparent. 
Hi Grandad, Nanny, Gaga and PawPaw.
 
We enjoyed our summer and all of our time together.
Fall is in the air.  Or not, it's still so hot but were looking forward to what Fall has in store for us!
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