First Day

Monday was the Little Mister's very first day of preschool.  He has been looking forward to this day for quite some time! 

Here he is with his dog that he decorated.  The previous Friday at Meet the Teacher we were given a homework assignment to take home the dogs and decorate them with things the kids love.  Since Mister really isn't into drawing we went for stickers.  He was all about the stickers and covered the whole thing in dinosaurs, zoo animals, trucks, boats, planes, and all things space related.  During school they got to tell the other kids about themselves and their dogs.



 One last hug....

I bought some flowers and wrote a quick thank-you note for his teachers for all the hard work they had doneto get ready for the year.  He wanted to carry them in, I thought it was so cute :)

His teachers loved the flowers, and I'm sure they love him too.  How could you not?

Literally forcing a smile here.  This was about the sixth attempt and he could not sit still.  I promise he was excited to be there.  What he was not excited about was having to get his picture taken instead of going to play with his soon to be new friends.

Day One Report:  They had Spanish and got to sit on the rug for story time.  He made a new friend named Ethan and had some kind of bar (not granola and not a cereal bar) and water for snack. He loved school and is excited to go back.

A visit from Grandma and Grandpa

Brad's parents came to visit us last week.

They took us to the acquarium.

And we took them to the zoo.

 

And Brad and I even got a date night while they were here.

We had so much fun spending time with them and enjoying the nice weather we were lucky enough to have while they were here.

 

We LOVE it when they come visit and miss them terribly when they leave.

 

Camping with my loves

Amazing Race!

On Saturday the Little Mister participated in the Splash n' Dash, a 25yd swim and 1/4 mile run.  I was a little worried for awhile because he really didn't seem that thrilled to be there at first.  I wasn't sure if he was nervous, or scared of all the people there or just tired of waiting for his turn since his age group went last.

But half way into our swim, after I got him to look up and see Dad and Baby Sister cheering for him, he perked right up and said "I'm winning!"  He was all smiles for the rest of the race.

After the swim we traded off and Brad took him to the transition area to get on his shirt, race number, and shoes and then they ran together.  He held Brad's hand for most of the race.  Baby Sister and I got there just in time to see them run the last bit and cross the finish line. 

Everyone got a medal at the end but Little Mister didn't seem to let that deter him from calling himself the winner.  The rest of the day it was "Mom, I can't believe I won my race!"

Poor Baby Sister, she wanted numbers drawn on her too, and she wanted to race but she was too young.  Maybe next year. This year her consolation price was playing in the locker room and checking out her  new kicks in the mirror :)

A couple of days later he had another chance for competition with his buddies at an Olympic playdate, thanks to my good friend Angela.  It was some fierce competition!!

Baby Sister even got a medal. Since she didn't participate in any of the events, I like to think it was for the cutest pig tails!