Kate in the Bath

When Kate took her bath tonight, she started splashing and thought it was really funny. Just thought I'd post this video so you could see. She was having such a great time!!

Will's Artwork

Will brought this picture home on the first day of school. I haven't gotten out of him why he drew a picture of Kate. He had to draw a picture of himself,as well. I just thought this was pretty cute and wanted to share.

Will's First Day

When we picked Will up today, he immediately said 'I love kindergarten! I can't wait to go back. I wanted to stay longer!' Ben was mostly concerned with what playground Will played on today. And that was the first thing he asked about! Will told me that he had music class today, ate all of his lunch and snack, learned about walking quietly in the halls and drew a picture of Kate and himself. Will played with Marshall and they had fun! Will also listened to stories on headphones and went to see the flag raising ceremony and said the pledge with the entire school. It was a great day and he is very excited about going back on Friday!! He even said that his teachers might just be nicer that Ms. Kennette!!

Myers Park Traditional

Just thought I'd post a picture of Will's school. This is the back- new addition completed a few years ago. The front is about 80 years old. Too many trees to get a good picture.

First Day of Kindergarten

Well, Will started Kindergarten today. He was so excited! Picked out his own outfit and wanted to wear his dress shoes- had to talk him out of that!
There are four families in our neighborhood that go to MPTS. We are going to carpool with the children in this picture (from left: Olivia, Margaret both in 1st grade, and Thomas in 4th grade).
This was the carpool from this morning. I picked up Jane's 2 oldest and dropped off Ben and Kate- had to walk the others in so it made it so much easier not having the little ones! Boy, carpool is going to be interesting!! The older kids sure have a lot to talk about. Will barely got a word in edgewise. During the conversation started by Thomas about how to extract venom from snakes, Will blurted out as quickly as he could 'I really like the spitting cobra!' I was watching him as we drove in and he was having a ball!!
This is Will after he had put his backpack and lunch away. A little nervous but he did great!!
A few of his new classmates. Only 7 children came today. They will all be together on Friday. The little boy to the left of Will is Marshall. We met him last week on the playground. He is the oldest of a 2 boy and 1 girl family (much like ours- little girl is the baby!) Anyway, the assistant teacher Mrs. Lewis is helping to get Will settled. She is very nice. Will settled right in and got to work on his first project! No tears or wanting to leave!! Of course, I was able to hold the tears off until I was back in the car!! I can't believe he is in Kindergarten!! Where has the time gone! I let you know later how the day went. Ben, Kate and I just stayed around the house- played a little cars and went on a bike ride. I think Ben will be happy when his favorite playmate is home!

Fall Soccer League

Will started soccer last night. It was a hoot! It is a coed team of 8 little 5 year olds running around with soccer cleats and shin guards on. Most of them have no idea what to do- they just squeal and chase after the ball. The team name is Cameroon and they will have games on Saturdays. Will had a great time and can't wait until his next practice. Ben and Ron kicked a ball around while Will practiced. Ben wants to play so badly- we are going to sign him up for the Spring league. You have to be 4 to play...

Wee School

Ben had orientation for Wee School on Thursday morning. I left Kate and Will at Jane's house- so it was just the two of us- What fun!! Ben has Ms. Suzie and Ms. Kathy as his teachers. For those of you who don't remember- Ms. Suzie was Will's teacher his first year at Wee School. When Ben told Will who is teacher was he said 'I learned a lot from Ms. Suzie!' Out of the mouths of babes!! Ben was a little hesitent at first but once he found the cars he was golden! One of his little friends, Colin, is also in his class, as well as Ms. Melissa's (teacher from last year) little girl Sydney. When I picked him up after the Mommy meeting, he ran into his little girl friend, Helena in the hallway. He had been waiting all summer to see her and he acted so shy!! Anyway, on the way home I asked him if he had fun and he said 'Why couldn't I stay the whole day? Going for just a little while is boring!' I think he is going to have a great year!!

Pictures from Will's class. I will post more from the first day.

Kindergarten Open House

Will had open house at Myers Park Traditional last night and got to meet his teacher and see his room. I asked him to go get dressed and he came down just like this. Pants, golf shirt (what he calls it) and dress shoes! Said he wanted to look nice to meet his teacher! It was such fun to go see the school. We picked Ron up from work and all went to check the place out. His classroom is so cute and Will and Ben looked in every cubby and storage box! A friend gave us a tour of the school- we saw the library, gym, art room and cafeteria. Will is so excited!! There was a Kindergarten Cookie Crunch on the playground and we got to meet more of his classmates. Will starts on Monday and then goes again on Friday. His first full week is the week of Sept 2.