Lunch

 So Aaron starts full days tomorrow which means he will eat lunch at school every day.  He can buy a tray or a bag lunch at school or he can bring.  I can't see him ever buying one of the bag lunches, but I marked a couple of tray lunches for him to try.  For tomorrow, though, I packed.  I asked him what he wanted and he said, "corn".  Ummm, and..."tomatoes".  You want corn and tomatoes for lunch?  "And blueberries and strawberries".  So, there you have it.  I threw in half a PB&J sandwich so the teachers would think he eats entrees.  But I guess a fruit and veggie plate isn't all bad.  He'll have to buy a drink. I kind of thought of that after the fact.  I'm sure he will work it out.  :)

Labor Day Weekend

 We had a low key weekend

 But, of course, the kids wore lots of red, white and blue!

 They absolutely refused to both look at me at the same time.

 They were doing it on purpose, I think

 I love this dress.  She was wearing it in the picture that was on her birthday cake this year.

 Playing in the gym after church.

 And after lunch.  :)

 Oh, and the boots!

 I love this dress, too.  Jory bought it for about nothing at a Gymboree Outlet in Florida in November.

 Happy Labor Day!

Abby!

Abby loves to pick out her own clothes now.

Her favorite thing is BOOTS.  She outgrew her last pair.  These were Katie Grace's.

She has favorite dresses and she tells me if she wants to wear socks or tights and which shoes and how she wants her hair.

Luckily we agree on everything so far!

Except for cowboy boots in August when it's over 100, but I can deal with that.

Happy Football Season!

Fun in the Sun

 Jory went Dove Hunting this weekend and the kids and I headed over to Dee and Papa's for some swimming and swinging.

Second Week of Dance

 Abby loved it just as much as the first.

 Next week is a watching week and I can't wait to observe.

 She told me she danced like a spider again and she twinkled like a star.

Get Acquainted Day

Abby starts "school" this week.  She's in the same type of pre-preschool program that Aaron was in at this age.

It's at the church where she went for MDO a couple of hours a week last year. It's two days a week and will be more of a "preschool" structure.

They had Get Acquainted Day yesterday so that the kids could meet their teacher and each other.

This is Miss Michelle.  I love her!

There are seven kids in Abby's class.  They are all girls. So Abby had free reign over the cars.  She lined every single one up while those other girls were finding the princess stuff.

Swim is in session

 Swim started up again this week.

 It's hard to get pictures of Aaron because I'm not in the pool area with him (and starting in January I won't be with Abby, either).

 But both kids did great.  I got them in classes with the teachers they had last semester.  I really like both of them.

First Week of School

Aaron had a great first week of school!

The above picture is Sunday Night.  We went to a special family dinner at Cotton Patch. We still had free kids meals from the summer reading program at the library. The picture below is just after waking up on the first day of school.  It was such a big deal and Aaron was so excited.

Ready to go.  He wore a read polo shirt because that's what he's worn every year on his first day of "school" (MDO).  I'll keep the trend going if I can.

Sister wore cheerleaders to cheer her Bubby on!

I about died when he turned around and I saw my big kid walking with a backpack on his back.

He went right in and put his things up and got settled.  Abby missed him so much while he was gone and we were so excited to pick him up.  When I saw the first kid being led out at the end of the day my heart started fluttering.  I have a friend who teaches across the hall from Aaron.  Since all the Pre-K and Kindergarten classes do lunch and recess together she sees him quite a bit.  She came to my car at pick up and said he was a little apprehensive but he liked it when she talked to him and he did fine.

Day Two.  I walked him in again, but Daddy didn't go.  Aaron did great.

Jacqueline said he was more comfortable.  He told me about songs they sang and going to science.  But the playground was the best part both days.

Abby played all by herself in the playroom while he was gone.  It was the first time she got complete control over what she played with and how she did it.

Day Three.  We did the drop off line today.  It didn't go exactly how we'd expected, but he did fine and his teacher said he came in just fine.

Day Four.  He was really settling in and enjoying school.  He was telling us a little more and knew the names of some of his friends.  We had to go back in the afternoon for his assessment which he really enjoyed.

Day Five.  All the Dragons wear green on Fridays during football season.

We had drop off line figured out a little better by now.

We have been really impressed with the first week of school.  The entire staff has been great and Aaron has done a fantastic job.  He is liking it a lot.  Abby and I are getting adjusted to the routine.  It was a little chaotic this week because Aaron had half days and Abby had dance and they had swim and he has assessment and there was a lot of running around and back and forths that we aren't used to, but everything went really well.