First Day of Kindergarten and Preschool

 Madison insisted that I get a picture of each pose, in front of the flowers at Mrs. Rose Mary's house. Yes, she's in charge and she knows it too.

She dressed herself, can you tell? She's getting pretty good and finding all yellow. Yellow is still her favorite color, can't you tell? Apparently it's merging into neon yellow. The up side of this? Yes, there is an up side and it didn't take long to find it. I can pick her out of a crowd anywhere! She's our social bug so being able to find her quickly is very handy.

Once Drew and Jocelyn saw that there were flowers in the picture they both had to get in too. They're all at such a fun age!

 Drew refused to put his hand down, he wanted to make sure that you saw the Millville sign. Not sure how one could miss a sign that is dominating the picture, but he was very worried that it would be missed.

 He was like most Kindergarteners - nervous and excited. Isn't that how we all are though in new situations? Drew went into Kindergarten reading and doing math. I wasn't sure that he would like Kindergarten since you have to go through each individual letter. Although he thinks it is ridiculous that they have to learn each letter, and so slowly at that, he is enjoying being at school and meeting new friends.

 

 Madison was so excited for the kids to come home from their first official school day together that she took off running down the street to meet them and walk them home. Drew and Alexis weren't nearly as excited as she was, but they indulged her.

Next year sweet Madison will get to officially make this walk home with them. I'm so excited, for me - not them. I'm excited that they'll be excited, but I'm more excited at the thought of having only two kids home for three hours a day five days a week! Oh what shall we do with ourselves?

My kids love the camera. Madison was ready to go to school, but wouldn't get out of the car until I took her picture because "I look too cute". Drew was giving Madison loves goodbye and telling her to have a good day at preschool. Such a sweet little boy he is.

Singing in the Rain - Dancing Really

 A rainstorm hit the day after John ran his race and right before we were to head home. Grandma decided to go and have fun with the kids in the rain - in her church clothes no less. I'm sure it's a great memory of Grandma that all the grandchildren who were with her will remember forever.

Some of us decided to be party poopers and stay nice and dry inside.

Rivalry Relay

 John did the Rivalry Relay again this year. I was smart enough to not want to kill myself again - EVER. I think John might run to get away from the noise of the house. My house noisy? I think not.

 I left after this exchange to go home and tend to the munchkins. John and I were both exhausted the entire day as we both only got about two hours of sleep before we had to wake up - before the sun did- to get him to Salt Lake for the start.

 

 Grandma JoAnn helped the girls learn how to sew. They loved being in charge of the sewing machine. Mine was played with multiple times after we got home because they "know how to do it by themselves, Grandma JoAnn taught me!"

 The rest of us played with the camera while we waited to go and see the end of the race.

 

 They all survived - I'm not sure how, it's beastly to run anything more than about a mile. John wasn't too sore the next day, I'm not sure how he accomplishes this, I couldn't walk for nearly a week after I did it. I'm glad that one of us likes to exercise. Now if we could figure out how to plug a jump drive into those that like to exercise and then transfer some of the benefits to those of us that don't like it at all.

Second Grade!!!

Alexis was practicing her photography skills on the way to her first day of school! She was so excited to go and play with all her friends.

 

She's seven and in second grade. Seriously where does the time go?