1st Day of School!

Our happy summer finally came to a close.  The first day of school was Wed., August 29th.  The kids all had successful meet your teacher days and were excited to start up.

Everyone was up early and ready to go.

Oh Whit--our excited kindergartener.  She's been so ready for so long.  Even insisted on curlers in her hair the night before.  I can't believe how quickly all these kids are growing up.

Annie--my buddy for one more year.  She's keeps telling me about how its JUST her at home.  I think she thinks it is something special. :)

2nd grader!  Don't know yet if he'll be Andrew or Andy this year but I know for sure he'll have a great time.  

4th grader, man oh man time flies.  Has a locker this year, with combination lock and all.  Feeling mighty grown up.

The bus stop gang--we've got Andrew, Andrew ,Andrew, Mary, Whit, Julia and Annie (Sammy was sick).  It's nice to see so many happy faces every morning.

So excited!!!

Family Fun Day

 We attended the elementary school family fun day.  Give my kids some tickets to spend and cotton candy and we're good to go.  Each year I see a lot more potential for our school's family day--fortunately my kids think it's amazing.  I also see my life being more full than I prefer to do anything about it.  In the meantime, I'll just continue to be grateful for the volunteers who do a lot and hope that one of these days I'll be able to do more.

Happy cotton candy girls.  And yes, Annie's face was totally disgusting after this.  Her face always has a way of being totally disgusting.  Something I love about her.

 

Andrew dunked his principal.  That made his day!

Bounce house fun!

School Bells are Ringing...

School began...not the way I wanted, but we have begun.

Thanks to Hurricane Irene and massive power outages here in town, the first AND second AND third days of school were cancelled.  We started after Labor Day.  I do believe I was on the verge of losing my mind but we made it though those days and were happy to begin.

A happy 3rd and 1st grader. 

And with no kindergartner with a mid-day bus, it's a new world for the rest of us too.

A good kid shot--happy day!

The bus stop gang.  We enjoy having our driveway being the bus stop!

And they're off!

So far so good.  2 weeks in and everyone is happy and enjoying school.  Yea!!!

Old MacUCONN Had a Farm...

A week off school in April means-- Pre-school spring break field trip!

We had a 'farm' theme in preschool for the month of April, so a field trip to Horse Barn Hill just couldn't be passed up. UConn is so beautiful in the springtime!! It's an agricultural school so there are tons of farms and fields and barns and animals. We got to see quite a few baby cows and sheep but were bummed the 2 new foals didn't make an appearance.
We went with preschool friends and a few other tag along friends too. Our spring break didn't coincide with the other towns so Mary was actually at school and missed out on our fun day. :(

You need to see the hill we climbed up so that you can appreciate the picture at the top! It was a reminder to me that I need to be in better shape!

We made it!

I just love this picture of Whit. She looks like a midget with all the big kids. A happy midget at that!

At one point Whit was watching out for Benjamin and went and held his hand.

Andrew trying to smile.

By the way...we did see animals on this outing, I promise.

A post-picnic pose. Say that 5 times fast!

The three pre-school buddies. The only way they aren't attached at the hip is when ice cream and swivel stools are involved.

Back to School

1st Day of School, 1st Day of School! Can you believe it?!

Mary is finally a first grader going to school the ENTIRE day! She was so excited and came home so pooped! Here's our little smiley girl.

The whole gang woke up WAY too early on this first day of school. I woke up early myself, trying to give myself a few minutes of peace and sanity before the insanity began. It backfired when Annie and Whit decided to begin their part of the day at 6:10am. Grrr..... It all left me feeling like the whole day should have been over by the time it was 9:15am.

I will adjust, I will adjust, I can do this, I can do this.

Bus stop buddies!!! We have great neighbors which makes for a fun few minutes for everyone until the bus comes.