First Day of School

Today was AJ and Ashleigh's first day of school. I think they were both pretty excited. Although, I think Ashleigh was a little nervous. We have been talking with the kids for the past few weeks about school getting ready to begin and how to help get them prepared for the changes the school year brings. We had their orientation last week and they got to meet their teachers and see where their classrooms were going to be.

AJ already knew who his teacher would be because she is the same teacher who taught third grade last year, so it was no big surprise for him. He was a litle shy during the orientation, I think mostly because he knew the summer was ending and he was going to be starting school. He was very excited to see his friends from last year and meet a few new ones today.

Ashleigh got to meet her teacher for the first time during orientation. Her teacher is new to the school this year. I was a little disappointed when I found out she did not get the other kindergarten teacher, but I am sure all will be fine. Ashleigh was very excited about school starting, she has been talking about it for weeks. I think she was mostly excited about going to the same school as AJ. On the ride to school this morning, she got a little quiet and Rick and I think she was getting a little nervous. Once we got to the school, Rick and I helped the kids carry in all of their school supplies. We first went to Ashleigh's classroom and dropped off all of her stuff and then she went with us to drop off AJ's stuff. We left AJ in his classroom and then went back down to Ashleigh's room and she sat down at her desk and said "goodbye"! She was ready to start the day!

When Rick picked the kids up from school, both of the kids said they had a really good day and enjoyed themselves.

Here are som pictures from this morning of the kids!

Hopefully they will stay this excited about school! I doubt it, but I can always hope!

Guess who's.......

riding his bike again?????

AJ got back on his bike for the first time since the accident today. He went pedaling away without a second thought this afternoon. Rick and I were worried he wasn't ever going to ride again, but looks like that's not the case. Rick inspected AJ's helmet before he went out and there was one small little dent that must have occured when he fell the last time. Thank goodness for the helmet! AJ's mouth is still sore but seems to be getting better. He did show us this morning that he has a big lump on his hip that we think most be related to the fall. We are going to get it checked out at the doctor's on Friday when he has his school physical.

Ashleigh has been busy learning how to write her name. She knows the letters in her name, but not necessarily the order in which they go in. She can recognize her name on a piece of paper and if you point to the letters individually she knows then, but when she goes to spell it for you she gets all confused. Ashleigh gets so frustrated about it. She really wants to be able to read. I think that's why she is really looking forward to school.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

I know it's been a LONG time.....

I haven't been very good about keeping this blog up to date over the summer! But we have been busy with summer camp, work, getting ready for school and so many other things! I promise to keep this blog updated from now on!

We are getting ready for the kids to start school in two weeks. AJ will be in the third grade and Ashleigh will be starting kindergarten! AJ and Ashleigh are so excited about starting school, but not me! I will probably be the one crying on the first day of school! I can't believe how quickly they are growing up!

Since I have been terrible about updating the blog, here are a few some pictures from the summer of AJ and Ashleigh!

Hope everyone enjoys the pictures!