All Dressed Up...

and someplace to go! 2nd day of school, that is. I dropped the ball on a 1st day photo, so 2nd day it is. Grady is really enjoying preschool. When I arrived to pick him up yesterday, he was sitting patiently waiting to hold Butterscotch the Hamster. Too cute.

I've included Conner's first day of preschool photo also. My how he's grown up.

Preschool and Soccer

Grady on the first day of school.

Grady at orientation.

Grady had his first day of preschool this past Tuesday. He loved it, and if you can deduce from the pictures, enjoys art the best. Go figure. His orientation was last week and both days he went straight for the easel. I'm still unsure of what I am going to do for the entire day on Friday. Hmmmm...I'm sure I'll think of something.

Conner's first soccer game was on Saturday in the scorching heat. They won, even though they don't technically keep score. Conner was a bit sluggish but he says he's ready to go all out this weekend.

Work has been keeping me quite busy these last couple of weeks. I'm in the process of hiring some ladies and beefing up my staff as it thinned out this summer. This is typical but makes for some long days...ok for me but rough on the boys. I'll be taking them to Pawley's on the 23rd so there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

Shawn has been keeping busy with work. I think if anyone needs a vacation, it's him. I do wish he could join us down south but duty calls up here in New England. He works so hard and we are very fortunate to have a husband/daddy who takes such good care of us.

Lookin' good for picture day.

Coach Shawn.

Big Black Bear

The big kids, and mommy, off to the fair.
Born to be wild.
Grady and Conner petting the goats.

I wish I would have had a camera at the bus stop this morning. A few minutes before the bus arrived, a huge black bear came strolling down our driveway, crossed the street, and walked into the woods. Our bus stop is approximately 200 yards from our house. Crazy. I suppose we need to call animal control.

Our weekend with Ben, Grace, and Gavin was a lot of fun. We hit the fair, playground, played some cards with our neighbors, and relaxed. It is so neat to see the kids grow up together - Grace is Conner's first friend. They met when Conner was only 4 weeks old and Grace 4 months.

School is going great. However, apparantly some older, 4th grade, students asked Conner to move from the back of the bus because that is where "the big kids sit." Conner didn't quite understand this. He said they were nice about it but he didn't get why he couldn't stay there. He asked if he should tell them that he knows karate. I said that probably wasn't a good idea, especially since they were nice about it, and said that when he is older he'll probably sit in the back seat and that he can let the younger kids sit back there with him if he'd like. I don't know just how to handle this sort of thing. I certainly remember being in younger grades and sitting in the front of the bus because Stacey Martin and all of the other big kids were in the back of the bus. I didn't get the feeling that he was afraid of these kids, just that he was a bit confused. Again, is it going too far to outfit Conner with some sort of hidden camera?? Oh, and tomorrow is the first day of buying lunch. Taco day, yummy.

I'm adding a couple of videos from the fair. Enjoy.