Look Who's Student of the Month

When I picked Pete up from school today (Hailey gets out later), he mentioned that there had been a "Spirit Assembly" today. What he failed to mention was what happened at the assembly... When we got home, I was unpacking his backpack and found a crumpled-up piece of paper on the bottom. It was an award for Student of the Month! I asked him about it and he told me that everyone in his class got one... Well, no they didn't - what a humble little boy! Hailey also won a drawing to have a pizza party with Mr. Santi (the school principle). Way to go H & P!!

The Life of a Child

Children are just amazing. Remember those days of knights and princesses. In the whole scheme of things, that wasn't too long ago... Why do things have to be so different when we grow up? We all could benefit from living more in the moment, exercising our imagination and appreciating a good bug. We have so much to learn from our kids!

Pete's First Day of Kindergarten

Today, Pete started kindergarten. How is it possible that my babies are no longer babies??!! I was so nervous about today, that I didn't sleep well last night. Of course, Pete had no problem with me leaving his classroom. I was the one with the problem... I was anxious all morning and just hoping that his first day was a good one. Did he have any problems? No, he had a great day! Like usual, I worried for no reason. But, isn't that in my job description??

Festival Fun

Today, we took the kids down to the Talent Harvest Festival. I think it is the perfect event - not too many people, easy to find parking and the parade is short. However, we did wait quite a while for face painting...

We took Josie with us and I think it was good to get her out, to get used to people. I think she had fun, but being a black dog, she was constantly searching for a nice cool shady spot.

Puppy Pics

Little Miss Josie isn't quite so little anymore. When I took her to the vet at the beginning of the month, she was 16.6lbs already...

Here are a few of my favorite recent pictures of our pup.

Pete and I had to get Josie this Halloween costume at Old Navy today. It glows in the dark (a good thing for a black dog). I don't know if it will still fit her on Oct. 31...

Photoshoot

Pete hasn't started school yet. They do things a little differently with kindergartners. Yesterday, his teacher came for a home visit. I think Pete has a great teacher and that he will have a fun first year at school! Mr. Taylor likes to play guitar and sing, which I know Pete will love!

Today, I decided was a good opportunity to try out my new camera lens on my little man, while Hailey was at school. Well, I will tell anyone who will listen how charming and what a sweet little boy Pete is. However when I got the camera out today, Pete's snips and snails, and puppy dog tails were acting up just a little bit. Pete will tell you that he is not sweet nor cute. He told me the other day, "I'm not cute. I am tough!! Tough as ROCKS!" OK Mr. tough man... You will always be cute to me.

Here are some of the pictures I took.

Not sure what the backwards looser sign is... Maybe a new kindergarten gang sign?

There's my sweet boy!

We Have a 2nd Grader

Today, Miss Hailey started 2nd grade. I set the clock for 6:35am, so that I could give her plenty of time to get ready, as she tends not to be a morning person. However, to my surprise when I went into her room, she wasn't in her bed. The bathroom light was on, but she wasn't in there either... I finally found her in Pete's room. They both had smiles on their faces and were playing nicely - how unusual, must mean that they know Summer vacation is officially over! I brought both kids and the puppy downstairs. Everyone ate their breakfast with quite a bit of speed (no dillydallying this morning). After her meal, Hailey quickly brushed her hair and teeth and put her shoes on. This girl was actually ready to walk out the door before Jeff was - again quite unusual! I have to admit that I was ready for the school year to start and I do believe that our Hailey felt the same way.

I've said it before, but how quickly time flies! In the blink of an eye...