Pre-K

Luke has finished his first week of school and as expected, he is loving it! 

He goes 4 days a week (Monday-Thursday) for 3 hours.  That's 2 more days than last year so it is a change for him. 

I know he is loving it because when I picked him up yesterday, he asked if he gets to go to school again tomorrow and when I said he did, he said "Yes!" with a fist pump :)

Last Thursday was "Meet the Teacher" morning.  Wally took the morning off to join us so we dropped Paige off at Punky's and took our little guy to Panera for some breakfast before heading to his school.

We tried for some pictures before leaving the house, but Luke was NOT in the mood.  In fact, he was in a terrible mood but thankfully that turned around pretty quickly once I gave up on the pictures.



Paige was happy to smile though :)



Luke was much more willing to smile for the camera once we got to his school.









Love that smile :)





Luke's teacher this year is Ms. Mary Ann and he was very excited to have a few familiar faces from his class last year, especially his buddy Jackson!



Once inside the classroom, Luke was told what to do when he walks in each morning and then they got to work on an art project!











And then they got to familiarize themselves with the classroom!





43 inches - let's see how tall he is at the end of the school year!





Here is a picture after Luke's first day - two thumbs up!  Bring on the school year!

First Day of School

This morning Paige and I sent Luke off to his first day of Pre-K! 

He was excited and was looking as cute as ever!

We tried to do pictures on the front porch but the sun was right in his eyes which he was not a fan of so we moved to the front porch of the playhouse instead!



Luke was begging to take a picture with Nala!



An impromptu kiss from Nala - perfect!





My sweet boy!







Getting excited!





Love his poses!



Have a great first day buddy!



And a little collage action!

Gymnastics

Both kids started gymnastics a couple of weeks ago.

Luke is an old pro since he has taken classes here before, but this was Paige's first time!

She was looking cute as ever in her leotard!



She even did this pose all on her own :) I think she was ready!



Paige is in a parent & me class and Luke is with the 3 and 4 year olds. We are in the same room though and I try to make eye contact with Luke to give him a thumbs up but he is so focused he won't even look at me! Then there is Paige who is constantly looking for "Hukey". While Paige definitely does like being at gymnastics (or "nastics" as she calls it), I have to say she isn't the most coordinated. I believe she is the youngest in the class (although, she is one of the tallest) so I'm sure her coordination will get better. She also was scared of the trampoline last week and refused to go in the foam pit. It's so interesting to see her in a different setting and how she acts because at home she is a little daredevil!

Luke is doing great and looks forward to going every Tuesday night!

Two cuties before their first class!

Meet Bobby

Someone is a little obsessed with Bobby.

Bobby is Paige's pacifier.

We have always called it a paci, but apparently bobby was her version of that word and now it has stuck and we are even calling it "bobby".

We try to let her only have it at night, but we haven't been the strictest with that. 

But Bobby needs to leave us soon...

We also need to potty train (next week!) and transition to a big girl bed so we are making sure we don't have too many big changes at once.

Bobby will be missed but I think blankie will take over just fine when that extra bit of comfort is needed!

Summer Days & Nights

Just like every other year, this summer seemed to go by so quickly! 

We had a pretty good schedule this summer with the kids only having to go to daycare two times a week.  Wally was home on Mondays, we were both home on Fridays, they kids went to daycare on Wednesday and Thursdays, and we had family come watch the kids on Tuesdays!  Thank you to our Tuesday babysitters :)

Here are some highlights of our summer that I haven't posted about already!

Wally and I went to Alpine with some friends to see the Zach Brown Band.  We only knew the cover songs they played, but we had fun anyways!





We did a little al fresco dining.  Seriously, that is the way to go with kids!





Paige saw her first movie in the theater - Monsters University.  Way to go Grammy braving the theater with 2 kids solo! 

We went to the Art & Garden street fair in Homewood.











Both kids had swimming lessons.  Luke did great and has made a lot of progress this summer!





We had my sister's bachelorette weekend in Lake Geneva and wedding shower!











The kids spent a weekend in Lake Geneva with Grandma & Grandpa!





And of course we enjoyed some pool time!





Summer of 2013 was good to us!

Why Hello!

We have been back from vacation now for about 10 days (it was a great vacation by the way!) and I have gone through some of the pictures, but we have a new laptop coming our way next week so I figured it would be easier to actually sort through all of the pictures on the clear screen of the new computer rather than the blurry screen our old one has been sporting for awhile!

So in the meantime, here are some pictures of the kids enjoying the gorgeous weather last night!






An attempt at kite flying was unsuccessful - we needed more wind buddy!


 Paige doesn't quite have the golf swing down yet, but she certainly looks the part, doesn't she?!?!


 Now, this guy? This guy has the swing down. It really is amazing how well he hits it when he really focuses.

We found out about some golf lessons offered to young kids and when I asked Luke if he wanted to go, he was super excited about it! The lessons start in September - I can't wait to see how he does!
 
Then look who I found at my house this morning!

The cutest pirate you ever did see :) Luke has all of the sudden been into picking out his own clothes for the day. He usually does a good job and always makes sure he matches!

And a little video for you!

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It's hard to believe summer is over - well at least for Wally it is. He was back to school on Monday with students starting today. Luke doesn't start until after Labor Day so he still has some summer left (although today certainly feels like a fall day!). Wally's golf season kicks off today and the kids' activities are starting up again with gymnastics for both kids beginning next week (so excited for Paige to start!) and then golf in September as I mentioned above. On one hand it is nice to get back into the swing of routines, but on the other hand, where the heck did the summer go?!?!

Oh and my sister's wedding is coming up very soon - August 25th - so we have been preparing for that :) The million dollar question is "will the kids walk down the aisle?". Luke - yes! Paige - no way! Fiona - leaning towards yes, but on the fence!

Vacation posts,wedding posts and a summer recap to come!