Saturday, August 18, 2012

My Little Loves

I have cute kids - I'm not denying it.  But taking their picture together is not something I (or they) enjoy.  Jackson is certainly no fan of a camera.  Nevertheless, I wanted 5/3 year old pictures, so we adventured down to Fort Macon first thing this morning.  It may not have been fun, but I did manage to get a couple of good shots....




Monday, August 13, 2012

Happy 1st Birthday, Parker!

We spent the weekend in Columbia with our friends Matt and Beth.  We celebrated sweet Parker's 1st birthday on Saturday.  This little guy is more than our good friend's kid, he's also our godson, so we couldn't have missed his special day!

As is usual for Kate, the mama in her was in full effect with Parker.  She wanted to be right there with him, taking care of him and holding his hand.  So sweet!
Matt and Beth with their birthday boy!
The best part of any 1 year old's party is watching this smash into the birthday cake.  Beth said Parker had never had a cupcake before, but he knew exactly what to do with it!

I'd say that's a pretty good cupcake, wouldn't you?

Kate absolutely couldn't get enough of Parker sitting in her lap.  I'm glad I captured this, because I'm sure the next time we see them, he'll be interested in anything but sitting with a girl!
Let's not forget the other handsome little boy that we spent the weekend with!  Mason has gotten so big and is all over the place.  Jackson and Kate both had a blast hanging out with him.  Is that smile not adorable?


Monday, August 6, 2012

Muddy the Mudcat

We took in America's favorite past time on Sunday with Nana and Pa-Jack.  The baseball was fun, but seeing the grounds crew cover the field in the pouring rain was pretty exciting too.  Ole Muddy the Mudcat wasn't the only thing 'muddy' thing around after that!  Haha!

Thursday, August 2, 2012

First Day of Kindergarten!

That's right - today was Jackson's 1st day of Kindergarten!  If you need a moment to let that one sink in, I understand.  I still can't get over the fact that I'm the parent of a school aged kid.  Not a preschooler, but a school ager.  In school all day, every day with big kids...5th graders!  He couldn't have been more excited about today and it went great for all of us!











Today was actually Jackson's 'staggered entry' day, which is really more of an assessment day for the teachers and probably a sort of orientation for the kids.  All of the kindergarteners were assigned one day this week, M-Th, then tomorrow they will all go to meet their teacher.  So, in some respects, Jackson's first real day will be next Monday.  That's when we'll drop him off in his classroom, with his teacher, at his desk, with his cubbie labeled with his name.  

As for today though, he was very eager to tell me all about it.  The way I understand it, they had some kind of hunt around the school, looking for a raccoon, and the raccoon's mommy left them cookies.  They went to playground and had lunch in the cafeteria.  He did have a little mishap during lunch, but he didn't seem fazed by it.  Knowing him, he probably thought it was just funny.  In his lunch was a homemade frozen smoothie pop.  I explained to him this morning that it would be thawed by lunch and it would actually be more like a drinkable yogurt.  Well, apparently I should've been more clear in explaining that he would need to open it very carefully (not squeeze it!) as to avoid slinging smoothie all over the place.  So yeah, he opened it and from what he described it made 'a big, BIG mess!'  He said a teacher helped him clean it up, but I saw evidence of splattered smoothie in his lunchbox and on his shirt.  Needless to say, we will be practicing opening thawed smoothie pops before I send him with another one.  I sure do hope the teachers weren't too mad at me! :-)

My proudest moment of today was when I asked him what was his favorite part of the day.  He replied, 'Meeting new friends!'  I guess the Friendship Award that he received in pre-K is a quality that will stick with him. :-)