The "firsts" of the summer

Well, I'm sure this isn't all the firsts of this summer but it's a few. The first couple of pictures are of Grace at her first dance lesson. She takes 15 minutes of ballet and 15 minutes of tap. They do not allow the parents in the room but like once a month for Parent Watch night. All the other nights you have to sit in the lobby so I didn't get any pictures of her actually in the class.

Christian's first "big big boy bed" His race car bed was his "big" boy bed. Now this is his "big big" boy bed. Twin. :) He loves it. We tried to sell the race car bed but Grace claimed it. So now we have the twin which Christian sleeps in and the race car bed pushed up against twin bed and Grace sleeps in that right beside her "bubba". They watch TV together until the sleep timer goes off. We have had many successful nights with this strategy of them sleeping in their room all night and not coming to mom and dad's room. :)

First day of 4K

Isn't he handsome? Of course he is! First day of 4K. He was so excited to get back to see all his friends and teachers. I was a little nervous since he was going full days this year instead of the 2 hours that he went last year. But he is doing fantastic. He was sent home the 3rd day b/c he pooped his pants. But they sent him home because they thought he was sick with diarrhea. Nah, he was just nervous about using the toilet. He was fine and returned the next day.

Dad is SO silly. Love the look on both Dad's and Christian's face here. I think dad was going for the "tough guy" look. That's more of the "I gotta take a poop" look. Sorry dad. Epic fail! LOL Oh well. it made Christian smile. :)

I have several memories that I want to record from his first day of school. First is when I dropped him off, I walked him into the gym where all the teachers meet with their children every morning. He got a little separation anxiety and wouldn't let me go. So I got done on my knees to speak to him. While his little arm was wrapped around my neck, we talked about the children sitting against the wall that would be in his class. He saw a little girl that he knew from last year but said he didn't want to talk to her because "she doesn't listen to the teacher". (poor girl is going to be remembered as the girl who didn't listen!) lol so we started talking about the little boys and how he should go introduce himself. So he saw a little guy sitting there and said he wanted to go talk to him. As soon as he sat down beside him they started chatting and smiling immediately. That is the picture that I have in my head as I left my baby for his first day.

When I went to pick him up from school I asked him how his first day was. His response? "It was the coolest day EVER!" Success!!