Tuesday September 8, 2009

Well, Catcher had his first real day at school today. He went for one hour last week with half of his class to get to know who his teacher was and see his class etc. Today was the first day to just drop him off and leave though. He was quite excited to get going this morning. He goes to afternoon kindergarten. Maiya, Tyson and I went to the school with Catcher. We saw Ethan for a few minutes (and family). He was waiting for his first day too. After leaving Catcher at the door (he was so cute, and he is so tiny) we went to get the van so I could drop off Maiya and Tyson at Charity's house to play while I went out for a photoshoot. The photoshoot happened to be for a family I used to know back in my Whitby days, The McMahons. We did the shoot at the park. It was nice chatting, and seeing familiar faces. After the shoot, I picked up Maiya and Tyson to go get Catcher from school. Next week the older kids will just be bringing him home from school, but for the first week I want him to get the hang of things and for pick ups to run smoothly. He said he had a great day. His teacher seems really great, and I appreciate that. It makes such a huge difference when you have a great teacher. We got home and then got dinner ready (and signed the dozens more papers that come from kids being in school), and then it was off to the rec centre. Kaitlyn and McKenna had swimming lessons. We just stayed in the viewing area and watched. Tyson had a blast chasing this little girl about his age, back and forth for almost the whole time. He will be sleeping great tonight. The girls did really well in their lessons. I was impressed with their attempts at diving off the edge. They did pretty darn good. After swimming, we went home and got everyone ready for bed. Busy day but fun! Oh, and on a side note....Maiya now has a boyfriend, haha! She told Grant on Sunday that Carter ( a boy in the neighbourhood that she plays with alot) is her boyfriend. So funny. I think that just means "Best Friend that's a boy" . She loves to bring him freezies and muffins. Anytime he is out, she wants to call on him and is always saying "Can I bring one for Carter?" when I offer them a snack. So funny.
So the pictures I am adding of Catcher and Ethan (his cousin) are not from today, but Thursday last week when they went to the school for their first hour. They are so cute!!!

Tuesday September 1, 2009

Well, the summer vacation officially ended today with the kids going back to school. We had a great summer full of tons of fun. We made a few trips last week to send off the end of summer. We made one last stop to Lake Sikome. We love it there. We also went to Calaway Park with the Sherlocks and Gabrielle's (my nieces) first b-day party. We went to Drayton's baptism on Saturday and had the Peirsons over for dinner on Sunday. Yesterday we made a trip up to Big Hill Springs Park to go on a hike and play in the mini waterfalls. I will miss the summer, but feel as though I am ready to tackle another school year. Kaitlyn is in her second year at middle school (Grade 6). Her Uncle Josh just got a job at her school as a teacher for humanities, so she thought that was pretty cool. She saw him a couple of times in the hall today. McKenna is in her last year at her school (Grade 4) and next year she will move on to Middle School. One of her best friends from church (Isabella) is in her class this year. So she was very excited about that. Damian is in Grade 2 this year, and said he had a nice first day. I am really hoping that my kids all have good teachers this year and classmates and that they enjoy their school year. Tyson was there to see the kids off this morning in nothing but his diaper. He cried when they left (but I think it's because he didn't know where they were going and wanted to come to). The kids all sounded like they had a good day today. Catcher doesn't start school until Thursday. I hope he will love it. We also got a membership to the Rec centre, so hopefully we will get a lot of use out of it swimming in the winter. The girls wanted to take swimming lessons, so hopefully this will help with them practicing what they have learned more often, and the other kids gaining a love of the water.
Well, I am off to bed. Another school day tomorrow and I need to get on a schedule again.