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!!!