School Days

Today our son started first grade. It was a great day and a huge step for him. Last year he had some problems with separation anxiety towards the end of the year. Today was the total opposite! He got out of the car, said goodbye and left. He didn't even want Mommy to walk him in, which was bittersweet. We are sooooo happy that today went smoothly though, and are hoping for great things to come this school year. Our boy is growing up!!!

Blast Off!

Today was the last day of summer break. It's hard to believe that tomorrow our son becomes a 1st grader! We have been soooo busy this past weekend, trying to get in the "last hoorah" as they say. We took the kids to a water park and amusement park, to the lake, and today to shoot rockets. It's been a crazy, fun, and busy weekend and a great end to the summer. Here are pics of our not so little boy launching his model rockets. He was soooo excited the burn ban was finally over and he could launch them again! He was even more excited that his Ya-Ya and Papaw came to see it. We ended the day by grilling steaks and having them over for dinner. What a great day!

World Cup

Here are more photos from soccer camp. There were six kiddos in the 4-6 age group. At the end of the week, they had a "World Cup" championship of their own, and they got to choose the countries their teams would represent. The only catch: no one could be the U.S. So the kids naturally chose China and Australia (because the kids were familiar with these countries since their parents had visited these countries). Sarah suggested China I think since her Daddy had been there recently. There were two other kids on the team whose Dad had visited Australia. Each child was asked to make a flag for their country and bring it for the World Cup competition and "Flag Day Friday". Trevor was on the Australian team and Sarah on the Chinese team. So we made flags for each country. It was a little strange seeing our daughter wave Communist China's red flag, but it was all in fun for the game. So here are pictures from the last day of soccer camp and their World Cup. (It's also fitting that the U.S. Women's soccer team is competing in the real World Cup final today). Go TEAM USA!

Summer Fun

The kids have been staying busy, despite the heat. Just wanted to post a few pics to sum up the past month or so. Sarah FINALLY got her first trophy (brother has 4) so I've included the pic of her picking up her trophy post-season from her T-ball coach. They also just finished soccer camp so I'm posting a few pics of that. It was a fun week but HOT! It always seems to be the hottest week of the summer. This year they attended a British Soccer camp at a different location, and the coaches were Welsh and Scottish, which was a lot of fun. Will post more soccer camp photos soon.

Lemonade Stand

Last weekend we had a yard sale. We promised the kids they could have a lemonade stand sometime this summer, so we decided to combine the two. It was a little stressful getting it all together, but it turned out to be fun and the kids had a blast! The kids and I spent most of the day Friday squeezing lemons to make 6 batches of lemonade, using 5 bags of lemons, and we made 5 dozen Toll House cookies!!! We sold lemonade and cookies, so each child had something they were in charge of, and they wouldn't fight over who was going to serve the customers. They actually sold about $11 worth of lemonade and a few dollars worth of cookies, which was great considering the prices (50 cents and 25 cents). They enjoyed peddling their goods and stayed outside longer than I expected they would considering the heat. Thankfully, the borrowed canopy made the heat a little more bearable. Overall, it was a good day. And ohhhh the memories!