Sunday, August 29, 2010

School Days!


So it's official--Ryan is a preschooler! He started on August 13th and absolutely loves it! The Wednesday before we went to an open house which made him comfortable so on the first day of school (and every day since!) he couldn't get out of the car and run to the door fast enough. I hope he is always this enthusiastic about school! Right now he goes three days a week for two hours at a time which is perfect for him. Each day he comes home with a fun new art project or a worksheet that he's done that he can't wait to tell me about. It's fun to watch him learn new things and exciting to see him grow and develop. I did shed a couple of tears when I dropped him off on his first day, but they were tears of a proud mom, not a sad one.

(By the way, I know the picture is horrible, but it's all I was able to get the morning of his first day of school. Usually he is Mr. Photogenic, so I don't know what happened, but you've all seen enough cute pictures of him to know this was a fluke! :)

California Adventures


Miss Annie ready for a road trip!


Checking out the giant Sequoia's with Papa



Annie at the fire station with Papa


Giving Papa and Fireman Zach a high five



Engineer Ryan checking out the fire engine


At the beginning of August we took a trip up to Tehachapi to visit my parents. Bryan was busy with work, but he drove us up then flew back to work for the week and flew back to drive home with us the following weekend.
In addition to enjoying the beautiful mountain weather, we took a day trip to see the Giant Sequoias, visited the fire station and spent a day with my Aunt Teena and my cousins Michael and Kassie and got to meet Michael's new baby Kiran.
We all had a wonderful time and my kids loved the time they got to spend with Grammy and Papa. Before we came home my mom made my favorite birthday cake (it was my birthday month, so it counted!), which made the trip just that much better!