FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL - 8/24/11

I know every Mom looks at first day of school pictures and gets emotional. I am no exception. This is probably one of my favorite pictures ever. So thankful for these two...

Davis wanted to carry Diana into school. They are so happy to be together at the same school this year!

Happy to be re-united with the tire swing!

Posing by the lockers - if you look closely she has stitches on her left eye! Yes my child had to get stitches two days before the first day of school - go figure right?! She and Davis bumped into each other while running and his forehead must have caught her eyelid just right. It was no fun getting the stitches but Diana sure was proud to show her classmates on the first day!!

My last glance before leaving - talking to Mrs. Keppler and who she now calls her "buddy". They were playing with the marbles together.

JK ORIENTATION - DAVIS....8/11

Davis is a "big JKer" this year. Orientation and the first day of school have been some of the only days I have been in his classroom. He wants to do everything on his own and even made a sign that he carried in his bag that said "NO MOMS PLEASE!". I have no complaints on this at all - it's nice to see the independence. It helps that I still get to hang out in the PK room with Diana a bit - although not as much as I did with Davis.

The JK Poster...

Sitting in the JK Locker...

Professional goofball - look at that face! Apparently, he was posing for some other Moms camera not mine!

Davis' new nickname this year is "JK Prince". We have a good morning song we sing to the kids about the PK Princess and the JK Prince compliments of Daddy...

DIANA - PK ORIENTATION...8/11

Diana has been waiting for this day for a long time. This was the first time she went into Mrs. Keppler's room that it was "her room" not her brother's. She was so excited she wanted to wear her "wedding dress, wedding flower and had Miss Tasha painted her fingernails and toenails. We were so excited for her - Davis included.

The PK Poster...

Sitting in her locker - she is in locker #17. She even remembered who had the locker last year - Nate! I'm still not sure how she remembered but I think it helped that he was the last locker on the end.

Checking out the housekeeping corner like it's the first time. I will tell you a secret - I have had to drag Diana out of this area many times crying while dropping her brother off last year!

Our "PK Princess" as Daddy calls her...

Checking out the other posters in the hallway and of course Davis had to "chat it up" with Mrs. Landgraf. God bless her - she is so patient!!

If anyone who reads my blog (which basically includes Grammy and family - haha!) is interested in looking back on Davis' orientation last year click here - 2010 orientation.

Here's to a great year for the PK Princess! We are so excited for her!

GOODBYE MNIK@NI - WE WILL MISS YOU!!

I'm not quite sure who loves this place more - me or my children. I have loved driving here each week for the last year. It really is a magical place for the kids and an educational yet "authentic" place to just be a kid. If I could sign myself up for camp, I would!

PIRATE DAY - LAST DAY OF CAMP

The last day of Camp was "Pirate Day". We have many photos in this very same spot so we had to take one more before camp was over.

Best buddies...

Diana loves her big brother...

Davis with two of the "big kid" camp teachers he spent the afternoon with - Mr. Will and Miss Morgan. These teachers were so fun and full of energy. Davis went swimming every afternoon. He also went on hikes, played games outside, went to the star lab, sang, read stories, and painted on the craft porch. He had SUCH A GREAT TIME!!

Some of Diana's afternoon group with Miss Heather...

This was the last photo we took before we left Robertson Lodge for the last time. This part of Camp is now closed and did not re-open this Fall. I wish I had a photo of Diana's entire group - this is still a precious photo with her "summer friends".