First Day of Kindergarten!

Carter was lukewarm about starting Kindergarten today.  He was excited about his new backpack and lunch box, but not too sure about the rest of it.  I am happy to report that when I picked him up this afternoon, he told me "Mom, that was a lot more fun than I thought it would be."  Way to set the expectations low... ;-) I really think we made the right choice to keep him in line with his age peers, rather than move him up to First Grade. We have a great teacher, Mrs Snyder, and she is really focused on helping Carter with those social skills that are a work-in-progress for him.  We are looking forward to a great school year!

 So proud!

 Carter and Mrs Snyder.  

He was ready to jump into his first assignment. Way to go, Carter!

Child's Play

Today was the last day of our school break, so we decided to make the most of it & spent the morning at the Children's Museum.  The boys loved exploring the new Kinetics area.  Next time, we'll have to take Sean--this is right up his alley!

 Turning the knobs and wheels to get the plastic balls into the cage overhead.  They then dumped into a large plastic tub that poured balls over the kids every few minutes.  That never gets old!

 The bubbles are always a hit!  I loved that the kids all wore safety goggles, so as not to get soap in their eyes.  The boys looked like mini-engineers.  Adorable.

 Surrounded by four bubble walls.  Cool!

 Just doing a little shopping & pizza-making.  Who's hungry?

 We ended our day fighting fires and saving the day.  (PS: Doesn't that dog look real?!)

 Fire fighters in action!

Looks like a future hero to me!