Jack's first day of Preschool

Jack has been waiting for this day for a long time. He has been "practicing for preschool" since we found out he was going to go there months ago. Everything that he does that is something a big boy would do, he says he is "practicing for preschool". He talks about how he thinks his teachers are going to teach him how to drive a remote control car, and he has been counting down the days until he actually gets to go. So you can imagine that he was a little excited when he woke up and realized today was the day. He was pretty cute, even when he was taking forever to eat his eggs when we needed to get out the door.

Justin went to grab his backpack and Jack says, "Oh, just like I have a backpack?" He loves that he goes to school just like his dad and that they both have backpacks.

You are a pretty big boy Jack!!

Love the Chinese eyes...he keeps doing this silly squinting smile.

We parked at the school...

...found his room, 142...

...found his cubby where he hung up his backpack...

...said hi to one of his teachers, Mrs. Epstein, who gave him a name tag...

...and he headed straight for the trains. He didn't miss a beat. Some kids were crying and not wanting their mom and dads to leave them, but he was just so excited and he was totally fine. Part of me was sad to see him so independent, but the other part of me was glad that I didn't have to leave him there sobbing and sad.

He gave us some kisses and off we went, leaving our little guy behind to have his first day of school. Weird!!!

When I picked him up he was sad that he didn't get to go and play in the gym but his teacher reassured him that they would be going there tomorrow so he felt much better after that. He said he was tired and had a long day at preschool but he also said he had lots of fun and that he really likes his teachers.

You did great today bud!!! Thanks for being such a great little boy. I know you will do so well in your class. You always make friends so easily and I am excited to hear about all the things you will be learning throughout the year. Good luck Jackers, we love you!!!

Final days of Summer

Summer has been wrapping up so quickly, we can't hardly believe we are even in the month of September. We celebrated Justin's 28th birthday on the 31st of August!! Once again, he didn't want a big party, but Jack and I were sure to make him a cake and his favorite dinner of roast, carrots and "real" mashed potatoes. Jack decorated the upper left hand side of the cake. :)

Do you like the 2 plus eight extra candles?? 28!

(Anderson was already in bed when we took this.)

For Justin's Birthday present, I sent him to Utah to see his whole family and his nephew Jaxson get baptized. He took Anderson with him so his sister's family could meet him for the first time! (Sad, I know!) I wish we lived closer!!

Justin managed to take about 3 pictures. One at the baptism, and one of the wonderful improv diaper he and Ryan came up with after they dropped the only diaper Anderson had in the toilet at the Spaghetti Factory. :) Gotta love it!! At least they managed, right? Other than that Justin said things went great and Anderson was awesome. If you want to see more pictures and a little more about their weekend, you can see it on Stephanie's blog.

Then last weekend we went to the annual dental school night at the Indian's game. They won and they had an amazing fireworks show after! That is one of my favorite activities of the year. We all get to sit in the same section and chat and let the kids have fun together. Our good friends, the Mortensen's let Anderson sleep at their house while we enjoyed the game. Thanks guys!!

Now we are in full blown fall, with school, cooler weather and Patterson's Fruit Farm opening this Saturday! Yay!