First Day of Kindergarten

Can't believe my baby boy - whom I SWEAR I just brought home from the hospital as a little baby last week - started kindergarten this week!!! Eeeeeekkk!! He's such a big and sweet boy!! On Tuesday they had 'meet the teacher' day where we got to go in and meet his teacher and tour the school and stuff. Then Wednesday was the big first day!

Joey and Jonah (a little guy I babysit) waiting outside for meet-the-teacher day to begin!

Joey walked in and found his classroom and his hook - which is where he'll hang his book bag and coat all weekend.

This year Joey is in the primary kindergarten class, which essentially means he will get 2 years of kindergarten. Our district only has one of these classes, so I'm SO glad that Joey made it in! He is a VERY young 5 year old, just turned 5 in July so in doing the math, I knew that if i put him in regular kindergarten he would be graduating high school when he's 17!! However, in doing the p-kindergarten class, he will have an extra year of school and will graduate when he's 18. He will also be one of the oldest in his classes, which I think will work to his advantage, vs. him being the youngest if he jumped in to class. He academically knows everything he needed to know for regular kindergarten, but I am SO glad that he is getting the extra year to mature!! Pictured above is Joey with his little buddy Adam from church who is also in his p-kindergarten class with him!! He was so excited to already have a friend in class!

Here is Joey with his p-kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Krebs! Funny story - when I first told Joey his teacher's name, he giggled and said 'That's just like Mr. Crabs on Spongebob!!' And then he laughed and laughed and has brought it up a few times since then. I told him he is not aloud to call her that at school!! She seems super nice and energetic, so I think Joey will just love her!

Here is Joey waiting for the bus!!

Kris took the morning off so he could see Joey get on the bus. The bus is SUPPOSED to get here at 12:07. Kris had an appointment at 1:00 that he could NOT be late for, and unfortunately the bus was WAY late. :( Kris had to leave at 12:30 (mind you school is supposed to start at 12:25!!) I called the bus garage and they said that it's coming, but they got a late start and with it being the first day of kindergarten, it's taking a bit longer. *sigh* I considered driving the boys to school, but they said no! They wanted to ride the bus! Kris was really upset he couldn't be here to see Joey off. But alas, the bus FINALLY got here at 12:51!! Only 44 minutes late.... Hopefully this is not a trend!

Joey and Jonah all smiles waiting for the bus!!

Dude... where's the bus? Getting impatient!

Here it comes!!

Finally here!! Look how big he is....

Joey and Jonah getting on the big yellow limo!

And they're off!!! I must say I did get choked up, but I didn't cry. I think I only didn't cry because I was so releived that the bus was finally here!!! I mean, 50 minutes waiting in 90 degree heat with two 5 year olds I was happy to see them finally get on the bus and on the way to school!!

When Joey got home the bus was only 17 minutes late, not bad at all!! Joey said his favorite part of school was the bus ride - ha ha! Go figure. He also talked a bit about art class. But he's really not a chatty kid, so I really don't know what they did at school! I was trying to milk him for info, but the more I asked him the more he was just saying it was 'fine' or 'fun' but no details. Goofy boy! Just like his daddy.

So here starts a new era for my little man!! I can't wait to watch him grow, but in the same respect I just wanna hold on to him forever!!

Street Fair 2010

The street fair is a fond memory of mine! Every year it comes to pataskala and has since as long as I can remember. It's not a large fair, but it's so fun since it's close to home, and not so big it's hard to walk from one side to the other, and it has some fun rides and activities for the kiddos. But I always spend way too much money!

This year the first thing we did was I bought enoguht tickets for the kids to ride some rides. Then goofy Joey kept saying he didn't really want to ride any rides! Savanna, however, did, but was too small for alot of the rides. But Joey did ride the roller coaster and the slide, and went on the car and train rides with Savanna.

Joey on the roller coaster! He actually really liked this ride and still talks about it alot.

My cuties on the train

And on the cars!

Now Joey's FAVORITE thing to do was the 'bungee jumping'. No, it's not real bungee jumping!!! It's more like a glorified trampolene. He got to do it twice, he would have done it a million times if I let him, but since it was 5 dollars every time, I thought twice was enough!! He wasn't quite big enough to get it going real well, but he didn't care.

Getting hooked up!

Up!

Down!

Up!

I'm looking forward to next year! It's almost just like Christmas in the fact of the magic of it starts all over again watching the kiddos enjoy it!! They're so fun!

2010 Summer Bowling Camp

Last spring I was thinking I should get Joey into some kind of sport, but he didn't really sound real interested in much, except maybe soccer. But soccer just sounded too cliche for my taste for a 4 year old! ha ha! But then a friend of mine from church said something about a summer bowling league she was getting her sons in and I thought that's great! I asked Joey if he wanted to and he did! It was so fun - and a good deal I thought! Once a week it was only $7 for 2 games of bowling, shoes, lunch (pizza and soda), a bowling shirt to keep, and an end-of-the-year party w/ trophies for everyone.

Joey absolutely loved it! He was most excited the first couple weeks, but even once the newness of it wore off, he still enjoyed it. Their team name was the 'Sea Monsters'. They finished the league 7th place out of 12, so not bad at all for all new bowlers!

The one story is at the end of the season - everyone got a trophy. They had special trophies for top scores and such, but they had participation trophies for everyone else. Well they messed up and didn't have enough participation trophies. Guess who didn't get one?? The 3 boys on our team!! :( They were broken hearted. But the bowling alley ordered them and they got them just a few days later and Joey is convinced that he got the 'best' trophy and that's why it took longer to make it. ha ha!

Here is Joey with his team! From left to right is Aaron, Dallin, and Joey. Aaron and Dallin are his little buddies from church, and Joey loved being on their team!