Beautiful weather here today, perfect for Mommy and her boys to spend one last day together before the big day tomorrow!
The boys turned down many of her options, the Magic House being one, but instead opted for the Museum of Transportation! It had been some time since we'd been there, in fact, they built a whole new building!
But the trains were still awesome (so I'm told) and they all had a great time playing in the new Creation Station.
Here's some pics!
Ringin' the bell on the big train!
Cheeburger Cheeburger for lunch!
And for dessert tonight, Clayton's Bakery provided some awesome cookies!
That's all for tonight. BIG DAY tomorrow...check back after 830 or so and I'll have the full details of Day 1 of at least 17 years of school for the big guy.
Today was Aidan's last day at St. John's Mercy Co-worker Childcare Center! We got a picture just like we took on his first day there, Monday, March 26, 2007!
First Day....
Please disregard my absolutely horrendous glasses. What was I thinking!!??
Last Day....
He can BARELY fit on Mommy's lap!
Here they are, one last time into Mercy for the big guy....Mookie Mooks has just two years and then we are free of daycare!
So tonight we met his new teacher, Mrs. Dickey and she was very nice. Aid got to meet all his classmates, including at least one that we recognized from Old Hickory. The room had all sorts of fun things to do and lots and lots of books to read. We left him alone with the teacher and the class and when we came back in he was laughing and playing with some new friends over by the chalkboard. He has it folks!!
We also introduced him to Mr. Brinkler who is the Computer teacher. This is where Aidan will be dropped off first thing in the morning, since his normal school starts at 750A, which is about an hour after Mommy and Daddy start, so he'll get some time in the morning to hone some computer skills in a beautiful Apple computer lab. It is very nice and very new. Mr. Brinkler said that he would work with Aid on mouse skills and perhaps my guess is that he may get into typing too! That would be fantastic.
The school was packed and a little overwhelming, but Nums just jumped in there like it was old hat. We are so proud of the little man he's become and are so looking forward to his school-aged life. It'll be a great time. The school came by this weekend, and because we're new parents to the school, put this sign in our front yard, welcoming us....I got Aid to get into his school uni and take a shot....
That's all for tonight. Mommy took the day off tomorrow to take the boys out on one last day of fun! Daddy's stuck in stinky work all day :(
Look for us tomorrow with some highlights of the day and then of course on Thursday for our big guy's next big step.
After a crazy, busy week and weekend, we end an era this week and start a new one with the big guy heading off to Kindergarten on Thursday...it is unfathomable that we now will have a school-aged child in our house, but hey, that's what happens when you feed 'em!
I won't do too many Daddy travel pictures (was in Seattle, Monday-Thursday meeting with the P-8I Program), but here are a few notables:
Here is the brand new Ferris wheel along the waterfront, I'm sure the views from the top are spectacular! The one black capsule (at about the 2:30 o'clock position above) has a see thru bottom!
An absolute beautiful night on Monday (this was the only time I saw blue sky the WHOLE week)...Weather there is awful.
I purposely stayed near "The Needle" this trip so I could walk at night over by it...Amazing structure.
Aidan loves elephants, Ethan loves car washes....the perfect mix is in Seattle!
The famous Pike Place and the Pike Place Fish Fish Market (the place that they throw the fish to each other).
I flew to Albuquerque on the way home and we went right next to Mount St. Helens. What an amazing thing happened when that thing blew!! (half the mountain is gone!)
OK, enough about me. Mommy held the boys at bay through the week (very well I may add) and we met up Thursday night for dinner and a date...well, actually a "New Parent Meeting" at St. Joe's. It was good, we learned all sorts of things about Aid's school and are excited for him this week!
The weekend has been fantastic. We had wonderful weather and wonderful news earlier from Eckert's saying that our favorite apple was ready to be picked, two weeks early! Yes, Honeycrisps were ready for a pickin' and we were all over it, as soon as they opened.
Mister Smiley is ready to ride a tractor!!
Almost ready to get back to the orchard!
I knew this year would be great. Mooks is a year older and was ready to pick!
Big blue eyes, riding the tractor
First apple of the day! Picked by Ethan!
Aid found a good one!
Two Boxes!?!? What were we thinking!
Sometimes you need a little lift to get to the best ones!
Look at that excitement!
A perfect honeycrisp!
Looks good Nums!
Look at all those apples!
This is the patented smirk, "Look, I've got Mommy wrapped around my little finger."
Blackberries were ready to go too, so we had the boys share in the bucket carrying duty.
As always, we packed a picnic and had a very nice lunch under the trees. It was awesome.
Racing in the AppleKnocker 500...
Fun on the tire swing!
With the weather perfect, I thought I'd get some head shots of our big guys....Awesome country up there in Grafton.
Mookie!
Kindergarten Man!
We so love going up there....what a great place to pick apples.
And here's our loot! 60 apples (35# worth!, that wasn't cheap at $3/#!) Oh well, it's not the money we spend, but the memories we make! And we had a half a pail of blackberries!
All three of the kids slept on the way home from the orchard, leaving Daddy to drive :( But that's OK, I got to rest a pool time when the boys snacked on some cookies!
The pool was a bit chilly on Saturday! Can you believe that?
Today, we knew the weather was going to be cool, so we headed down to the STL Zoo. It's a fantastic zoo, everything free and we found some free parking too! We decided to take in the new Sea Lion show and had our favorite Dole Whip Ice Cream, but overall, we did it all for less than $15! Great place.
With it being so cool, all the animals were out, including:
The Amur Leaopard.
Amur Tiger
Sleepy Mommy African Lion
The Snow Leopard takes a yawn.
Of course, Ethan's Favorite.
Giraffe and Ostrich!
Sleepy Daddy African Lion (and one hiding out in the den below)
Aidan's favorite now is a Puma (because of his school shoes), but honestly, I didn't know what a puma exactly was, but now we all do! :)
The elephants today were amazing, we must have watched them for a half hour...now you can too...check it out!
Pretty cool huh?
The Sea Lion show was OK, they are still training them, but in a year or so, they'll be awesome!
Here we are at the show!
That's Dixie, a 2 yr old female pup.
Here's Bennie, a 10 year old master! Check him out!
And diving off the ledge!
And balancing a ball, he took it all over the pool and up on the deck...awesome.
And for the Grand Final....
Excellent!
All right! What a weekend...and what a week ahead. Look back here on Thursday for all the festivities!
