Winter Wonderland!

We had an ice storm last night. Not as bad as expected - but school was called off! Roads were mostly just slushy but the ice made our street look like a winter wonderland.
Her are some pictures we took this evening.

Wordless Wednesday

Santa!

We went last night to see Santa (or HoHo as Kate calls him). Kate is scared to death of Santa or any life size character for that matter. Ask her about the Billiken some time:) Our local Parks Dept. held a big Christmas Event last night at one of the parks. They had face painting, balloon animals, games, crafts and of course - Santa! Jackson went prepared with his wish list he made earlier in the day(he didn't want to forget). Kate claimed she was going to sit on Santa's lap with Jackson and was very excited.
Then we walked in the door and she started shaking and held on for dear life!!!! We watched from afar as Jackson had a chat with Santa and then after he handed Kate a piece of candy, she decided she would at least talk to him! Here are a few pics.

Kate's First Day of Preschool

Here are some pics of Kate's first day of preschool today. She looks so happy and carefree in these pictures - however, she was not that way when I left her this morning!





She had to wear her "glasses"! She is so funny!
I'll let you know how her day went and post some more pics of Jackson's first day.

Melissa

First Day on The Bus!

My neighbor just sent this picture to me. WOW! I'll post more pics and a story later. He did great - I did OK.

Melissa

Jackson's First Day of School!!!!!!

Well actually it was only an hour of school!
Today was the first day of school for our school district and it was a half day. The kindergartners only go for 1 hour with their mom and dad. There were two different time slots you could go and we chose the later one at 10AM. I'm glad we did because it was a lot less crowded. Only 7 kids were there. There are a total of 24 kids in his class.
It was kind of like an open house. We went and put his supplies away and were able to look and play with everything in the room. The teacher took time to talk to each of the kids and at the end she gathered them together for some songs and poems. Jackson had a great time. His favorite thing in the room was the gecko! He was totally amazed by it. They also have 2 gerbils. His teacher's name is Mrs. DeBord. She is very nice and I think she will be perfect for Jackson.
Here are some pics:







Tomorrow Jackson will ride the bus and stay all day!!!!
I will post more pictures again tomorrow.

Happy Birthday Kate!!!

Kate turned 2 on August 9th. We had a small party for her that evening with a few neighbors and Grandma and Papa Dooley.
The next morning we left for Florida!!!
Here are a few pics my awesome neighbor took:

Birthday Girl


Cute as a Cupcake


THe neighbor boys and Jackson singing Happy Birthday to Kate