School Begins

Summer has wound down and we are back in school.  I decided we needed to do some fun stuff to end the summer right. So for our last day of "summer" we had some fun. First we went to the park and enjoyed some great weather! after having weeks of triple digit temps we were finally in the 70's and 80's. It was perfect weather to play at the park. Unfortunately with not much rain this summer the grass at the park as turned brown. But the boys loved playing on the playground, swings and in the sand.

After the park we headed to McDonald's for lunch and then to Build a Bear Workshop. It was a great  time. We started out by choosing our animals. After getting them stuffed we gave them a bath and brushed their fur. Emmett found a little puppy on roller skates and spent most of the time pulling it around the store on a leash. Very cute but with all that was going on I was unable to take pictures. The pictures I did get are on my phone and for some reason will not download to my laptop. So, here are the ones we took later with the camera.

Ben chose a blue bear with stars and named him "Star Striker". He chose a karate outfit for his bear and Connor and Dillon ended up choosing the same outfit. I would have encouraged them to chose something different but there was just too much going on.

Connor chose Alvin from "The Chipmunks". Since his animal came with a name Connor didn't have the opportunity to name him something different.

Dillon chose a tiger and named him "Dillon". At least the name has been consistent. Every time I ask him what his tiger's name is he tells me it is Dillon.

Emmett got a dog. We named him Beau. Ben asked why I named him that and I told him I was trying to think of a good name for a dog that wasn't copying a TV show or movie. When I asked what HE would have named the dog he said he would have named it "Furry Striker". I told him Beau was a much better name for a dog.  In any case, I named Em's dog Beau and he is well loved. Now all he needs is roller skates and a leash and Em can pull him around the house.

THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

For days before school started Connor was really on edge about everything. He was ready to school. When we went for back to school night he was really upset that he wasn't going to school that day. After some confusion about his placement we changed him from 2nd grade back to 1st grade and it was a good decision to make. We had to go to the school the day before school started and again he was upset that he wasn't staying at school all day.  One of the Special Ed Aids saw that Connor was having a hard time and she took him and played with him. I was then able to take care of business and Connor started school and is in Mrs. Morgan's first grade class.

 Ben was a little worried to start school. He would never tell me why, just said it was complicated. So I talked to his teacher, Miss Taylor, and asked her to keep and eye on him. Yesterday he came home and said, "School is the best again." Apparently he was worried he would not like his teacher but said Miss Taylor is really nice. I told him it must be the name. His first grade teacher was Mrs. Taylor and they had a great bond. I told him with a teacher named Taylor he can't go wrong.

Ready for school. What handsome boys!

Waiting for the Bus. It was a little late so they had to entertain themselves for an extra 10 minutes.

And off they go!

They had a great day at school. Connor did wonderfully. He ended up staying in the main stream 1st grade class room all day. I found out today that he wasn't too happy about that but ended up doing just fine the 2nd day of school. I've been in close contact with his teachers today and feel blessed to have such great people working with him.