First Bus Ride...a Perfect End to a Great Day at School!

Yep, I sat on the front steps for 20 minutes...sweating in my pregnant splendor, listening for bus brakes and peering across the golf course for the big yellow bird carrying my first born.

I had to shed a tear or two when I finally saw it coming.

And another five or six when I saw this big smiling face running towards me...

It was a great end to the first day of school!

First Day of Kindergarten!

It's hard to believe this guy is starting kindergarten.  He was gung-ho and ready to go this morning.  When Scott went to wake him up for his first day, he found him counting to 1000 by tens.  He had been at it a long time.  :)

Shiloh was almost as excited as Levi.  We didn't know quite why until we realized she thought SHE was going to be staying at school with her brother. 

I hope his smile stays this big all day long.  Or all year long!

Seems like a long walk down a long hall for such a little guy...

Levi's teacher is Ms. Maisel.  This morning she showed Levi his cubby and where to put his water bottle outside the classroom.  I had planned to take a photo of him with Ms. Maisel before his first day, but he jetted off to play without even saying goodbye.  :(  But I'm glad he wasn't sad (like Mommy) and was ready to get started on this new journey in life!

Time...Stand Still!

 In a little over two weeks, this guy starts kindergarten.   I can hardly bear the thought of it!  The pics above were taken 7 months apart...he just grows too much every day!  Despite my reluctance to let him go, he's SO ready for "big school..."already reading lots of little books on his own, doing well in his math workbook.  I know he's ready to learn even more! 

This little monkey is growing too fast, as well.  The sweet, innocent, baby-faced girl on the left is now an independent, opinionated, dramatic 2.5 year old!  Eeek~!

Even more changes await us, as Baby Hill is due in less than 5 weeks...EEK is right!

Swimmin' 2012

Learning to post using the new blogger has been difficult.  Well, not really "difficult," but time consuming.  And summer has had us busy with lots and lots of things.  Like swim lessons.  :)

Levi and Shiloh are both doing great this year!  We finish up our last week of lessons next Thursday and hopefully I'll have some good video of both the little fishies swimming all around by the end of the week.  Until then, I just couldn't help but post these sweet pics of Levi encouraging Shiloh to climb out of the pool.  He's really a great big brother.