my kindergarten boy

Easton's first day of Kindergarten was today. AAHH!! He was ready, but I don't know if Parker and I were.

cool, new backpack

cheese, extra big for Mom.

At the Kindergarten evaluation, his teacher gave us a blank cutout and we were to decorate it to look like Easton. I think we did pretty good.

At school

sitting on the rug, waiting for the bell to ring.

Easton, I hope you love school. You are such a sweet, strong boy and we love you so much! I hope you will come out of your shell and meet some really good friends this year. Good luck!

ssshhhh.....

the prince is sleeping.

as I am putting Easton to bed tonight, he looks over at his toy box and says, "Look what Keagie did..."

he's got a new ride

Easton has been working on getting a new bike. He has been riding his big-wheel around for the last year and a half. We did a prize chart and for every extra thing he did, he got a sticker.

The finished prize chart.
The new bike. He was so excited. On the way to the store, I was telling him the store might have to put it together, so we might not get to take it home right away. We were in the bike section, he picked out the yellow and red one, and a salesclerk came to help us. Easton walks right up to him and says, "So, how does this work? Do we take this one, or do you have another one that we put together, or do you put it together and we come back and get it?" The clerk kind of laughed and said, "Have you been here before?" We did have to come back the next day to pick up the assembled one, but Easton understood that and didn't complain.

He wanted to go straight to Grandma's to show her the new bike and rode it in her driveway for a minute.

That night, after dinner, we went outside and he rode for an hour in our cul-de-sac. It was awesome.

He is one happy boy.

swim lessons, round 2

Our second round of swim lessons went so good. There was about a month in between lessons, and I was worried that they would forget what they had learned the first time around, but they did awesome. Keagan was in Preschool level 2 and by the end of the 2 weeks was swimming under water by herself for a few feet. Easton was in Level 1 and his confidence was so much better by the end. He could back float by himself and float on his tummy much better.

Keagan's teacher was a boy this time, and I think she had a little crush on him, although she adamantly denies it. :)
She would talk about Jacob all the time.....

Easton's class was smaller this time, with only 4 kids--the first session we did had 6. So, that was really good for him because he was able to get more one on one attention with his teacher. There were also some extra teachers swimming around that helped each class when they needed it.

I am so proud of my little fishies.

super random kid quotes

*while driving to taekwondo today, for some reason Easton was talking about Thanksgiving. Keagan pipes up and says, "I love 'Hungry, Hungry Hippos!'"

*then, on the way home from taekwondo, "Keagan, you are weirder than a hedgehog!" ---Easton

proud mama

I signed Easton up for Taekwondo through the university. It is a summer program and is 6 sessions. He loves it. The first week at the end of class they sat in a circle and said why they were great. One kid said because he plays basketball, another said because he is nice to his siblings, etc. I didn't know if Easton would understand what he was supposed to say, but when it was his turn he said, "I am great because I have a good soul." I wanted to run across the room and hug him because I was so proud of his answer.

At the end of class last time the teacher let them run out their extra energy with the pool noodles. They each got a shield and a "sword" and chased each other around the room. He loved that part and it was so funny to watch them all.