Kindergarten Here We Come!

We have a kindergartener in the house!  

Noah was so excited to finally have his first day of school today.  He's been eagerly anticipating it all summer.  He woke up at 5:55am this morning, ready to take on the day!

We've reached the magic age where it's increasingly difficult to get a serious photo, so here's a few of Noah's favorites

Noah's new school backpack truly reflects his interests!

Here's he is at his table, working on his first assignment to cut pictures of things he likes out of magazines.

He got right to work, I gave him a kiss and said I was leaving, and he said, "Ok Mommy, see you at 2:30"

No tears, just lots of work to do.

Family Movies

Oh, we are so excited!

Matt is overhauling our family's technology, and we are able to watch our family movies on our TV!  

Whoo hoo!

Noah and Isaac were captivated by watching our videos from Christmas 2009, when Isaac was a tiny baby, and Noah was 2.5 years old.  They wanted to watch the videos again and again and again!

Family movies...it's the best thing on TV.

Triathlete Noah

Noah participated in his first triathlon!  

It was a pre-school triathlon for kids ages 3 to 5, and it was the prefect distance for each event.

Here's Noah getting his bike and equipment ready.

Then, it was time to go!  

Noah swam 25 meters, biked about 50 yards, then ran about 50 yards.

Noah got his very first athletic medal, and he is so proud of it!

Who knows, maybe triathlons will be a life-long sport for Noah!

Trolley Bus Adventure

One of our favorite summer adventures it to take the Gold Rush trolley bus to uptown Charlotte.  It's a regular bus, but it looks like a trolley, so it's special to the boys.  Even better, it's a free ride!  We were able to meet up with Noah's friend from preschool who he always has a fun time with.

Once we were uptown, there was construction everywhere!  Charlotte is hard at work getting ready for the DNC convention.  

Watching the construction was just as fun as riding on the trolley bus

Once we were uptown, we had lunch at Moe's, which is the favorite restaurant of all the boys

Thanks for the fun day, trolley bus!

Strawberries

 

Isaac has a great time cutting the tops off his strawberries.  He is perfectly capable of biting into a whole strawberry and avoiding the stem, but cutting them is so much more fun!

Isaac

I just wanted to share a couple of sweet pictures of Isaac...

Ok, Mom, that's enough!

Preparing for Winter

Isaac likes to be bundled up when he sleeps.  Even when it's 105 degrees outside, he still likes to sleep under 3 or 4 blankets.  He prefers to lounge around the house in his winter pajamas when he can find them (shh...don't tell him I hid them!!)

So, when Isaac just happened to find his mittens on a hot summer day, he was so happy!  He insisted that he must wear them while he napped.

He woke up with very hot and sweaty hands that day!

When I took pictures of him, he covered his eyes because of the bright flash and said "I need my sunglasses!"

Silly boy!