First day of school

On September 18th, the pre-school activities started. Samantha started her first day of school. She was excited and pretty relaxed about the whole thing. Not a tear - from her. She did look a little uneasy as I walked to the door to leave. But, she was fine, and I knew she would be. I was fine too, although I got a little teary in the car as we were pulling out, after laughing/whining to a friend about leaving my "baby". When I returned, she was all smiles, met new friends, had a wonderful time! She had drawn pictures, played at the playground, sang songs and "loved pre-school".

After dropping Samantha off, Kyle and I made our way over to his first day of playgroup. He did great. He stuck mostly to the boys. They all played with the trucks and trains. He seemed to have a nice time. He sang in circle time and had a great time catching bubbles.

It was a nice first day, and we're enjoying our fall so far!

Summertime!

Samantha and Kyle have been enjoying their summer! Kyle has become a lot more fun for Samantha to play with, now that he's talking so much and able to play on the slide, trampoline and in the sandbox. Here they are enjoying their picnic lunch. We started off the summer by having to say goodbye to some good friends. Pfizer's closing forced them to move out of state and it was sad to say goodbye. Samantha still asks about her friend. This picture was our last day with Brandt, Austin and Jennifer.

Here is Samantha playing on her trampoline with the neighbor girls. The picture below was a rainy day that we spent at a farm animal event at the library. Samantha was one of two kids to be asked to help. She did a great job in front of such a large group.








We've had a busy summer. We've been to Tiger games, the zoo and Ludington for a week's vacation.

We even went to our first movie at the theater with the kids. We saw "Ratatouille". I am dreading the end of summer, but to Samantha the fun is just beginning because she is very eager to start pre-school! There's always something new and exciting around every corner.