Meredith Starts Stay and Play

Meredith started in the two year old classroom (Terrific Two's!) at Stay and Play this month.  She met the teachers and saw her new classroom, which has been rearranged this year.  She has one new teacher -Miss Katie, and Miss Beth who taught Jeffrey when he was 2!  All her friends from Tiny Tots are back this year, and they have been having a wonderful time together. 

 

'Hey Mom!  I found the My Little Pony toys!!'

She likes to use her backpack this year, she puts some favorite toys in when we are riding to school and asks me to zip them in when we arrive.  Ducky often goes in her backpack, so did brown owl and some books and one day some dinosaurs.  She also likes to walk up and down the stairs to and from her classroom this year - last year I carried her.  Her teachers tell me she is riding the bikes in the big room and is the only kid who can pedal!  Just like her brother - he still misses those bikes!  Meredith always has a great time at school and then she runs and gives me a big hug when I pick her up.  

 

 First Day of Preschool - Terrific Twos!

Jeffrey starts Kindergarten!

This fall Jeffrey started Kindergarten!  He was so excited the first day of school he was all ready to go about an hour early! 

 

Jeffrey's first day of Kindergarten at Corl Street Elementary

 

 Jeffrey is ready to ride!  We biked to school as a family and it was so much fun!

 

Family picture outside the Corl Street School.  (Seconds later Jeffrey ran into school with his friends, he just couldn't wait!)

Jeffrey is having a great time at school, he likes eating lunch at school and recess!  He has made a lot of friends there and has been excited to go every day.   He is always ready early for school and really enjoys riding his bike to and from school.  Mike rides with him in the morning and Meredith and I pick him up with my bike and trailer in the afternoon.  Meredith loves riding in the bike trailer, and likes going to pick Jeffrey up.  Jeffrey has a weekly art class and has also brought home a bunch of paintings that he has done in his classroom.  He has Library day on Thursdays, and brings home a book to read every week.  On Friday Jeffrey has his sharing day, he has a hard time deciding what to bring to show his classmates.  I have been packing his lunch every day and on Fridays we have 'Friday Funday' and I pack a treat in his lunch.  I am so happy our 'big kid' is having such a great time in school!  

 

Late Summer Fun

We had a big garage sale in late August, right after the biannual kids toy/clothing sale.  It was very exciting to clear so much clutter out of the house!  Jeffrey wanted to have a lemonade stand ever since he saw it on 'Max and Ruby' - and this was our big opportunity!  I had him help me to squeeze all the lemons for our first batch of lemonade, and we also decided to sell popcorn (to make everyone thirsty for more lemonade!)  Our stand was a big success and we sold out and had to drive to the market for more lemons, and pop more popcorn too.  We had a great time.

 

Jeffrey ninja, and Meredith Bumblebee on the afternoon shift.  Meredith is yelling lemonade into a microphone, it really drew in the customers! 

ADK August

We had a fantastic vacation in the Adirondaks this year.  The weather was as perfect as it could be, both kids really loved swimming in the lake this year - it was sunny every day! 

We also ate a lot of delicious food, including our favorite summer meal to date - smoked ribs with corn on the cob, it was so delicious I couldn't stop eating!  (Thanks John and Char!)  And everything tastes great on vacation!  Lots of soft serve icecream too, this years flavor was black raspberry, vanilla with sprinkles for kids of course. 

Blackberry Peach Crisp - Aunt Paula and I picked berries, and she baked up this delicious dessert.

 

 

 

 

  

 Jeffrey loves S'mores!  This year we tried some with Coconut toasted marshmallows too, they were yummy!
 

Meredith enjoyed playing in the sand of the beach and loved seeing the water birds, chipmunks, hummingbirds, snakes and butterflies.  We took many stroller walks together in the afternoons before we went swimming.