Brock's First Day of First Grade ~ Aug. 23

I am still amazed that I have a first grader.  He looks like such a big kid in this picture.  Brock was very excited to start school this year, but was also very nervous.  I know he's going to do great!

Showing off his new Star Wars backpack.  His Uncle Greg and Aunt Diane gave it to him as an early birthday gift.  It made starting school even better!

Brotherly love.  The first few days, Ryan enjoyed getting me, the TV, his toys, the Wii all to himself.  After that, he really missed Brock.

Mommy and her boys

Daddy and Brock riding their bikes to school.

Here he is outside of Mrs. Martindale's classroom.  He told me the night before that he was going to miss me while he was in school.  So, before he left the house, I gave him a reminder on his hand that he could look at any time during the day and remember that I love him.

Brock had a great first day of school.  He had two classmates from Kindergarten in his class and many others that he knew from playing on the playground.  He really likes his teacher, Mrs. Martindale, and has been doing really well.  Looks like it'll be a good year!

August 2010

This month, we tried to do some fun things before school started.  Here are our adventures:

Children's Museum

We really need to go to the Children's Museum a little more often.  The boys alway have a good time shopping in the HEB supermarket or showing their creativity painting a picture.

Roller Skating

One of the most exciting things we did was go roller skating.  We had taken Brock several years ago, but he was way too young then (maybe 3) and wasn't interested at all.  A friend of ours found a place in Brenham that had a "learn how to skate" session on Thurs. mornings.  They had these skate trainers made out of PVC pipe with casters on the bottom.  It was really neat and we had so much fun that we went back the next week!

The rink had these toys called "turtles" that Ryan loved.  They did look fun...you sat on them and then pulled the handles and it moved you along.  I think Ryan had more fun on these than actually roller skating!

Mommy and Ryan

Anytime Ryan fell down, he stayed lying on the floor for about 5 minutes until I made him get up.  This is how I saw him most of the time.

Brock skating across the floor (end of the second day of skating)

Ryan skating across the floor (end of second day)

After skating, we went to the Blue Bell ice cream factory and got these great hats and some free ice cream!

We came home a different way after the second trip.  During the entire trip, the boys were asking what the different crops were that we were passing.  I finally stopped and let them see and touch some cotton.  I explained that cotton is what their clothes, socks, towels, etc. are made of.  So, not only was our trip fun, but it was educational, too!

Monster Trucks

Steve took Ryan and Brock to a monster truck show in town.  Apparently the show wasn't that good, but the boys really liked the trucks.

Their favorite was the "Reptoid"

Anniversary

Steve and I celebrated the 10 year anniversary of our first date.  We went to Six Flags and I knew he was a keeper when I got sick on a ride and he still wanted to see me again after that!!  He bought me these beautiful roses to celebrate.  I love you, Steve!