Trains

Josh loves playing with his trains and cars. He will be spend hours (literally) playing with his trains and cars. He can build the tracks by himself and will take the trains round and round. What a boy!

Happy Birthday!

My big, wonderful, beautiful, crazy, lovable boy! You have turned two and have enjoyed every day so far! May you maintain your adventurous spirit (even if it scares your momma some) I love every little thing about you.

Mom

First week of school

(Mikayla on the day she went in to school to meet Mr. Gaap--unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of her teacher also)

So far, so good! Actually things are working out real well. Mikayla seems real excited to go to school and it seems that she adores Mr. Gaap. She doesn't talk about specific details much but she is very excited. She says she loves Bean, the bunny. She runs to the bus when it picks her up and has a huge smile when I pick her up.

On Tuesday, we went to the park and there was another little girl playing. I heard them greeting each other and then saying 'Hey, I know you' They are in the same class. Her parents came up and Julia said this was Mikayla. Her parents said 'Oh, Mikayla, we've heard a lot about you' (I wasn't sure if that was good or bad) But, it seems that they had played at school. I really enjoyed talking to her parents and they live in the neighborhood. So, it seems that they are bffs now.

We saw them again today and at first Mikayla was a little upset because another girl was playing with Julia. But, it seemed like they all got along and Mikayla was happy that Julia still liked her.

Who knows, could this be Mikayla's first friend or could it be one of those friends that are around forever. It's pretty exciting.

1st Day of Kindergarten

Oh, so much to say.

I had wanted to start off with a first day celebration. We made cupcakes and then she watched a show. I wanted to take her to the library or store. But, she was afraid we wouldn't make it back in time for the bus to come. Finally, I talked her into going to the park for a while. But, she wanted to get back so we could wait for the bus. Well, wait we did!

We were told the bus could arrive any time after 12:15. I figured it would be later but we were outside by noon. Well, that came and went. Then, later came and went also. Finally, about 12:50, I called the school and then the bus company. No one seemed to know where the bus was. It finally arrived about 1:10. (school started at 1)

She was so excited when it came. She ran out and jumped on--no turning back.

Then, when I met her at the bus, she was all smiles. I couldn't get much out of her but she said it was all good. I think her favorite part of the day was playing with the bunny. She said she loved listening to the music and dancing. Her 'helper' getting on the bus sat with her and she had red hair and her name was Emily.

She was all excited to go back the next day!