1st Day of School: FIRST Grade!!!

Today was Savannah's first day of FIRST grade! It is absolutely crazy to me that my "baby" is in first grade eating lunch at the "big kids" tables & playing on the "big kids" playground.   Her teacher this year is Mrs. Bower and she is absolutely AMAZING-- Savannah has so been looking forward to being in her class. We are so thankful we ended up at such a wonderful school with a very strong sense of community involvement. I love that it is a small school-- there is only 1 class per grade-- which means she will be in class with the same 22 kids through 5th grade... so cool! She had a great first day & is very excited for the school year, as are Mitch & I. Although, the reality of how busy the year is going to be is really sinking in... new job, PTA Secretary, chairing the Red & White Affair (BIG fundraiser for the school) & leading Daisies--- yikes!!! If anyone has any extra hours in the day they would like to donate to me I am graciously accepting donations!

Savannah & Dylan

My BIG 1st grader

Savannah & some of her buddies

Savannah & Lily

Listening to morning announcements

Taking a tour-- moving out of the kindergarten playground & room is  a big step! 

A Day Out with Thomas

A few weeks ago we surprised the kids (really for Dylan's sake, but Peanut had a great time too!) with a trip to the Roaring Railway in Felton for Thomas's Day Out. Dylan ADORES Thomas and was so excited to actually get to meet Thomas and go for a ride. The event had a lot of fun activities & we all enjoyed watching Dylan's delight!

Taking the little shuttle train to see Thomas-- he has no idea at this point!

Savannah was very excited to figure out the surprise

Dylan immediately started identifying the trains as certain Thomas characters and began related everything he saw to one of his favorite Thomas movies

Getting EXCITED!!

THOMAS!!

Dylan & Savannah with Percy

We failed miserably at getting a family shot on the train-- it was SO bumpy. But you can see how happy Dylan was!

One more try...

Enjoying the ride

Beautiful Scenery!

Vacation/Summer Update

We returned last week from another WONDERFUL week at Lawrence Welk in Escondido. It is not exotic or particularly fancy, but we absolutely love it there! We went to Legoland, a Padres game and had some visits from friends and family.  The rest of the time we played at the pool and enjoyed some quiet family time without any interruptions from work--ahhh, so nice! Here are some pictures from our trip...

Dylan & Daddy

Sibling Love

our water rat

Takin' a break

Waiting for the water to drop

Watering the golf course... boys will be boys, right??!

Silly Dylan

Dylan & Coco

Sweet Savannah

Daddy & Savannah

Go Padres

one day Dylan will let us get a good family picture!

Mommy & Savannah

watching the game

Mommy & Dylan

Hit over here!

Savannah's 1st Shirley Temple

Dylan sharing a treat with his new friend Audrey

The Davis & The Walters kiddos!

Savannah posing with the Lego people

Following Sissy's lead

Savannah & Daddy on the Safari Ride

Dylan "driving"

Mommy & Dylan

In the lion's mouth

Again, following Sissy's lead :-)

Riding the train

One happy boy

Dylan earning his driver's license

Savannah earning her license

There was a huge display of Star Wars figures built out of Legos. Dylan was beside himself!!

Silly kids!

Savannah & Chewy

Checking out the Star Wars village with Daddy

The aquarium

"Inside" the aquarium

Summer has been speeding by! Savannah starts school in 3 weeks-- crazy!! I am starting to realize that this next year is going to be quite busy... Dylan is going back to preschool in September, I have a new job, I am chairing the annual fundraiser for Savannah's school, co-leading Savannah's girl scout troop & serving on the PTA board at secretary. YIKES!! Wish me luck!  And I just had to share this picture of Dylan on the 4th of July-- it makes me smile every time I look at it :-)