Merry Christmas!!

Jamison's Firsts

FIRST time at his own back-to-school night where he meet his new Kindergarten teacher. He had so much fun looking around the room for his name, putting his school supplies where they needed to go and talking to his teacher. He is very excited to finally be going to school.

FIRST time cutting his own hair. The day after back-to-school and the day before the first day of school, while I was getting some much needed end of summer cleaning done, Jamison did this number:

Oh the tears. First from my very excited reaction, then from seeing in the mirror what he had really done and lastly late that night when I had to shave his little head because of the really close cut he had done. Sometimes in life the consequences of our actions are really hard. In this case that is very true. He went to bed crying, saying that he didn't like himself, he was afraid that people would laugh at him, etc. It was ripping my heart out! I only pray that this lesson learned goes much deeper than just hair.

I am grateful that he has a very nice round shaped head- he looks pretty different, but still cute as ever! Also his FIRST buzz cut!

FIRST day of school! Jamison has been waiting for this day for over 2 years. I remember Spencer leaving for school in the first grade and Jamison having his backpack on ready to go too. It was really bright morning yesterday and he is now a big Kindergartner at Legacy Elementary!!

FIRST time walking into school.

FIRST time being in a classroom. We didn't do any kind of pre-school with Jamison. For him we just did an amazing playgroup last year. It was just what he needed. However he is very excited to be at school and is ready to learn new things.

FIRST day riding the bus. His first day of school I took him, but on the second day he wanted to ride the bus. He asked if we could get to the bus stop early (the park) so he could play before school. Jamison and Everett were in heaven having dad push them on the swings. Then the bus came and he quickly got his backpack on and jumped on. He is growing up so fast!!!

Happy little boy!!!

Whooo!!

Spencer is off at school for the first day of 3rd grade. I can hardly believe he is old enough to be in 3rd grade! He was very excited for this morning- he could hardly sleep last night and was up at 6:15am this morning. Getting ready for school was a breeze!

Sitting at his desk.

His teacher this year Mrs. McClurg. We are SO thrilled to have her. She is new to the school this year, but has lots of experience in literacy. Exactly the area that Spencer needs a little extra help. She is also excited for the new year and it really shows.

Getting to business! :)

New Toy!

Jamey is all about fun! He is most certainly a big boy!! When he saw on craig's list the chance to buy a go kart for the kids, he jumped on it. We took the kids to the church parking lot, where there was lots of room for them to drive around. They had so much fun. It was hard to get them to leave, but after a few hours we needed to be done. Running out of gas helped too. Spencer really was fearless, trying his hardest to get the go kart to its max speed of 25 MPH. Jamison on the other hand (who we thought was our "race car driver") was much more reserved. It will take him some more time driving to really warm up to speed. We hope to get out several more times before the summer is over.