1st day of School

The boys had their first day of school last Thursday. In Parowan they have the parents come to the first few hours of school with the kids so I didn't quite get around to taking the boys pics until after school. We were a little late! I've been making the boys conform to my schedule this summer so that I can sleep a little bit. It was really hard to get up at 6:30...in fact, we didn't we got up at 7 and we were only a few minutes late at 8. We followed the boys around school and met their teachers. Then they had a little presentation for us out on the football field. I'm glad school is back in session even though I won't get as much sleep. The routine is good for us.

Old school, new school.

Here are the boys on their last day of school with their teachers at North. We have absolutely loved Mrs Comstock and Mrs. Milianta. They were great teachers and we miss them! The week before we left we also got to go to Jesse's class for a play. His enrichment group put on a Chinese version of cinderella, it was very cute. They made their own puppets and everything.

Jesse and Mrs ComstockTyler and Mrs. Milianta (he was on the verge of tears)

The boys have always wanted to ride the bus. But we always lived too close to the school before. I actually don't think we're any farther away from the school here but they can ride. I take them in the morning because they have to get on like at 7 a.m. but they ride home every day. Here they are getting off the bus on their first day.

First day of school

We made it through the first (and 2nd now) day of school. The boys were both excited to go. I'm sad for summer to be over but excited to get back into a routine. Today Ty's only complaint was that the math is too easy and he doesn't like having to stop and wait for everyone. He thinks its a huge deal but I tried to tell him it could be worse :) Jesse was just excited to wear his new cowboy ensemble complete with his new John deere green topped boots...easy to please, and not worried about the math lol.

Ty's 1st grade program

Ty's program was about 2 weeks ago, but since I didn't get to go I had my mom take pictures and I just got them today. Yea! Josh took our video camera and video taped the whole thing for me. Then when I watched it Tyler sang along the whole time so I got to hear him too :)

Ty and his friend Karsen. They got to be friends last year in Kindergarten. He was really excited when he found out they'd be in the same class for first grade as well.

Ty and Mrs. Comstock, his teacher. She was awesome. She made sure that Ty didn't get too bored in class and let him bring all his stories and *extra* things he did to school to share. Thanks!

Science Fair

The boys had their science fair today. They had a lot of fun doing their projects.

Ty has wanted to do his on monocots and dicots since our family reunion last summer when Grandma Whitney explained what they were and how to tell the difference (I had to look it up!). He grew some corn seeds and some bean seeds in gelatin to watch what they do and then went out and found examples in the yard, which at this point are few and far behind but we're thankful for some daffodils, tulips and some early blooming weeds :)

Jesse launched balloon rockets on fishing string and straws. He had a lot of fun and guessed right that the biggest balloon would go the farthest. When I asked him why he thought that and he said "because mom it's going to blast through the air!" He got third place and was excited about that after awhile (he was hoping to win!) One of the judges is a doctor in the ER I work with and he came over and told me he'd talked to him earlier and was cute and really shy. I wasn't suprised!