Our Kindergartener!

Owen has officially started Kindergarten!

I have to admit, his first day of school was harder than I thought it would be.  I took off work that entire day and Micah took off the morning so we could have some family time before he went to school.  We took him out for a nice brunch that morning and then dropped him off together.  He was excited and had no problems telling us goodbye.  And that was it.  He officially started school.

In his new classroom.

When I picked him up on his first day it was no big deal.  Just another day at school, it seemed.

Ryder is in the same class at Carson Montessori, which has made this transition quite bearable for Owen.  These two are like brothers.

Owen has now been in school for 3 weeks (it should have been 4 but we pulled him for a week to go to Texas).  He seems to like it, but he really doesn't talk a lot about it.  Getting him to tell me ANYTHING about his day is a challenge.  But he's happy and seems to be learning a lot already, which is all that matters.

End of Summer

I'm playing catch-up here, with some final photos from our very busy summer.

Afraid of the dark???  Nothing a head-lamp can't solve.

Sleeping naked, on the floor in her brother's room.  Classic.

Searching for grasshoppers!

Spying on the neighbors.

Here is Owen getting on the bus for a Summer Camp field trip.  He just loved riding the big-kid bus!

The last week of Summer Camp was a PARTY!

Mimi and Olfa came to visit in August!

Putt Putt & Wild Island

Owen started Kindergarten on August 27th, but I'll post more on that later.  The week before Kindergarten started, I decided to take a few days off work and "play" with Owen before he started his 17 year stint in school.  One day we spent in Reno with his BFF Ryder.......we took them to play Putt Putt Golf in the morning and then to Wild Island water park in the afternoon/evening.

This was actually Owen's first time on a putt putt gold course and he loved it!

Adler preferred to sit on the holes and draw on the score card!

Adler, Owen & Ryder

This was our favorite hole, through the candy castle.

Adler claimed this castle as her new house.

Best Buddies!

The second half of our day was at Wild Island.  Owen even ventured down a few BIG slides!

Owen and Me

Taking a snack break with Dippin' Dots

This is one of the BIG slides Owen went down.  By the end of the day he was going by himself!

It's hard to believe how BIG my son is. 

 

The second play day was spent at home with friends, playing in the yard and eating summer treats!

Ryder & Owen

Even Adler enjoyed the water gun fights!

Eating homemade fruit pops!

Sporting green mustaches after drinking green smoothies.

Day at the Beach

We had an interesting day at the beach a few weeks ago.  We found a nice area with lots of shallow water and rocks to climb on, and we set up camp for the day!

Owen spent the entire day catching craw fish and minnows.

Look Mom, I caught something!!!!

Adler after eating a bunch of cherries!

Paddeling across Tahoe

There were a lot of interesting things happening at the beach on this particular day!  This definitely caught everyone's attention!  I'm still not exactly sure what this contraption was, but it looked like Iron Man over the water. 

 

We also saw an ambulance arrive on the beach to assist someone, saw 3 people being baptized in Tahoe, listened to a man laying on the rocks who occasionally belted out some random opera music, listened to a guy walking up and down the beach playing Jason Mraz covers on his ukulele, and the best thing of all???  Chilled on the beach while Owen entertained himself with a bunch of other kids on the rocks!

Perfect place for a nap!

I really hope we can get in another beach day before warm summer weather comes to an end!!!