First Day of First Grade

The first day of school is finally here!

Reagan began the morning with special pancakes in honor of beginning 1st grade

she LOVED them!

Reagan told me that I needed special pancakes for going to work, so she suggested...

Look at my big girl ~ the 1st grader

we had a mini photo session before leaving for school

Reagan wanted her picture made in front of some flowers ~ not just bushes, so we had to go to the neighbor's yard for those photos!

isn't she beautiful?

 I convinced her to take a few photos in front of our house too!

they are so sweet!

Imagine our surprise when she got home from school today, our flower beds had been completely redone!  Reagan had to have a picture in front of "our very own flower garden"

First Day of FIRST GRADE!

here are few pictures of our new flower beds

A few quotes from the day:

• on the way to school, Reagan said,"I feel a little weird (nervous) in my belly"
•  when telling me about her day, Reagan said "1st grade is AWESOME!"; "1st graders know how to listen very well"; "I had THE BEST DAY"; "I hugged Ms A (her kindergarten teacher)two times today ~ it was pretty neat"
• Reagan got to be the line leader all day today.  When I asked  her why she was the line leader she said, "It was my lucky day!"

Pedal On

We practiced riding bikes again today.  Looks like a certain girl will be getting a new bicycle this weekend!!

Bike Ride

Just a little fun on the bikes tonight!!

Cooper still loving to ride his bicycle

 Reagan getting ready for more practice

 Greg came home from work just in time to ride bikes with the kids for a little while

 Look Ma, NO TRAINING WHEELS!!!!

 she's doing it all by herself

this is only her second time to practice without training wheels ~ look at her go!

I have to admit I got a little teary eyed watching her ride a bicycle without training wheels ~ when does this growing up phase stop?

Last Field Trip of Summer

getting the goggles on just right

Cooper enjoyed spending the day at the pool 

 jumping off the diving board into 15ft water

 Reagan showing Cooper around the pool

 I'd say he enjoyed the slide

 back to swimming

 she has become such a good swimmer this summer



 waiting his turn in line

 no day at the pool would be complete without a snack

 he loved to sit in the waterfall

 I love these two so much!

 more turns down the slide

 back to swimming

 riding the "waves"

 Cooper spent most of the day going down the slide

 Reagan joined him a few times

 Cooper made lots of friends today

 Isn't she the sweetest

 Cooper skipped his nap at school today ~ can you tell?

 Reagan giving her brother a few kisses

 drying off in the sun

It was a great last field trip for summer camp ~ I'm so glad Cooper and I got to spend it with Reagan!