First Day of School ....

Hailey started Kindergarten on Aug 20th at our local public school. It is directly across the street from the Chesapeake Bay! She was so excited to start school - her face was all smiles especially when she saw the bus! One of her good friends from her PreK is at her bus stop and rides the bus and another friend from her old school is in her class.

Joshua also started preschool this year. He goes to the private school where Hailey went last year. He is in uniform and to my surprise had a fabulous first day! No tears and a glowing report from his teacher that he shared, was kind and listened very well (I did ask her if this was Joshua Mattison she was talking about!) He did have some tears day 2 and 3 but after Scott left the teacher emailed us letting us know he stopped and was happily playing ... phew!

Kyle was very lonely last Monday with both his big sister and big brother gone. In the 2 seconds I left him alone playing in the family room he decided he would 'look' for them. He climbed all the stairs up to Josh's room - which is where I found him!! I couldn't believe it! I not only could believe he got up all the steps without falling but also that he didn't go down the front steps (we have a split staircase)! Needless to say the gates we never used for children #1 and #2 are up!!!