Tuesday was Austin's first day of First grade!! My little man...*sigh* We went Monday to meet his teacher and I really like her. I have friends that actually know the teachers and I've heard nothing but good things about her. Before she was the "GT" teacher, she was the one that all the parents requested for their kids to get!
Yeah for Us!!
When we walked in Tuesday morning Austin was dragging me to his room, quite excited, and knew exactly where he was going. A little different then last year when he was looking to me for where to go and following my lead...this year he took the lead. He went straight over and hung up his backpack, unloaded his lunch and sat in his seat (which we found the day before so he knew right where to go). I kept asking if he was ready for me to go, "Not yet" was what I got. I stayed for a couple minutes, but since his teacher already had stuff for them to get started on, I asked again if he was ready for me to go..."Not yet Mom". He finished his coloring and they were supposed to get a book and wait for the rest of the class to finish..."Can I go now?" "Now you can go Mom. I was born ready for this." What a character!!
Peyton and I walked to the end of the driveway to wait for the bus, but I didn't factor in that it's the first day and they would take a little longer to make sure everyone knew where they were going. So after waiting, and sweating, we gave up and headed back to the house. Not 2 minutes after walking in, the bus pulled up and I didn't even make it halfway down the road to meet him...ugh! But he was happy that we were even out there. He asked why the bus couldn't drop him off at the house like he did last year...we actually lived right on the main road last year. Now we live on a little dirt road with nowhere to turn around...silly boy.
And that evening Austin lost his FIRST TOOTH!! His first tooth on his first day of first grade!! Phew!! What an exciting day...I'm pooped.
I was actually the one that even got to pull the little booger out! Yay! He was wiggling it and wiggling it...and wiggling it, but it never really seemed to get any looser. He really wanted to lose a tooth, especially after seeing all his friends back at school and all their holes. (peer pressure already?) I told him it might hurt a little, but he wasn't worried. I started asking him questions about his day as I was wiggling it and kept his mind occupied. I got my nails under and popped that sucker right out! And Marcus REALLY wanted to be the one to pull it out...he walked into the bathroom right as I pulled it, so he was a witness. (a little bummed that he didn't get to, but excited for Austin!!)
The Tooth Fairy came and left him 2 quarters. We debated on $1, but hey, we're poor...we gotta have room to give more with each tooth. ;)Yeah for Austin's day of Firsts!!!
After we "hosed" that girl down, we had a couple presents for her (her siblings) to open. Each sibling got to "help" with one present, but as you can see from the picture where Peyton is just standing there watching, they simply took over. But she was just fine with her new little baby...she kept hugging and kissing her and even patting her on the back. She's so sweet!
This is how you'll see Peyton 90% of the time...thumb in her mouth and playing with her hair.
This is our little set-up on the beach where we hung out for the day. My in-laws, brother and sister-in-law and my WHITE husband...don't get blinded!
I love this picture! Austin and the boys hanging on the inner-tube and Cali happily playing with the mud.
Cali loved playing with the older girls and they loved playing with her. :)
Cali and one of her cousins, Tucker, chillin' while waiting for their lunch.
I was trying to take a picture of Austin running in the water, but as soon as he saw the camera he stopped and smiled...what a ham!
