First Day of School

Here are the Boys' First Day of School Pictures.  I always take their picture outside by a tree in our front yard.  It will be so fun to look back on all of them one day!

Joe - August 22, 2012

Jack - August 23, 2012

Joe and his Kindergarten Teacher Ms. Hartline

 

Joe is in the room right next to mine at school.  I get to see him everyday when he arrives and he gets to hang out with me after school in my room - so fun!

Jack's Meet and Greet for Preschool

I can't believe it!  Jack's starting Preschool this year.  His first day was a "Meet & Greet".  Josh and I got to go with him to get him comfortable with his new classroom.

Rolling some Playdough

Papa, Jack & Mama

The Water Table

Block Time!

Drawing an Angry Bird

Playing in the Kitchen

Fun with shapes

Reading Corner

Manipulatives

Ms. Ilene, Jack & Ms. Connie

Playground

Tire Swing

Riding a Trike

Last Day of Summer Vacation

Sadly, today was the last full day of summer vacation that I will get to spend with the boys.  It's back to work on Monday.  We had one last outing with Grammy.  First we went to the new spray park in Tallyn's Reach and then to Mt. Fugi for lunch.  the boys were very impressed with the hibachi-style cooking!

Planting Flowers

My Mom brought over some flowers for us to plant in our front yard.  We recruited the boys to help.

Boys at the Beach

Watch the video to see the boys and Grandma playing on the beach.

Summer Vacation in Oregon

Day 2: Here we are at the Newport Aquarium.  Joe is exploring a submarine.

Grandma and Jack in the submarine.

Fishing

Digging for shells. Each Boy got to keep one!

Touching sea life at the tide pool.

Inside the shark's mouth.

Aquarium Playground

Jack running from the waves.

"You don't scare me, waves!"

Outside our hotel room.

Day 3: More playing at the beach.

Grandma working on the sand castle.

Jack pitching in.

Building a "gate" around the castle.

Making names in the sand - "Joe"

"Jack"  "Joe"

"Jack"

So sweet!

Mama and Her Boys

Playing at Devil's Lake Playground.

Grandma playing tag.

Gotcha!

T-Rex statue at the park.

Day 4: The Crew at the Enchanted Forest Theme Park.

"There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe" Slide

The Rides.

Brotherly Love

Ice Cream Break

Day 5: OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science & Industry)

Water Play

Going Shopping

Experimenting with a Tornado

Sand Play

Spin Art

This picture and the next should be down with the zoo pics on Day 7

Sun Bear at the Zoo

More OMSI

Day 6: Multnomah Falls

Hiking up the Falls.

Ice Cream Break...notice a pattern?

Wading in the creek at the bottom of the Falls.

Building a dam.

Day 7: Portland Zoo

Bald Eagles (pic is sideways...oops!)

Jamison Square in Portland

Day 8: Joe at airport (he got sick the morning we were heading home )