Brandon and Pre-School

Yesterday September 5th, Brandon had his first official day of preschool.  I sent him with Brooke for 2 weeks in June to ease the transition come this fall, and it worked perfectly.  He went in, with out a tear and didn't look back.  My favorite moment of the morning was all of his sweet goodbye kisses for me, Brooke and Leah.  He is such a sweet little boy.  I didnt take any pictures of him at school because it was pouring rain, but these are the pictures from home. 

I feel like it was just yesterday that I was saying the same things about Brooke.  Today is her first day of kindergarten. 

A Walk In The Park

I hadn't been quite brave enough to conquer the lake beaches and the parks earlier in the season due to the addition of Leah.  I don't know whether it was the sun factor or just the idea of having to pack up all the kids, and all of their stuff, a chair for me, and everything else involved in a morning or afternoon at the lake so we started later this season than normal.

We picked an afternoon when the playground was mostly in the shade, for Leah to enjoy her first swing ride, and enjoy she did!

 

First Tooth

Today, August 20th, 2012, Leah's first tooth broke through her gumline, and she is NOT happy about it.  Let us see how long before she gets her second tooth!  Love her and all of her little drool bubbles.

Meeting Cousin Robby

Only 5 months late..Yes, lots of catching up to do...mostly pictures for now, but there are some funny stories coming soon.

GG

Every few months, the kids and I make the trip to see their GG.  This trip happened to be the first trip since Leah was born, so I snapped some pictures of her meeting her Great Grandmother.

Family Reunion

This past weekend we traveled to Bowie, MD for a family reunion of sorts.  It was my mothers, fathers side of the family.  It was on the grounds of an old Italian festival behind Villa Rosa elderly home.  Needless to say, the natural setting of this place was very inspiring even for the amateur photographer in me.  I spent most of the afternoon trying to shoot the kids, while mingling with the family that I hadn't seen since before I became a mom. 

Here are some of the "edited"shots. The effects are all over the place, but like I said, I was feeling a little inspired :)

More Pre-K Pictures

Besides Brooke looking a little silly and her hair looking a mess, I guess they are ok.  After school the 2nd day and still raining!

Pre-K

Today was Brooke's first day of pre-k.  I wasn't as enthusiast about pictures today, mostly because the weather was horrible, but I managed to motivate myself to take a few after her first day was over.  Same school and teacher as last year, so nothing too excited, but she had a great day.

Brooke says "Yes", Brandon says "No"...Typical