Friends

Summertime

Zachary. I think he enjoyed his hotdog. And it was his first try at light sabers. He was a natural!Dallas and Griffin enjoying a game of bags.
Our friend Bill having fun with Griffin.
Amy, Stacey and Dane.
Ben, Caleb and Christian enjoying their hotdogs, chips and grapes.
Roar!!

This summer has been very bazaar weather wise. We had one hot week in June and that was about it. Most of the summer reminded me of Fall in Texas. And today was no different. The skies were filled with big puffy clouds and it was so blue. The sun was warm but in the shade it was cool. We had 3 straight days of rain so we did not know what to expect when we got up this morning. I was so happy to wake up to blue skies especially since we were having some friends over for a cookout. We spent the whole afternoon in the backyard. It was wonderful. Hopefully, we'll have a few more weekends to spend outside before Fall in Illinois hits.

First day of school

Today was the first day of first grade. It was drizzling when we headed off to school which made it fun because we dodged puddles and used our umbrellas. Griffin was not nervous at all and marched right in that school like he'd be going there for years. I was able to walk him to his classroom door but after today, that is not allowed.

It continued to rain most of the day so they had indoor recess. And it was POURING when I went to pick him up. Oh well, it's only 8 houses and a field away so it wasn't that bad.




Our next door neighbors - Sydney, 4th grade and Kennedy, 2nd grade
Griffin and his teacher, Mrs. Ward

We are looking forward to a fabulous year!!

Flowers

Here are a few pictures of flowers found in my backyard.

Tooth

Griffin has had this snaggletooth for the past couple of weeks. It was so loose, it was crooked and looked very funny in his mouth. I was anxious for it to fall out before he started school. So tonight at 7:30pm Dallas got out the handy-dandy needle-nosed pliers and pulled it out! It took just two pulls and not a tear was shed. I was so happy it was out AND so was Griffin. He's got his tooth in a little box right next to his bed just waiting for the tooth fairy. If you remember from an older post, he likes to keep his teeth so he leaves a note for her to please leave the tooth!