Kindergarten!

How did this little preschooler...

Turn into a kindergartner?!...

A new phase of life began today. No tears where shed, just hugs and kisses filled with excitement about the future and what God has planned for Karoline! I was thinking today about what was wrong with me, with so many moms crying as they left their kids at school, but I think I have my mom to thank. I just remember with each new phase of life my mom never cried. She was so excited for me and knew that the new phase of life was the best thing for me... so no tears! We were all just too excited!

Anderson stayed with mom and dad last night so TJ and I could get up with Karoline and focus on her and both take her to school. We were walking in when some good friends where walking out and took a picture for us and another friend walked by... seeing a familiar face was wonderful!

Karoline walked write in the room, found her spot to put her back pack and lunch box and started coloring and talking to her friend, Daphne, from our church that sits at her table (a God thing!). Her teacher Mrs. Goodwin is awesome and we are thankful for God blessing us with an amazing teacher for Karoline.

So by the end of the day I was ready for her to be home. Mom, Dad, Anderson and I walked to the bus stop and waited. She was so excited to ride the bus and got off smiling! Her bus driver was so nice. I did a little interview with her so she could tell you about her day:

Did you sleep well last night? "I fell asleep like at 9:00 because I was a little too excited."

Was it early when you had to get up this morning? "Yes, wonder why they make you wake up so early, I'm really tired"

Where you nervous when Daddy and I left your class? "No"

What was your favorite thing about your teacher? "That she doesn't have to make you read at first, you get to listen to her read"

Who are your friends in your class? "Brianna, Meredith, Daphne, and Jada (she's new)"

Do you like making new friends and why? "Yes, sometimes you get nervous at first but then you get kind of use to it."

What was your favorite part of playing on the playground? "They have this slide that looks kind of like a water slide at Myrtle Waves, like the ski jump one, but it's not. Also, there's a fun bridge you get to walk off and on to see this puddle. We can't step in it but I like to look at it and it makes you feel happy."

What was your favorite part during lunch? "That they give you like 35 minutes to eat and they also let you finish it when it's time to go. "

Who did you sit next to at lunch? "I sat by a boy on the right and a girl on the left. They were strangers." New friends? "Not yet, they are strangers still right now."

What did you do in PE? "I can't believe I'm telling you this but practically nothing. But next time I can NOT wear a dress or skirt, okay, you have to remember that."

What was your favorite park about riding the bus? "Watching you guys taking pictures and videos. My favorite part of walking home was telling you all about my school and how we do stuff and learn."

What was your FAVORITE part of the whole day? "Riding the bus home!"

Did you miss me at all while you were at school? "Yes, I missed playing too. Like they have toys but sometimes you can't play with them because you have work to do. How can that be possible?"

The Last Days Of Summer

It's been a while since my last post. I spent most of the first part of August studying the getting ready for another test for fitness certification then the second week doing a few Premier shows, Anderson went to camp at school and I got some special alone time with Karoline. But a highlight the second week was that ANDERSON LEARNED TO SWIM! He took off and has done so well!

This past week we enjoyed having great friends come stay with us. Kim with her two kids, Kylie (4) and Cohen (2) and Sarah and her sweet boy, Grey (16 m). We had a great time with the kids and saying up late talking about life and high school memories. I am very thankful for the time we had together! It was so fun!

The kids all had a blast. Karoline and Kylie stayed in Karoline's room a few nights. The first night they stayed up talking past midnight and got up around 5AM and started coloring!! They were so funny!. We were sad to see them leave Friday morning.

Anderson trying to "Learn it" to Grey and show him how to "step and throw"

Sarah, Kim and I

Karoline on the swings

Cohen has a BLAST on his first ride on the cars at Broadway

This was their "boat" or "island"... they would sleep then fall off and rescue each other...

they did this for over an hour!

A few other things... I took Karoline and her sweet friend Caroline out one night to ride the rides at Broadway and get ice cream. It was so fun. We also went to Myrtle Waves on Friday after Kim & Sarah left. Karoline had been asking to go ALL summer but it's costly so I kept putting it off. TJ was given passes last weekend so we all got to go. It was fun... NOTHING like White Water, but the kids liked it. Karoline rode every ride and Anderson did too except the dark rides. We even ran into several friends. It was a great ending to a VERY FUN summer! I cannot believe my baby girl will be in Kindergarten tomorrow!



Karoline spent MOST of her summer coloring and creating if we were not at the beach or pool. She did this one tonight... She is really excited about taking a special art class this year.

Low Key... At Least For Me

This week has been pretty low key for me. Why? Because I have been studying NON-STOP it seems like. More on that later... but the kids week was NOT low key! They went to ROCK-N-ROLL CAMP at school. Yes they went to camp so I could study in peace and quiet!

They had so much fun and the day before last was 80's day and the last day was dress like a rock star. Karoline enjoyed the dressing up but Anderson was a little more difficult (see picture below!). On the last day they asked TJ to come in for their "closing ceremonies" and play a few songs so he took the video of Karoline's class with the guitars they made. They both had a great week.





Another BIG thing that happened this week was Anderson FINALLY ... well... #2 where it's supposed to go! I am not going to have to marry him off and give his new wife diapers with instructions to put them on and let him take an afternoon nap. I'm so proud of him. So his treat was to get a TV in his room (yes, I am a horrible mother!). We had this in the garage not in use and it has a DVD player built in so he is just using it to watch a movie/dvd during this "room rest time".

It also RAINED this week!!!!!!!!!!! We got rain 3 days in a row!! It has not rained here pretty much all summer! I was so excited I took a picture of it :) Kind of glad it waited to rain until the week I needed to be inside studying and the kids were getting their energy out at camp.

So why is my head in a book... I'm studying to get my Personal Training Certificate. I have been wanting to do this for several months but it can be costly and you can have to travel for the training so when I found out someone was coming to our YMCA and it fit my budget I signed up! Bad thing is it's back to back with my AFAA Group Fitness Training Certification which will be the following week! I have not even touched that 600 page book yet and the test is August 7th! So next week I'll be studying for that. Again, would not have done this in the summer BUT I am fortunate that the Y were I work is using me as their comp person and it's FREE for me (Normally $300!) so I jumped on the offer. So if you want to pray for me on Sunday, July 31st and again on Sunday, August 7th that would be awesome!!


Here's to a FUN new few weeks.... before school starts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Karoline has been counting down the days until August because it's the month she starts Kindergarten! Yeah, pray for me again on that one...I'll leave you with this precious video of my boy singing his favorite song from church...

This is what he is singing...
Verse 1:
It's not a secret, it's not a fairytale
It's not made up, Jonas was in a whale
For three whole days, 1,2,3!
The greatest treasure, the Word God's people wrote
It's in the Bible, where Noah built a boat
And it rained and rained

Chorus:
The rainbows in the sky to show God's promises are true
THe rainbows in the sky to show the world
He's the only way for your everyday