Summer Pool Party

For the first time since Nick started his most recent job, the whole family was able to attend the Village Summer Pool Party (and we even brought Auntie Ashley with too). The first year it was rained out. Last year I was very pregnant and decided to stay home with Wyatt, but Nick and Noah went and afterwards I heard a lot about a little turtle slide that Noah really took a liking to. Noah went straight-away to his turtle that he hadn't forgotten about and enjoyed splashing in the shallow end with balls and inner tubes. Wyatt decided to hang out on dry land for most of the night: the sandbox area. Charlotte enjoyed splashing her hands in the shallowest part of the pool. Next year I think she is going to have her eye on that colorful turtle slide.

School Shoot

We did a mini Back-to-School photo shoot the Sunday before school started. It took only ten minutes and they are some of the best pictures I've had taken of the kids. Seriously, how cute are these two eager pupils?

Photos By: Photography by Shannon McKeever

The Other School Kids

Wyatt and Charlotte had their first day of school last Monday as well. Wyatt moved up to the Preschool classroom and he was moderately excited (he's much more excited to start Nature School next week). The classroom was a little bit busier than he was used to and they had some staffing issues right away the first week. I was concerned that there hadn't been any curriculum in place a week and a half later and that Wyatt was starting to have accidents. He is on the young side having been three for only three weeks before being moved up, so we moved him back to Early Preschool yesterday and I was told he had a much better day. We'll probably keep him there for a little while until he's completely ready to move back to regular Preschool.

Charlotte also moved up to the next class. She is now in the Infant-Todds class (for older babies who are cruising and just starting to walk). She'll probably be in this class until around 15-17 months old. It's more of a transition classroom. She's already been enjoying it and discovering all of the new toys. She also now gets to take trips to the gross motor room to play with the ride-ons, balls, and climbing mats in there.