First Days

Again, I’m over a month behind on this one, but I still wanted to post pictures of Kiera’s first day of grade 1 (September 4) and Blake’s first day of Preschool (September 12).

The first time I told her to smile

The 2nd time I told her to smile without bending over

Ready to walk to the bus stop

She was excited that she got to ride the bus (she asked many many times last year when we lived only a few blocks from her school)

I made a special supper to celebrate the first day of school: cinnamon roll pancakes which were absolutely delicious!

Blake’s first day of Preschool picture…oh how I love this boy!

He really likes his Cars backpack and finally saw the movie Cars 2 a couple of weeks ago.  He still hasn’t seen the first movie, though!

I love his expression as he was looking at all the toys and activities in the Preschool classroom for the first time.

He went straight to the train table and started playing.

And then there was one…

I found this dress in a bin of Kiera’s old clothes and it’s size 24 months, so I quickly had to put it on her for church before she outgrows it.  It’s the dress that I bought at a garage sale when I was pregnant with Kiera and REALLY hoping I would have at least one daughter who could wear it someday (we never found out the genders while pregnant) and now I have 2 girls who have worn it!  God gave me the desire of my heart. :)

It’s fun celebrating all of the firsts!  I only cried a little bit on Kiera’s first day of school as it was her first time being in school full-time and that first day was a bit too quiet (I ended up turning on worship music) and felt long but now we’re all used to it.  I like the summer and not being on a schedule but I’m also enjoying our new fall, somewhat busier schedule. :)