Buddy-Bud is Back to School

Declan has returned to school. It was hard for him to wait since he started pre-K a week after Megan started kindergarten. He kept asking if he was going to school each day that we took Megan to school. In his words, he was "so excited." On the way in, he waved to everyone he saw and asked if they were in his class. Once we got into the school, he saw his classroom down the hall and ran to it at top speed. Do you think he likes school? Check out the pure glee on his face in this picture outside his classroom.

Megan's First Day of Kindergarten

Megan started kindergarten this week. I think she was a little nervous at first but by the time she got home the first day, she was ready to go back. She has a few kids in her class this year that were in her pre-K class last year. She has classes in math, science, computer, religion, social studies, language arts, music, art, spanish, health, and PE. I guess kindergarten has changed since I was five years old!

Since we're talking about Megan, I'd like to share a "Megan-ism". Megan asked me what my favorite restaurant is, and I answered "Ruth's Chris". She then said, "Is that the place where you have to be quiet?" (We had taken both kids there -pre Ryan- when we went for my b'day in 2006, so she knows what the place is like.) I said yes and reminded her that she had been there once. Megan's reply was, "I'm not a big fan of that." I'm pretty sure she wasn't a fan of being quiet but didn't have issues with the food selection (somehow they whipped up the all time kid favorite chicken and french fries for both of them), but I do remember that both she and Declan were very well behaved on that visit to Ruth's Chris. She obviously wasn't as impressed as I was. By the way, her favorite restaurant is a local hamburger place called The Purple Cow which has a train around the ceiling and does not require you to be quiet!

Ryan is 5 Months Old!

Here's Ryan's 5 month pose with the naked Build-A-Bear. He gets a kick out of sitting in the chair with the bear. He is reaching for everything he can see and trying to put most everything in his mouth. He loves sitting in his exersaucer and playing with the vast array of buttons, knobs, and assorted toys within his reach. I couldn't choose between the two pictures I took, so I am including them both on this post.

Cousins

This past weekend, we got the chance to see my parents, all of my siblings, and many of my nieces and nephews. We don't all get together very often, so the times we do get together are very special. Here's one of many pictures taken over the weekend. This one is of all the cousins that were there. From left to right: Finn(2), Megan(5), Hannah(17), Ryan(4 months), Carleigh(6), Connor(8), Declan(4).