1st Day of 1st Grade

The old gang from kindergarten

Mayan, a friend from kindergarten

Heading off to 1st grade

Back to reality this morning! Camryn started her first day of 1st grade. I can't believe how quickly she is growing up. (What's even more amazing is that Jerrod and I never get any older! ) She wasn't too excited about who her teacher was until she learned that 3 other students who were in her kindergarten class were going to be in her 1st grade room. I'm not sure who had the hardest time adjusting to the new school year, Camryn or Carson. Carson was confused as to why we weren't continuing down the hall to Camryn's old classroom. He also couldn't find any of the toys he used to play with in the kindergarten room! An adjustment for everyone. I'm anxious to see how her first day went.

Weekend in the Woods

What better way to end the summer than a family camping trip! We headed to Moraine State Park on Friday afternoon and stayed until Sunday morning. Fishing, S'mores, learning how to swim (yes, Camryn learned almost as quickly as she learned to ride her bike! She was so proud of herself), Hobo dinners, UNO, Guess Who, rain, and mud!

The new tent!

Carson and Alex fishing at the minnow pond

You can't see it, but Camryn caught a Blue Gill. She was too scared to have it closer to her. It's the shiny line dangling down by her foot!


I think every little boy has a picture identical to this one!



The site

Saturday afternoon everyone was ready for a nap. Poor Coop!

Photo Shoot

Camryn and I had a girl's date last night. We went and had her 6 year pictures taken...just a little behind schedule, and then we went out for dinner at one of the kids' favorite restaurants, Cici's Pizza. She said she had so much fun getting her pictures taken. I asked what her favorite part was and she said, "posing for the pictures!" We're in trouble!

Testing, Testing, 1,2,3

Camryn has been testing out new language. For instance the other day, when she was getting ready for bed she just randomly said, "Murder pilge." I asked her if she knew what those words meant. She didn't and when I told her what murder meant, she said she shouldn't ever say that word again! Then the other night she was playing Super Mario Bros on the Wii and Mario died and she said, "sh_t." We were at a friend's house and the 4 of us adults looked at her and said, "What did you say?" She repeated it without hesitation. She's so innocent and has no clue that she's saying something inappropriate! I'm just glad she's testing them out on us rather than her friends at school!

Sllliiiiip, Slip and Slide!

Teeter-Tottering with our new neighbor, Max.
That's right, he's man enough to slide on a princess slip-n-slide!

No better way to cool off than the slip-n-slide on a hot, humid Pittsburgh day.