Sophie's first day of First Grade

First day of First Grade-Tuesday, August 11 2009

Sophie looked cute as a button this morning on her first day of 1st grade. She had huge butterflies fluttering about and said she was "nervous but excited". We visited the school yesterday and were able to meet her teacher (Mrs. Cox) and choose her seat and say hi to some of her other favorite teachers from last year. It was a good visit and was good for Sophie. She asked a ton of questions and was well prepared for her first day.

This morning, Sophie was all smiles and questions all the way up until she saw the bus turn the corner for our house. Then she squeezed me tight and a few tears were shed. But with some kind words from the bus driver and an older friend who asked Sophie to sit with her... she was ok. She looked at me with one of those pathetic little "I'm scared but I can do this mom" smiles. My heart was just aching for her but I know she will have a great first day.

So, I'm here alone with her little brother who is racing cars on his hot wheel track right now. I've got a flag in hand so that I can wave it for my hot wheel car of choice and he has been interviewing me about "why I chose the blue car with flames on the side to win?" Oh the fun of motherhood. :-) Gotta love it!

Trip to Grandma Porters in Virginia

It sure was difficult to decide which photos from this trip to g & g porter's to post. There were SO MANY good ones. Sophie and Ian had a fantastic time and burned up lots of energy daily. They swam a ton in the lake, they went tubing, they played in the sand box, they went fishing, played & swam with Molly dog. they paddled around in the paddle boat....they stayed busy to say the least. They even tried to Kayak alone, just the two of them without an adult helper. I was swimming in the lake at the time but heard all about it from grandma P and John. I guess they had a difficult time getting the kayak to go where they wanted it to go and it was quite comical. I'm so disappointed that I missed it. The time went by far to fast and now we're back home into our busy work routines.

Friday, July 31-Wednesday, August 5th 2009

This is a photo of John and I on Monday, August3rd at the Peaks of Otter Lodge half way through our 54 mile bike ride on the blueridge parkway. It was a lovely ride. We truly enjoyed every mile. It was a little on the hazy side but was still a beautiful ride.