Catching up! August 19-20

I am so far behind on blogging! Lisa, thanks for staying on me about this! I apologize to those of you who may have been checking for updates. So.. here we go... I may have to do 2 or 3 posts to get the pictures updated and have room for all of them. A lot has been going on!

My boy is a BIG Kindergartener now, so I needed a big kiss to help my nerves :-)
Here is my sweet Jonathan on his first day of school. His awesome teacher Mrs. Holsapple has really gone the extra mile to do "boy" things for him since he is the only boy in his class of 4. She has even drawn baseball caps on his smileys. What a great lady! He cried at first when he heard he was the only boy. He said "I don't wanna go to a girl class!" Maybe he will concentrate better since there are no other boys to distract him. (At least until he becomes a teenager and then it may be a problem!). He has noticed a little girl named Anna in his class. I think it's because she is new, she is cute, and straight from his own lips "she wears STARS in her hair!" The stars were mentioned quite a bit that first week of school. Now he says she tells him what to do and he said "sometimes I obey her". Thankfully he gets to play with his brothers and cousins and lots of other little boys on his breaks. We don't want him to be hen-pecked before he even makes it to junior high!
Justin, the experienced 2nd grader who imparted lots of wisdom and advice for Jonathan. Doesn't he look relaxed?
This picture taken in the first grade classroom where I was a substitute teacher for 2 weeks. I think they were trying to see who could make the silliest face.

Here are some of "my" students. I still claim them :-) They were a lot of fun!
Here is a picture of my lone little Ryan at home now. Some days it can get really quiet while the big boys are at school. He loves to sit on the counter in the kitchen and "help you" as he says.

One day Michael came rushing in to get the camera. He said "I cannot believe that child can fit into that bucket!" My boys think these buckets and the square Rubbermade tubs are fun. I wish I had a picture of the time Justin tried to sit in one of the buckets and got his backside stuck. That is a great memory!