Watch Out Kindergarten! Here He Comes!

Today I sent my little boy off to Kindergarten! I can't believe it. How did that happen??? Colby was really excited about school today. He couldn't wait to meet new friends and have some fun. He will be going to a before and afterschool program. I dropped him off and he was ready. He did give me an extra squeeze and kiss for good measure but that was it. "Bye Mom."  He was still all smiles when I picked him up after my first day at a new school too. He seems to have made a new friend, Ryan, and they both go to the before and after school program. He ate all his lunch, played on both playscapes, read a silly book about Pete the Cat Rocking his School Shoes, and drew an amazing little self-portrait. I am so proud of him. I can only hope his enthusiasm for learning and school continues throughout his school life.

Look Mom! No wheels!

Ok. I was almost ready to be strong and not cry as my little boy heads off to Kindergarten next week. I'm almost ready to admit he isn't a little boy anymore, what with his recent growth spurts and two missing teeth already. I was almost ready to admit it. But now this! Can it be! I so miss my baby boy but I must say I can admit I am so proud of all that he has accomplished. He really has become very independent and, yes, ready to be a big boy.

Colby has had his bicycle for three years now. It was his older cousin's and my sister Karin was amazing and gave it to Colby. He loves it and with the big yard and driveway, plus living on a very quiet street, now he has lots of room to ride. I have noticed that the training wheels really weren't working. One was down and helped a little but the other was totally bent backward and not even close to hitting the ground. I mentioned it to Colby that he was almost ready to take them off and his response, "Now Mommy?" What? Now? No! I told him later and hoped he would forget about it. No such luck. By late that afternoon he had Daddy taking them off as he sported the biggest grin ever. Oh boy! Here we go.

Both Mike and I really didn't think Colby would be able to ride. He hasn't shown much attention while riding his bike and I was worried about him balancing, especially as he looks behind him an awful lot. But, he was off and riding. And riding well. No major spills, a small scrape, but otherwise doing well.....so far! He now rides in our gravel driveway and in the corner of our street (we're at an elbow in a U shaped road). And he doesn't just ride, he rides FAST!!! I can't believe just how big he has gotten.....

We've Moved

I am sitting here at the computer in our new house and I still can not believe it. We did it! We have moved. It took a little prodding on my part, ok probably a lot of prodding but Mike agreed and we moved. We put our house on the market around Easter time and were pleasantly surprised when we got an offer. At the same time, Mike found a house that we liked. It was perfect timing. It was a long July packing and waiting on paperwork (a slight parallel to the lives we lived waiting for the adoption to finalize) but we made it through. We closed on our old house early afternoon and bought the new house a couple hours later.

The date was Aug 3rd and it was muggy and humid and totally hot outside. Thankfully we hired movers and they came in the morning. We had them hold our stuff overnight and the next day we were in. We still have rearranging, unpacking, and decorating to do. Mike already has plans to update the full bath and expand downstairs to make the kitchen and living room larger. Me, I have plans I'll sit on a little longer and then we'll see what happens. Maybe a little more prodding will be involved.

And now the fun begins. We registered Colby for Kindergarten! Yikes! Can he be that big already??? And I have to start getting back into work mode. Along with moving to a new house, I was moved to a new school for work. It was very unexpected and not something I am to happy about but the school I'll be at is nice and the staff is very friendly. But now I have to pack my office and set up a new one. Ugh! Thankfully we still have 2 weeks until school starts on the 27th.

So, here are a few moving photos. Once the house is a little more set up I'll post those picks. But feel free to come by and help us unpack!!