Late Summer Project

Farmer Ben and Farmer Anna have been working hard!  Daddy made a planter box out of some old shelving we had, and we planted carrot and spinach seeds in it. 

I sure hope they grow because these kids are excited!!

Maybe growing their own will be enough motivation to eat spinach!!

First Day of School 2015

Big day for these sweet little ones!  Ben's first day of Kindergarten at his new school, Towne Acres, was today.   Anna is at Central Baptist Preschool again with her new teacher Mrs. Linda.

Ben was such a big boy today - I was WAY more nervous than him!  

First we went to the cafeteria and waited for all the kindergartners that were assigned to come to school today.

(He's giving me "hug".)

Then we went to one of the kindergarten teachers classroom where we stayed for about 10 minutes. Ben ran right over and started playing with the toys, Legos, and made a friend playing with an airplane.

Then it was time to go!  He said he had a really fun first day… Crafts, reading, and playing on the playground. I'm so proud of him, and I know he's going to have a great kindergarten year!

After that I took Anna to school and you'd never know it was the first day. She ran around like it was old hat. I'm so proud of my sweet girl, too!

The Last Week of Summer Vacation

As summer is coming to an end. We've been busy having fun!  It rained yesterday and the first thing they wanted to do was put their bathing suits on and rather bikes in the rain. It wasn't thundering, so they did!

Earlier this week we had a fun visit to Gastonia. It was very excited about getting to take out the trash, of course!

We went to the Schiele museum and saw a fun exhibit on Tony's ice cream shop, and an outer space exhibit, too.

They always love looking at all the animals, and here it was all fun and games until Ben tried to take his head out of the alligator's mouth. He actually did end up crying a little bit when a tooth scratched him.

These kids are pooped!

T-ball Fun

Ben and Anna have been having so much fun playing t-ball. Uncle Tom is their coach, making it even better!!  They even won their first game last night. Here they are, ready to play ball!

Kindergarten Graduation

Well, Ben's preschool days are over! Here are some pictures of his graduation. Next year, he will go to public school Kindergarten...he's excited and I know he will do great! I just wish time would slow down a little bit...

Best friend Jaxon...

It was Anna's last day of school too...

Anna with her teachers Kim and Robin, and random friend Riley that wouldn't get out of the picture!!

Fun Filled Days

Just a few of the fun things we've been up to lately...

Building forts:

Enjoying Ben's class field trip to Willow Springs Park:

Ben and his best buddy Jaxon

Last Monsay we got to Dad's work at 7:45 and had a breakfast picnic waiting for the garbage truck to come.  Ben lives garbage trucks so much lately, he just had to see this front-loader pick up a load!!

Spring is Finally Here!

We have been busy enjoying these nice days...

Golf lessons with ALL our buddies - so fun!!

Easter parties at school!

Check Ben out going all the way across the monkey bars by himself!!

Poor Anna got a bug bite near her eye that got really swollen. She hasn't let it slow her down, though!!  They had fun at swimming lessons today!

Ben was super excited to have brought Boris the Bear home from school this week - the first thing he did was share a snack when we got home :)