Meet the Teacher...Four More Wake-Ups!

This afternoon was Benjamin's first taste of K*I*N*D*E*R*G*A*R*T*E*N! We went to Timber Ridge's Meet the Teacher and had a great time. He is definitely ready to go! When we were inside his classroom, he looked around and took it all in and said, "I want to learn here."

It was like the running of the bulls when the doors swung open at 4 pm. Luckily, we headed in the door with Mr. Coleman, the principal. Benjamin knows all about Mr. Coleman since David knows him through the district. Benjamin adores him but wants to stay out of his office! Amen to that!

Benjamin's teacher, Mrs. Weatherford. We really wanted her for our teacher and are so thrilled to have her! She is super fun and full of energy. I have to admit, when we turned off the main hallway into the kindergarten wing, I teared up when I saw Mrs. Weatherford's name on her door. I am going to be a hot mess on Monday.

Benjamin can't wait to start!! We also went down the hall and met his music teacher, Mrs. Brown. And then we headed to the cafeteria to get his pin number for lunch. This is the part that intimidates me a bit...he has to memorize a FIVE digit code if he wants to buy his lunch that day. We'll be practicing that one a lot! He loves his new Spiderman lunch box so thankfully he'll be taking his lunch the first few days until he gets the whole cafeteria scene down.
We made our cookies and froze them today for the first week of school's lunch. We also fit in Luby's yesterday with my parents (Benjamin requested this before he started school). We've got lots of fun planned this weekend...the Kindergarten Blessing during Bible class hour at church, the Student Blessing during worship service and then some home traditions that we want to start both Sunday evening and Monday morning (including Puff-Up Pancake for first-day-of-school breakfast). Benjamin also informed me that he wants to get Mrs. Weatherford flowers for the first day of school! ; )

I guess there's no turning back now.

So many candles...

It's my favorite guy's big 3-7 and we had such a fun day! (Although this was really my first BIG outing and busy day since surgery, so I am eXhAuStEd now....but this post isn't about me...I digress.)

David's birthday falling at the start of the school year always lends for a bit of extra hoopla at school. And the last two years, Ellison has showered him with love and well wishes. They are awesome!

This balloon pretty much sums it up.

If you remember last year's video debacle, we were so thrilled that the Chamber Singers (EHS's own version of Glee, IMO), came and blessed David with a beautiful birthday song again.
Guess where my video camera was? At home. Sigh.

They are amazingly talented and even a senior or two came back to join in the fun this morning at David's big doughnut birthday extravaganza.

So bummed that I missed some of the cheerleaders coming by to say hello to David and bring birthday fun! Thankfully someone grabbed a camera! ; )

One of our most favorite people....ever! This is Alice, David's secretary, who keeps me in the loop on David's crazy schedule and never hesitates to invite me and these two future Eagles up to a fun EHS event. Excuse Jonathan's doughnut-filled mouth and icing-stained face.

David chatting with the teachers...you should have seen the doughnut spread!

Not totally sure how many Jonathan downed.

A member of Ellison's class of 2022....maybe the quarterback?

We had our traditional "home party" as well...David's favorite supper, Chicken Spaghetti, strawberry cake with cream cheese icing and fun cards and presents made for a great night.

So much wax dripped onto the cake since by the time I was able to get them all lit, the first ones were dripping away!

As evidenced by the above, a SMOKIN' good time was had by all.
Happy Birthday to one amazing guy! Love, love, love you.

Welcome Back, Eagles!

Classic Quote from Benjamin

Hey Y'all, David here. I just had to share something Benjamin just said.

If you have seen Alvin & the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, you might remember the scene at the very end, when the goofy, villainous manager-guy is tossed into a dumpster, ruined at last.

Well, Benjamin just brought up that scene out of the clear blue sky, and asked, "Why did they throw that bad man in the recycling bin? So he could be recycled into a good man?"

What a question!

The Big iPhoto Clean Out: Part I

Trying to clean out all my photos and put them onto thumb drives. Discovered I had a bunch of photos that I never posted from some fun stuff this summer. The following are from a trip to the Mayborn Museum a few weeks back. We had a great day...lunch at Panera, hanging out at the museum and, of course, the big Lego exhibit!