Charlie's first day of Kindergarten

Yay!  He was so excited to get on that bus and go to school today.  My baby officially started school!

 

Carolyn & Will start school and I start my job

Carolyn is officially a 1st grader and Will a 3rd grader! They were so excited to go to school today and Jake made sure to get them on the bus since I had to get to work :D

 

 

And they are off!

 

Ren Fair

The kdis decided to dress up this year - Will wore his dragon costume, Carolyn was a wizard, and Char wore his pizza costume.  And Charlie's was a HUGE hit!  Everyone commented on it to him, to the point that he got embarrassed a few times.  They got to ride their favorite ride, see the mermaids, and walk through Sherwood Forest, where Will learned to spar.  Jake got his awesome turkey leg and I found myself a wedding ring to wear at work (I can't wear anything with a stone so I had to find a plain band). We love coming here every year!

 

 We got to see the King and Queen!

 

 Helping Jake with the turkey leg

 They decided to try rock climbing

 

 Showing off his new shield

Back to School Night

We dropped off all of their supplies and met the teachers!  Charlie's was first and he is just so excited to start Kindergarten! We then headed over to Will and Carolyn's school to meet their teachers and drop off their stuff.  I really think this will be a great year for all 3 of them.

Kindergarten Center for Charlie!

 

 Clover Ridge for Carolyn & Will! 

 

 

Crayola Experience

The Crayola Experience set up an exhibit at the MoA this summer so I just had to take the kids! Luckily Groupon had some discount tickets for us.  We had such a good time, too!  We made a whole day of it with a trip to pick out school shoes, lunch at Rainforest Cafe, and then hours at the experience.  We got to  make crayons, design clothes, name our own crayons (Will named his Alan), draw on computers and then see them come to life on the big tv, and draw with melted wax.  Even I had tons of fun and we were all exhausted at the end of the day,

 Getting Candy

 Charlie showing off his fashions (the guy in  green)

 Crayola Alive

 Wax spin art

 Snack time!

 Melted wax drawing. 

 Clay modeling

 Charlie showing off his turtle he colored