Cousin Time -

We had a "just for fun" BBQ with the fam last weekend.  Kids got some much needed cousin time in...

Back to School -

 

Luke started Second Grade on Tuesday and Paige started Kindergarten on Wednesday. 

 

Luke's teacher is Mrs. Burke who happens to be his football coaches wife.  We told Luke that he best behave in class because Mrs. Burke will tell Coach Pete everything!!  I can't say that Luke was excited to go back to school.  He loves the unstructured fun of summer and playing with his friends for hours and hours on end.  He did say that the only thing he was looking forward to was the holidays when he could be off school. But I do think he was a little excited the morning of the first day of school.

 

On Tuesday, after we got Luke on the bus, we went to Paige's class to check it out and meet her teacher.  Paige was very excited to see her new school.

 

Paige is in the French Immersion program.  Her teacher's name is Mademoiselle Mason.  She will be instructed 100% in French through fifth grade. In K they speak French and English.  By October of her first grade year, she will be taught only in French and will only be allowed to speak French in the classroom.  The teachers say that they are fluent by third grade.   She is excited and a bit scared about learning French.

 

The French K program is half day so Paige gets picked up by the bus at noon and rides home with Luke and all the other K-2 kids.  The second half the year she will switch to AM K and get on the bus with Luke and ride home midday.

 

 Checking out the classroom -

Of course, everything is in French.  Paige asked me what this said, it will be the first of many questions I won't be able to answer about her schoolwork!

Ready for the bus -

 

 Meeting our friend Adriana at the stop.  Since French is half day, we are the only two on the bus stop at this time -

 There she goes!!!

 So excited coming off the bus.  Success!!!

 And she showed back up on day two (good sign!) -

 

Now, is it time for me to go to school????

Ali - 9 Months Old!!!

I'm 9 months old today!!  I'd like to say I'm hitting major milestones but things are pretty status quo with me.  Still sitting and babbling away.  Not crawling yet and to be honest not all that interested.  When someone puts me down somewhere I'm happy just to sit.  I still don't have any teeth either but I do a good job of gumming my cheerios and other finger foods.

Here are my 9 months stats:
Weight 18.8 lbs - 56%
Height  27.5 - 44%
Head  17.5 - 55%

I'm short...compared to my siblings. 

I'm still not sleeping through the night.  I'm up one to two time a night.  Mom says I get the prize for the worst sleeper in the family.  Prizes are good, right?

Here are some latest shots: