The Baker Bunch: Back to School!

Sunday, August 17, 2014

Back to School!

Bryce has been busy at Jo-Jo's house! Every day he names all of this friends..."Ahfur (Arthur), Nikyus (Nicholas), Aee (Avery), Kegun (Kerrigan), Hapa (Harper), Jo-Jo! It's really cute!

Playing with vehicles...imagine that!

Arthur and Bryce relaxing!

Helping Erika make muffins!

Hiding out!

In the tent!

Harper and Bryce resting and reading!

Train time!

Nicholas, Arthur, Bryce

Rounding things up for the dinosaur dig. Nicholas, Bryce, Kerrigan, Arthur

Dinosaur dig day!

Did you find anything?!?

It's so hard to believe that a new school year is here. It's been a whirlwind of a week with back to school nights three nights in a row two first days of school! Monday I had my back to school night. Tuesday was Zane's night. He is attending a new school this year so we are all on a little bit of a learning curve!

Zane with his teacher Mrs. Callaway

He's a Barry School Pirate!

Wednesday was my first day of school and Mason's back to school night. He has been so very excited to start school! I have told both of the boys that it is a kindergarten requirement to tie your own shoes. So both of them have learned so that they could go! The other night I reminded Mason he only had a couple of days until school started, so he practiced every night! He was very proud of himself!

Mason sitting at his desk!

With his teacher, Miss Snyder

He's a Pathfinder Pirate!

This year Zane starts school an hour earlier than ever before. So Zane and Mason start an hour apart. It's been nice, though, because it has forced us to get ourselves up and going earlier, which in turn has been giving me more time in the mornings to get things done at school. Matt drops off the older two boys and I take Bryce. He said on the first day Zane didn't want help getting into the building...he wanted to do it alone! And Mason had such a smile on his face...you couldn't wipe it off!

3rd grader

Kindergartner

Last year of daycare...he had to take a photo too!

Ready for a great year!

I was so excited to pick the boys up to see how their first days went! Zane said his day was great! Mason said his day was "worse." He was definitely "in a mood" when I got him. You could tell he had done so good all day and had saved the grumpiness up for me! He said I made him wear a stupid shirt with a collar and no one else had one on. I asked if he made any new friends and he said "You don't make friends on the first day of kindergarten!" Then he told me to stop asking him questions. I thought I'd leave him alone for awhile. Later on, he said "Well, I learned one rule today. You can't spit." When I questioned him about this, he said "Well I didn't do it, but another kid did and I learned you can't spit." That's my Mason for you!

Day 2 went well also. My first 3 days have gone very well. I have a good feeling about this class! I will say everyone is VERY exhausted! It's hard to get back into this schedule after having a lazy summer!

Friday we went out for supper with the Ottis family. The poor kids hadn't seen each other in forever and they are still asking me if the girls can come over. We have got to get together more often! I thought it was cute that when they sat down to eat they toasted each other!

CHEERS!

Yesterday we went to a birthday party for our friend Maggie's little boy Jaxon, who turns 1 this week. Today after church and lunch we went to the indoor pool. Since the outdoor pool is closed, we are allowed to use the indoor one until September. They boys had a BLAST!!! Usually Bryce is ready to leave and the other two aren't...today it was reversed!