Carissa's bday pictures

Here are Carissa's bday pictures. You MAY download them for computer use. They are low resolution so they won't print out well.

Josiah's first day of K5!

Josiah started kindergarten today! Ms. Lou came over to stay with Caleb & Carissa so that Chris and I could both walk Josiah to school. Josiah did great. He went right in and we had to ask him to say goodbye to us. I was teary-eyed but determined not to cry because I had to go talk to the nurse about his asthma meds and I didn't want to be bawling when I went in the nurse's office.

Here is a picture of Josiah comforting Caleb because he was upset about Josiah leaving him to go to school. (Caleb will start K3 in 2 weeks.)
After I walked Josiah home from school we looked at the folder in his backpack which is supposed to have any notes to the parents or homework assignments in it. He was disappointed to learn that he did not have any homework the first day! He said he wanted to learn more.

When I was young my mom (and dad) always got my brother and me a cake on the first day of school with our grade on it. So, I decided to continue the tradition. Here is Josiah with his K5 cake! He chose Carrot Cake. I couldn't find my kindergarten pic but here is my 1st grade pic.

Caleb's quote of the week

At dinner tonight, Caleb said the prayer. He usually names everything we are eating. This was his prayer tonight:

"Thank you, God, for Mama and Daddy, and for my friend, Sam, and for the shrimp, and (looking up at me) for what's this green stuff?"

"Zucchini"

"And thank you for the zucchini and the pasta. Amen."

Who threw the noodle?

Mama: "Why is there a noodle next to your sister? Who threw it?"

Josiah: "Caleb did it."

Mama: "Josiah, don't say anything unless you are going to admit doing it."

Josiah: "I did it... But I don't really remember doing it."
Josiah: "I mean, I didn't throw the noodle, I just said that because I wanted to talk."

Peach Picking

This morning we went peach picking with our friend, Meredith (who took all the pics, that's why there are actually some of me).

The boys had more fun swinging from the branches than picking!

Carissa didn't like being stuck on my back, but did enjoy pulling at the branches/leaves she could reach.

Stomping on the fallen peaches was also a favorite activity.

We picked Georgia Belle and Blake.

Tumbling Class

On Wednesday mornings the boys have been taking tumbling classes with their friends, Owen, Ellie, & Sam. Here are some pics from last week.
Josiah doing a forward roll on the balance beam.
Ellie is in red in the middle with Owen beside her in blue. Josiah is on the very end.
Caleb doing a roll on the octagon.
Josiah doing a handstand.

Josiah doing a cartwheel.
Josiah rolling on the octagon.
Caleb doing a forward roll on the balance beam.

More pics from Asheville

Here are some more pics from Asheville that Charity sent me.