1st Day of School

Well today was the 1st day of school. Jack had a VERY hard time getting up and was angry with me. That is really nothing different than how he was in preschool. We will work on getting him on an earlier schedule to bed so that should help. Once he was down and got a little breakfast in him he was more awake. He seemed very excited to go to the bus stop and when he saw the bus coming.

Ready for school

The walk to the bus stop

Getting on the bus


Jumping off the bus

My mom came by today to see Jack get off the bus. Right after he got off the bus he said "Kindergarten was great Mom!" Now that is what a mom wants to hear. He has never been one to talk about school so I didn't get to much out of him. It is just going to be so weird having him gone every morning.

Last Days of Summer

We have been busy trying to fill our days with some fun things to do before school starts. We have had many play dates with friends we maybe won't see as much when school starts. Going to parks and the pool. Last week we took Jack downtown on the Metra train (he still loves trains) and we went to the Shedd Aquarium. Then we headed over to Navy Pier for dinner and a walk. It was a great family day.

The Air and Water show was that weekend so on Friday when we went they were practicing. We got to see quite a few jets.

The lake front

View of Navy Pier

The day before Grandma and Auntie came with us to the zoo. They had a dinosaur exhibit there this year. It was very cool. They moved and roared. They looked pretty real, but Jack wasn't afraid of them at all. He said "those can't be real because dinosaurs are extinct"

I can't believe that Jack is starting Kindergarten on Monday. We had our open house on Wed and he got to meet his teacher. She seems nice and she is young. They even had the buses there for the kids to take a ride on. I thought that was great so they wouldn't be so nervous about it. Jack loved the bus but said it was a bit bumpy! LOL