Meet the Teacher...Round 2!

Tuesday morning was Reagan's Meet the Teacher!  We were so excited!  We went to Reaggie's class and her teachers, who are sweet as can be, had little bags in a circle on the carpet.  The kids were to sit at a bag and wait to open it.  They all did so great!  The teacher had different items in the bag and talked about why each item was in there...such a cute activity :)

Reaggie with Mrs. Kalloo and "Hedgy"

How cute is this??

We stayed in the classroom for a little scavenger hunt to find their cubby, folder, snack spot, name on the word wall, and seat at the tables.  Then went up to the library for a little orientation...lots of info...most important, school starts at 7:55!!  HOLY early!  We're still adjusting :)

Yucky Weekend

Saturday morning Keith took Reaggie to see Rio 2 at the movies, the last free movie of the summer.  Landon was supposed to go too, so that I could clean, but he didn't want to and AGAIN felt warm to me.  Of course I was panicked, but I knew we just had all the bloodwork done, so he must have caught something else...he was snuggly, but for the most part acting fine.  So we hung out that morning, played some, and got a little done around the house.  Saturday afternoon we went to our neighbors to celebrate her birthday and then I left early to head to the hospital to spend the night with J!  I couldn't believe my dad "let" me, because he spent every night with her and my mom was there during the day.  J and I kicked him out and we had a girls night :)

Poor thing really still wasn't feeling well and this was after a week being there!  Turns out, to keep everything clean, she had some bowel issues and needed to get cleared up, but it was a very painful time for her...

We went to bed and were up bright and early for all the morning checks and things the nurses were doing to J.  My mom got to the hospital around 8 and just as she got there Keith called and said it was a long night at home.  Uh oh...turns out Landon was up throwing up three times...all over his bed, our bed, and our bathroom.  YUCK-O!  My poor baby...soooo I packed up, said bye to JJ and rushed home to see how everyone was.  Landon was fine...still a little warm, but acting totally fine, thankfully.  There was just a lot of laundry to do!

Monday we just stayed home, while Keith golfed, and Landon was doing better...still just a low grade fever.  The next day was Reagan's Meet the Teacher (part 2), which meant a little man was coming with us since he wasn't 24 hours fever free to go to school.  I was sooo ready for that fever to go away!!

Milburn Fun!

Last Friday was a beautiful day and we decided to cross off another item off of the "Fun Activities Before Kindergarten" list :)  We went to Milburn and had such a fun day!

 

On a total whim, Amy, Anna, and Brady were able to meet us there too!  We were all SO glad that worked out!!  Anna had off from school and Amy was going to be close by anyway.  So great to see these sweet friends!

uhhh...wrong side Landon!

a little bit better! :)

First Day of Preschool!

The day after Reaggie's first day was Landon's first day of school!  He was excited...well kind of :)

such a ham!

Oh yes, we had to have a Lightning McQueeen backpack...ka-chow!

Right before we went into school...he is "Landon K." at school since our neighbor Landon is in his class too.  He had a family picture, a picture of he and Reaggie, some truck stickers, Thomas stickers, Mickey, and a soccer ball on his pennant.

Landon did GREAT at drop off and had a great first day!  I couldn't believe it, I was thinking maybe we've crossed the hump of him screaming and crying when I leave him.  RIIIIIGHT...Thursday was a whole different ball game, but just like last year, I know he'll be just fine and start to love school in NO time! (at least I'm crossing everything that is the case!)

To celebrate such a great first day, we walked down Main St. to Dogtown and got hot dogs for lunch!  Landon wanted to sit outside and watch the trucks go by.  Such a fun lunch with my sweet man!

First Day of KINDERGARTEN...Round 1

Well, the day finally arrived...the first day of kindergarten!  Reagan was excited and I had been crying since reading her "The Night Before Kindergarten" and "The Kissing Hand" the night before.  (we always read "The Kissing Hand" on the first day of school when I was teaching 2nd grade...I thought it was cute, but come on seriously?!  NOW as a mom, oh my GOSH, I couldn't hardly read the first 2 pages without bawling!  Being a mom changes everything!)  

This guy was doing silly dances to get Reaggie to smile...I think he was also pretty excited to have Mommy to himself for the day :)

I can't wait to see how she grows into this shirt each year!

on the way!

About to go in!  We drove her the first day, but she wanted to ride the bus on her second day, so she said!  We dropped her off in the front of the building and then the doors opened and the kids were just to walk in by themselves...no parents.  Oh I was a mess...like ugly crying big time!

Yes, I looked awful...I told Reagan I wasn't even going to attempt make up that morning!

To help the morning pass by, we had Landon and Liam over to decorate their pennants for preschool!  They had so much fun playing and bumping into each other with trucks.  The moms had fun chatting too!

I couldn't wait to pick up Reagan and talk to her about her first day!!  I went into the school to pick her up, which her teacher knew I was going to do.  I told the teacher at the cafeteria doors "Reagan Kepplinger" and she said, "she's not on my list.  Did you even tell the teacher she was supposed to be in here?"  That was in a snotty tone too...it took all of my being to not give her attitude right back, but I refrained.  "Yes, I told Reagan's teacher I was picking her up."  Well lo and behold the teacher just hadn't sent the kids down yet....that didn't put the best taste in my mouth.  When I saw Reagan I gave her the biggest hug and asked her how her day was and she said, "it was okay.  We sat on the carpet a lot."  Now, if you know my Reagan, this is NOT how she talks about school.  We talked about how teachers have to talk a lot about rules on the first day and that kindergarten is different than preschool and lots of other things, but she just wasn't happy.  In fact, putting her to bed that night, she was about in tears asking if she had to go back the next day...talk about breaking my heart!  SOOO...that night Keith and I quickly discussed the other school we were looking at for Reagan...I decided to email the admissions direction just to see if there was even a spot available for Reagan and if the aid they were going to give us was still available.  She promptly responded, that yes there was a spot...so Tuesday turned into the waiting game and after another "blah" day at school, we decided she was going to withdraw and start at St. Anne's, which didn't start until the following Wednesday.  Selfishly, I was happy I got a few extra days with my sweet girl before she really started kindergarten!  Now perhaps our decision was too quick, perhaps we should have given it more time, but I'll tell you it just didn't feel right.  Reagan's teacher was very sweet, there were sweet kids in her class, but we know we made the best choice for Reagan!

One Last Summer Fun Day!

The day before school started we filled up the pool and had our own little last day of "summer" celebration!

Lunch in the driveway...why not!

This girl is a 2 wheel bike riding fool!  She is LOVING riding on 2 wheels and thought it was extra fun to ride in her bikini!

Girls Day and Boys Day!

The Saturday before school started was a special day for the boys and the girls!  Landon was excited to go the Toughkenamon Airshow with Keith, Pop-Pop, and Mop (who came on their way home from Lake George!).  Reagan had a special date with Mommy at a girly salon for a pre-school makeover :)  

Someone was excited!

(After his meet the teacher on Thursday, he said he wasn't feeling so good...turns out he had a fever, no other symptoms, but it was the 3rd fever in the last month for this boy.  I am a total nervous nelly and finally took him to the doctor on Friday for a check.  Everything looked fine, doctor said it was a virus.  Now for school in Delaware all kids have to have their lead levels check via bloodwork...so since we had to do that anyway, I asked that we do a general blood check and lymes test just to make sure everything was okay.  Needless to say the weekend seemed to crawl waiting for the results on Monday, which we were SO very thankful to hear that everything was fine!  ...Anyway...his fever was gone by the airshow day and he was a happy man!)

Excited for a fun day!

Pedicure first!

Then the manicure...

...followed by make-up...

and hair!

Pretty girl!

After her appointment, we were able to meet Mum-Mum, Gigi, and JJ for lunch at Hartefeld!  It was so nice, except JJ really wasn't feeling well.  She had been to the ER the week before for apparent kidney stones and something just wasn't feeling right at lunch, poor thing!

The rest of the afternoon/evening didn't go exactly as planned because poor J was in SO much pain we took her to the ER to get some meds to control her pain.  At this point they still assumed it was the kidney stone causing her discomfort.  The next night J was BACK in the ER for pain and this time admitted to figure out exactly what was going on.  She is, now, FINALLY out, but was in for almost 2 weeks!  So thankful our JJ is feeling better now :)