Aiden's 1st Day of Pre-K

Hi everyone!

We just got home from Aiden's first day of Pre-K! He was very excited this morning. When we got to school he asked Maria if he could go play with his friends. It was cute. The school day is longer now than Preschool (from 2 to 3 hours) and he goes one extra day a week (3 days now). When Maria went to pick him up, he was still in a good mood. He made some artwork and went right over to his cubby to pick it up. The cubbies don't have the kids' photos this year, they have to be able to recognize their names. Aiden didn't have a problem with this. So he's doing great! He didn't want to open up right away about school. When Maria first asked him about it in the car on the way home, he said that he didn't do anything and that school "was bored". But then after asking some more specific questions (did you go outside? did you read a book? did you play the train?), he realized he did have fun after all. He said he and some of the other kids were pretending to make ice cream with scoops and pretending to eat it.

Aiden with his cubby @ school

The holiday weekend was good. We kept pretty busy. Friday we went to the Rivercats game with Maria's work. They had the party deck reserved, so it was a great time. It was the first baseball game for the kids - they really enjoyed the popcorn and peanuts!

Saturday was Drew's Fantasy Football draft for work, and Holly's fundraising event for her Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk for the Cure in the Bay Area. She's doing that this weekend - it's a great thing! Please lend any support you can. Here is the Holly's fundraising page where donations can be made (the net proceeds benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure and National Philanthropic Trust, funding important breast cancer research, education, screening, and treatment). Please do what you can ASAP, as the walk is only a couple days away! http://www.the3day.org/site/TR/Walk/SanFranciscoBayAreaEvent?px=1391666&pg=personal&fr_id=1188

Sunday we went to San Andreas to celebrate Maria's dad's birthday. He just turned 73 this past week. He did a BBQ and we even got to play one of our recent favorite games - Ticket to Ride!

Maria's brother Ernie with Dad

Monday was Labor Day, and we all gathered at Gina's house for a BBQ and swimming. It was breezy outside and a little cool, but the pool heater took care of that! The kids had a great time swimming - tho it took Jeremy a bit to warm up to it. We also hit the park next door with the kids, and played games (Ticket to Ride, Bean Game, Fluxx, Munchkin).

Swimming at Gina's (L-R: Aiden, Jeremy, Maria, Alyssa)

Cousin Hugs are the Best! (Jeremy with Alyssa)

Woo Hoo Tire Swing! (Alyssa and Aiden getting a push from Vito)

So tho we've been busy - it's all been with fun stuff! Guess summer's officially over now that school has begun. Next come the fall activities!