Brennan started First Grade the Wednesday after Labor Day. His teacher’s name is Mrs. Terasaki and we have high hopes for a great year this year!
During ‘Meet The TTheacher’ the day before, Mrs. Terasaki handed out this poem and a little packet of confetti. It was a very nice little special thing for the kids.
Beautiful Miss Cassidy.
We’ve had just a few successful potty trips. We’re pretty low stress about the whole potty training thing, but when I went to Target I noticed that they had Bubble Guppy panties (one of Caelan’s favorite shows) in 2T/3T – had to get them and see if they would inspire her to try more often. She instantly wanted to put them on and model them. I promise you, these ‘moves’ were all her – she knows how to ‘work it’ already!
So, while I was making dinner I took Caelan and her little potty and her new panties outside while I grilled dinner. Unfortunately, just as I was going out into the alley to call Brennan home from playing – she announced that she had to use the potty and was so worried that I was leaving her that she peed her pants. Shoot!
Anyway, it was a lovely evening so she played outside a bit and did some more posing for mama. Love that girl!
So thankful that the weather cooperated this weekend and we were able to celebrate Labor Day with another Alley Party with our neighbors. It was about 85 degrees, so perfect weather for one last pool party too.
Love this action shot of Brennan jumping out of the pool!
Our neighbor Cindy is the “hostess with the mostess"’ even when she’s not the host. She always brings tons of food – this time she came with a Radio Flyer wagon retrofitted as our own bar for mixed drinks. Here they are making a Lemon Drop cocktail.
Caelan and her buddy Jude Maybell.
Molly and Jason (our neighbors across the alley) were celebrating their 11yr wedding anniversary! Molly is 8mo pregnant with their third child (another boy). Wonderful couple & neighbors!
Caelan and her buddy Ewan Hoffman…..enjoying an ice cream treat.
It is not everyday you run into a princess riding a scooter, right? Consider yourself very ‘sparkled.’
On Sunday, we went to church to have Brennan’s backpack ‘blessed’ before the new school year. Of course, baby sister wanted to have a backpack blessed too.
After church, we headed to Kirkland where there were two pirate ships docked. I was surprised that Brennan did not want anything to do with going on the ships. I think he was worried about Pirates, honestly…..
There is a local mom in the neighborhood trying to launch a new product called Yummi Pouch. It is a reusable plastic pouch that can be used for yogurt or applesauce. She put out a plea on Facebook looking for kids to volunteer as models for the product, so I volunteered Caelan. She was by far the happiest/most smiley of the few kids that showed up. I have a feeling we might be seeing her face on some advertising for the product in the near future!
Look at that perfect little model & product placement!
You can see from the picture below, the rest of the kiddos were very serious, and not very smiley…..
