Rockies Game

Last year Charlie received two tickets to a Broncos game from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Dad and Charlie went and had a great time.  This year, Charlie got four tickets to a Rockies game so Mom and Daniel got to join us.  Here's a rare shot with Mom behind the camera instead of Dad.

The boys had great time cheering the Rockies and eating ice cream.

Big boy bike

Last weekend we went to the Springs and Charlie started riding Evelyn's 2-wheeled peddle bike. Before he was riding a bike that Chad took the peddles and stuff of off so it was more like Daniel's Strider bike. Hoping to capitalize on the weekend's experience, Charlie and I went to the Specialized bike store after school and picked out his very first "Big Boy Bike." It is just a bit too big (note the tiptoes in the picture) and we are working on building his confidence while riding. Hopefully by the Spring he will be an expert and we can all go riding as a family.

First Day of First Grade

Charlie started 1st grade at Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic school today! Here are a few pictures from the big drop off morning. Charlie is in Mrs. Gerken's 1B class with 22 other 6 year olds. We are looking forward to a fantastic year with our new school community

Waiting to head to class, out on the blacktop at SVdP

Sitting at his new desk in Class

Ready for 1st Grade

So today is Charlie’s last day of summer and on Monday he will be starting 1^st grade.  This morning he really played the part by doing some “big boy” things. 

 

When I went in to wake the boys and get them ready, Charlie sat up in his bed and the first thing he said to me was, “I’m going to make my bed!”

 

“Uhh, okay.” I replied. 

 

I must admit I was very taken aback by his pronouncement.  He had never done anything like that before.  Sure enough, before he even got dressed, he patiently pulled his sheets up and tried his best to smooth them out and make it look nice.  My parents will tell you that I never did anything like that.  He even prepped his bed for this evening by putting Daniel’s pillow on it.  The boys try to sleep in the same bed as much as possible and it’s something we permit on non-school nights.

 

I praised him for being such a big boy and turned around to get Daniel dressed.  Charlie disappeared and came back a few minutes later.  In that time, he had completely gotten ready for school, including brushing his teeth, all without even being asked.  He’s usually pretty good about doing things, but it always takes at least some direction.  This behavior may be regular for most kids his age and maybe even some younger than Charlie, but for us it is a very welcome development.  Lately, it has been a struggle to make Daniel even listen to us, much less do something without having to tell him three times.  It is really nice to see results from the same type of struggles we’ve gone through with Charlie in the past.  It really made it sink in that we now have 1^st grader in our family.

Charlie's last ride with Dad to Primrose.  <sniff, sniff>

Overheard

Daniel and Ana saw a picture of Granddadddy this evening and this was the resulting conversation:

Daniel: Ana, that's a different kind of daddy.

Ana: Oh?

Daniel: He's a Granddaddy.

Ana: (Said with amazement) Ohhhhh!