First Day of School

The boys started school last week Monday. One week down!! ;) It was a good week...busy but good. Today I finally went through the STACK of papers from school that was sitting on my table so I'm feeling much more organized....(although many of those papers required the writing of a check...that didn't feel so great lol). Anyway, the boys all seem very happy and really enjoyed their first week. I think it's going to be a really good school year :). i made requests for each of their teachers and found out in August that I got them except for Sam's. So 2 days before school started I decided I would be that "meddlesome mother" I sooo don't want to be....lol. I went to the school to see if their was any chance and any room for Sam to get the teacher I requested. I'm very happy to say....it worked!!! They were a little reluctant but agreed to switch him. The only reason they were hesitant about it is that they were hoping to put another girl in the class if they needed to....at this point the grade 2 half of the class is 9 boys and only 3 girls. I feel a little sorry for the girls but am VEEEERY happy Sam got in there.

Here they are Monday morning...ready to head to school.





Seth and Ms. Andrew....she's a fantastic teacher....and tonnes of fun.



Jonah and Mrs. Milz....I heard she's a very kind a gentle teacher...and super good with boys. Jonah really likes her.



Sam's checking out his new desk.



Mrs. Gushulak....AMAZING woman and teacher. Sam actually had her for about 4 months last year when his teacher took a leave of absence. She's a Christian woman and created such an awesome teaching environment. The kids just loved her. And now Sam gets her as his teacher for 2 years!! Yay!



This was on Friday afternoon. One week of school done and Jude is anxiously waiting for his brothers to come home.



Seth...already carrying chocolates for fund-raising. He's fundraising for his grade six week of camp in October. They go to a YMCA camp for one week. We had an information night at the school last week and it sounds like he's going to have a lot of fun. I brought home one box of chocolates from that night and Trev sold the whole thing at work the next day....so he called and said to tell Seth to bring home 2 more boxes. LOL.





Here comes Jonah!!! So sweet.





Here are a few miscellaneous pictures from over the summer.

Last weekend we took the boys to see the Military Museum. They've been wanting to go their for months! Definitely not a trip we'd have made if we had girls ;).

















One of Seth's dramatic moments while visiting the zoo. :D



Jude showing off his muscles at the beach :)



Jude sitting and jumping on Jonah while he's buried in the sand



Playing football with the Reimers



And before I end this post, I want to say a BIG HUGE thank-you to all my family and friends for all their hospitality and the wonderful memories they gave us back home this summer. We had a fantastic time and we love you and miss you all!!!! Smooches!!!