First Days of School

Layla recently started her first day of 1st grade and Grady started preschool. 
They are getting so BIG.  1st grade sounds ridiculously old!  And Grady in preschool? 
Everyone is exactly right.  Time flies when they are little.

 

 

Layla is doing really well in first grade.  She misses the play of kindergarten but is starting to adjust to a more academic year.  I think as the class gets more into the thick of the curriculum, Layla will love it just as much as kindergarten.

 

Dance party to start off the year!

A Lego backpack and lunchbox was the perfect fit for Layla this year!

 

Layla and her very sweet first grade teacher!

We celebrated Grady at our second back to school breakfast party of the year! 

A big day....Grady's first day of 3 year old preschool.

Grady chose an adorable little McQueen backpack for his preschool bag. 

I am a sucker for anything miniature!

Instead of a dance party, this time it was a game of Layla & Grady's version of Twister before school.

Layla was very excited for our big guy!

 

Ready to go!  After a week at preschool, he is no longer bouncing off the walls about school. 

He did not want to go this morning but there still haven't been any tears!  As we went up for nap today, he was singing one of the songs from his music class.  Too cute! 

I hope he loves it as much as Layla did! 

Grady and his teacher.  She is the sweetest and gives lots of hugs. 

The perfect first teacher for Grady.

 

Before school started, we enjoyed our last taste of summer.  My favorite part of summer was watching Grady and Layla become great pals.  There was, of course, still squabbling at times, but they really found a sweet friend connection and played together constantly. 

I was sad for each of them to lose their daily buddy when school started back up again.

Campout in Layla's room

Bouncy house!

Their favorite tire swing

And also with school starting up, Grady and our family had to say good-bye to our wonderful speech therapist, Kelsey.  We loved her and she will always hold a special place in our hearts for helping Grady find his voice. 

And last week was the official end of swimming season around here.  Layla splashed at a waterpark with Ryan while....

I sat with Grady as he fought off a nasty stomach bug. 

Poor guy was so sick but thankfully is all recovered now!

 

And lastly, a little video of Layla's new skills that were acquired this summer. 

She learned to ride her bike and swim this summer.  We are very proud of her!