Rain Rain Don't Go Away

Today it is just dumping buckets of rain. It hasn't stopped all day, thanks to tropical storm Hermine hitting the Texas coast last night, and I don't want it to. I might change my mind though when I have to pick Colbs up from school! One thing I really missed about Texas was the rain and thunderstorms.

I love the sound of rain. Brody and I spent a lot of time this morning just sitting on the front and back porches listening and watching the rain! I love the views from our new house. I promise to post pictures soon!

This past weekend. We had so much fun with Matt's parents. Mike took all the pictures on his camera, so I will post those soon. Matt and Mike spent the majority of Friday and some of Saturday morning building the boys new play-set! Isn't it adorable? My job was helping Matt organize all the hundreds of parts, count all the screws and bolts, and call customer service to order all the pieces that were missing (oh yes, there are always missing parts)! But the boys absolutely love it, and the weather was beautiful on Friday.

First Day Of School

Colby's first day of school was August 23rd. It started early because school starts promptly at 7:45am, and of course we had to have the classic first day of school picture out side the house. Cooperation with pictures at 7:20am - keep dreaming! But we got a few good pictures.

The walk to school is not all that far, but far enough to make driving worthwhile on hot and rainy days. He was so excited to get there and find his class we were on a serious mission that morning. He couldn't wait to get to go to recess and lunch in the cafeteria.

Each room is really nice. They have their own locker and cubbyhole built in, a restroom, and a water fountain in each room. And, I'm not sure how this happened, but it seems like all the tall kiddos ended up in Colby's class. We went to meet the teacher night and there were probably 5 kids almost as tall as Colby...even a girl! He also has 2 or 3 of our neighbors in his class which is fantastic considering the boundaries for his school.

So far he has done absolutely fantastic! He talks about his friend Ben all the time, and we hear all kinds of stories about he and Ben's adventures each day in kindergarten! I have to admit it was a little emotional for me. I really thought I was ready for him to take off to kindergarten. The first week was rough, realizing that he was out of my hands and in the care of strangers for 8 hours a day. I no longer had control over everything he heard and saw, and Brody and I were pretty lonely. Change is never easy, but we are settling into things now, and Colby is really loving Rooster Springs Elem so far!