Jones First Day Pictures

Jones actually started Pre-K 2 days a week at First Place Academy in VB when he was 3--Ms. Amy was his teacher and we LOVED her!He began his 4 year Pre-K in VB and then shortly after our move we enrolled him in Conway Christian Learning Academy. I can't tell you how much he learned there and how much we LOVED it! Mrs. Pinkett was the BEST! :)Jones' first day of Kindergarten! Look how much older he looks...I LOVE this little boy so much...I have been telling him how lucky his Kindergarten teacher is to have him in her class! :)

I didn't cry today because I'm just thankful I get to watch him go to school and grow up...now that's NOT to say it wasn't eerily quiet around here today...but I'll survive!

Laynie First Day Pictures...

Her first day at First Place Academy in Van Buren shortly after our move in October of 2007--look how young she looks!Oh how I LOVED City Heights--Mrs. Turner was the best K teacher! :) Our first day of Kindergarten in August of 2008We began our 1st grade year in VB for a few short weeks before our move--Laynie changed (grew up) a lot this year.Today is the first day of 2nd grade! She keeps growing up on me; before I know it--she'll be driving herself to school! :( I couldn't cry for her starting school today...if you only knew how excited she was to get back to learning, you would understand why! She's currently a sponge soaking EVERYTHING up!

First Day of School

It's currently 9:08 pm, and I am one pooped Mommy! The first day of school is tiring for everyone involved! :)

We started our morning with pancakes for breakfast, packing lunchboxes & backpacks, pictures before we left, Daddy driving us all to school, walking the kiddos to class, more pictures and then they were ready for their new school year!

Laynie has been, and more than likely will continue to be, EXCITED about school--her teacher seems wonderful! :) Jones said he was a tad bit nervous, but I think all went well for him today too; however, he did tell Laynie he didn't think he wanted to go back tomorrow because it was a little boring--oh brother! :) His teacher just had a baby so he has a substitute for the first couple of weeks.

Laynie's favorite thing today was EVERYTHING according to her & Jones' favorite was recess of course!Our Kindergarten Boy--so big! Jones really has grown quite a bit over the summer.I can't believe she's already in 2nd grade! It's gonna be a fun year!Our traditional 'backpack pose.'Waiting for school to begin--I wonder what he will learn this year? He's already pretty smart! :)Laynie LOVES her classroom--check out the cool reading station in the back!

Triathlon

A couple of weeks ago, Laynie completed her first Triathlon...we were super proud of her! She had to swim 50 yards, bike 2 miles, and then run a 1/2 mile! There were about 350 kids ages 6 to 16 competing...talk about a lot bikes in one place!

Laynie was a trooper, 'working out' almost daily to get prepared for the big event, but if you know Laynie you may be shocked that she worked out this hard :-) ...in true Laynie fashion during the week or two before the race, she said, "So you mean to tell me that if I hadn't said I wanted to do a triathlon, I wouldn't have to work out this hard?" I laughed and said, "Well maybe not quite this hard." I could see the wheels spinning and her thinking, "What was I thinking?!?"

We are so proud of our girl!

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Our Performer

This was a BIG weekend for Laynie! On Saturday she competed in the Conway Kids Triathlon with a group of her buddies...and on Sunday she performed in 1st Baptist Conway's Music Camp Musical 'Under the Sea in 3D' with some new friends!Of course as her Mom, I think she did AWESOME during both drastically different events. I will say singing/performing is more her cup of tea and if you asked Laynie today which she would choose to do again it would most definitely be the musical! However, I have a feeling with the right amount of encouragement from her parents (OK, really her Daddy who lived vicariously through his daughter this weekend at the triathlon being that he's always wanted to do a sprint triathlon) she will be up for the big event this time next year too...along with her little brother! :) Once I get a few more pics loaded I will do a big post on her triathlon, but for now you can enjoy her solo from last night's performance! She's the third little girl to sing--her words are "Deeper in the Father's Love."