Yo Gabba Gabba! Live!

Last Thursday we took the kids to see Yo Gabba Gabba! Live! in Minneapolis. They both absolutely LOVED it- Ryker sat through the whole thing and watched very intently, while KK danced the night away. Adam and I even had lots of fun! It was very special for us to be able to enjoy this as a family- things like this don't happen very often because Ryker can be unpredictable. We even debated leaving him at home because we thought he might scream the entire time- so glad we decided to bring him along after all!

*Since the photographer in me is having a hard time with the following photos, I must preface them by saying that I took my old Canon Xsi, set it on auto, and that was that. I wanted to enjoy the time with the kids without fussing with the manual settings on my Nikon. Of course, afterwards I told Adam I should have brought my D700. So, please excuse the !*

First Day of School!

Whew! The day finally arrived and we all survived. We sent Ryker off to school this morning with an awesome bus driver and anxiously awaited his return home. Makaylin kept saying "Ryker school. Ryker went bye bye on the school bus." The house was SO quiet without him and I missed him so much (Makaylin did too!).

Adam, KK, and I headed to Perkins for breakfast before Adam had to head off to work this morning. It was fun to be able to do that, and kept me from worrying so much. KK and I came home and cleaned a little before running a few errands around town.

We waited on the front porch for Ryker to come home and Makaylin was elated to see the bus pull up in front of the house. She was yelling "Hi Ryker! Ryker, Ryker, Ryker! Yay! Ryker is home!". He was extremely calm and ready for a snack and nap. I read his learning log and it sounds like his day was FANTASTIC.

So glad the first day is over- excited to see what he does tomorrow!

Fresh haircut and ready for bed. This little man is getting on a school bus in the morning.