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. 

School Conference

Last night we headed to Jefferson for Ryker's school conference- I can't believe it! I had every intention of taking a photo of him before or after, but things got a little crazy during both times and I forgot. Oh well- I can guarantee I will make up for it in 6 days when he has his 1st day of school.

The conference went great. Ryker explored the classroom with Adam while I spoke with Mrs. Kimmel. Ryker didn't waste any time letting us know he was not super happy in this new environment. Adam had to recover him from the hallway a few times- man, he loves to escape! He also decided to take down his velcro picture schedule- out of the 5 that were hung he ended up finding his and tearing it down. :) He also played with blocks and who knows what else because I was trying to listen to the teacher without being distracted by my overly anxious kiddo in the background.

I'm excited to see how this all pans out- but sad to be putting my 2 year old on a school bus. It's also hard for me because he doesn't understand; I can't tell him where he is going and why because he has no idea what I'm talking about. So- next Tuesday we'll strap him into that big, yellow school bus and hope for the best! I think it will take a few weeks for him to adjust, but I'm sure in the months ahead he'll look forward to it.

Show off!

This morning, Ryker had his last session of Speech Therapy (in-home) for the summer. I guess he decided he needed to show off- he said "more" 5 times and also said "all done" twice! I can't even put into words how awesome it is to hear his voice. I never knew what it sounded like until now.

Tomorrow is his last Occupational Therapy session and then he starts school Sept. 6th!

Measuring Spoon- not just for measuring anymore!

Morning Fun

We were all out the door by 8:45 this morning- something that is extremely rare for us! We spent some time at North Park. It was the first time the kids played at this park- it was ok, but I think we'll try another one next time. Afterwards, we did a little shopping at Target and grabbed drinks/snack on the way home. Adam and the kids had smoothies from McDonald's and I made a quick stop at Lola's for coffee. Such a fun morning!