Blakes First Field Trip

This week has been a SUPER busy week, but the highlight of it was Blake's First Field Trip. His class took a walking field trip to the Rolesville Fire Department!

It was so much fun to see Blake and his classmates learn and explore the Firehouse. They asked lots of good questions to the firemen. They also loved walking around and looking at all of the fire trucks!

My favorite part was that we walked past Memommy's house and she was able to wave to us on the way there and back. I loved that Memommy was able tos hare that moment with us! :)
I also loved that Blake wanted to hold my hand while we walked. My little boy is still in that independent kindergarten child! Haha.

We also had Blake's first parent teacher conference this week! She said that Blake is behaviorally amazing and academically on grade level! She said that he has the best sense of humor and he has her laughing all the time. We love Mrs. Walker and we are so grateful that Blake is loving his first year of school.

Bonfires and Best Friends

Even though Blake is in Kindergarten now and making LOTS of new friends, he still has Hunter as a best friend. They are at different schools, so we have to arrange playdates for them to see each other. I love it when they get to play together because they jump right into being best friends. They just love spending time together!

We took them to Hillridge Farms Saturday evening so that they could play and then enjoy a bonfire and some S'mores! They loved it! I am not sure that they stopped running the whole time we were there. They also really liked eating the marshmellows for the S'mores! I just enjoyed the fire. It's starting to really feel like Fall!

Go Ape

Yesterday we went APE at eh Go Ape Treetop Adventures. It is found in the Blue Jay Point Natural Park here in Raleigh and it is a series of treetop obstacles, rope courses, and zip lines! We of course did the Junior Courses, but they were still very challenging!

Blake is an outdoor kid and he loves adventures, especially climbing stuff! So, I figured this would be perfect for him. Plus, it is all up in the air so it allows for some new excitement. Blake was very nervous but excited going in. He kept making sure that I would be right beside him the whole time. Yes, I had to do everything he did! Yikes!

They harnessed us in and we got to go to our first course. Blake was cautious but he was eager to complete all of the challenges. Most of them were walking across various "bridge" obstacles with little to hold on to (and about 20 ft in the air). I was so focused on Blake that I somewhat forgot I had a little fear of heights. I kept having to just watch Blake so that I didn't have time to get totally light headed and freaked out by myself. My legs were half way numb the whole time.Blake got his confidence quickly and we went on to complete the 2nd and 3rd courses as well! My hands had blisters on them because I was hanging on for dear life!

At the end of each course we were able to ride the zip line down. Blake was super nervous about this the first time. He (like everyone else) initially had trouble trusting that he would step off this platform and it was going to swing him down. I almost didn't trust it myself! But when he did it, he glided down to the bottom and loved it! He did it perfectly. I was so worried about Blake getting down that I forgot to listen carefully to the directions about "landing". Blake was at the bottom waiting for me. I jumped off the platform. Somehow I got turned around and was going in backwards. Next thing I know, my legs went over my head and my butt  went in the air as I landed. Wood chips went all up my shirt as I basically did a backwards roll landing. Ouch! Blake helped me dust myself off and he told me to hurry up so we could do it again. HAHA!

We had a blast! I love that Blake is getting to the age so that we can do some of this adventurous stuff. It was a perfect Fall activity!

Teriffic Kid

Today was a long Monday... sigh... Monday....
BUT, I came home and checked Blake's folder where I was surprised to find a letter from the Principal. AH! The Principal!?! What in the world?! As I kept reading, I discovered that Blake had been selected as this month's TERRIFIC KID for showing the character trait of RESPECT! YES!

My little mommy heart is beaming with pride! The Terrific Kid program is set up so that two students are chosen each month as a Terrific Kid for representing the character traits of the school. They kid their picture  and a message/description posted on a school bulletin board. THAT IS MY KID!! :) Within the first month of school, Blake was chosen for representing Respect. I am so proud of my little one. He has had such a great first month and this is literally the icing on the cake!

I couldn't be more proud of him! Sometimes there are moments in which all parents question the effect they are having on their kids. Are they raising them right? Are their kids making the right choices when they aren't around? THIS was the best reassurance that hard work is paying off! I am so excited about the little gentleman he is becoming. Keep up the good work, Buddy!

Friday Night Lights

This week Blake and I did a date night to the football game at my school. Blake loves going because all of my students just eat him up with attention. He also idolizes the older football boys. :)We had such a good time and I love that Blake is finally at the age where he can really enjoy the game!

The football boys have the tradition of lining up and going down the stadium steps. Blake loved being able to give them high fives as they came down. Good Luck! Wake Forest, Cougar Pride!

Buddy Run

Today I got to do my 7th running race and my 6th race with Rita. Sadly it wasn't much of a race... I was sick and we haven't trained at all. Still, it was fun and we conquered it! It has also inspired me to get my butt back in shape!!! :)

Kindergarten Life

Our kindergarten routine has been the focus of this week! It has been our first full week of kindergarten! We had lots of things to get used to... before school care, kindergarten itself, carpool, new friends, long days, packing lunches/snacks, and so much more!

First of all, I have to say that Blake is AMAZING!!! He has impressed me so much this week and I couldn't be more proud of his great adjustment to kindergarten life. I think he transition better than I did! :)

Getting information out of Blake can sometimes be hard, but thankfully his teacher has a class app so that I can " fill in the blanks" of his day. Haha. Here is what WE have learned from the first week of kindergarten....

• Blake's PreK friend Cody also goes to Before School Care! That has made our mornings so easy!
• Blake is awesome at making new friends at school! He has lots!
• Mrs. Walker thinks Blake has a great sense of humor. She says he makes her laugh throughout the day. (class clown in his future?!)
• Blake got a "surprise" for being the best listener in his class on Friday! YAY!
• I have not messed up the carpool diagram yet. Very serious thing! Haha. 
• I can get lots of reading done during carpool afternoons!
• Blake left his lunchbox one day... it was recovered by his teacher withing 30 minutes. They are on it!
• Blake's class did art class, a practice fire drill, letter dance time, and more this week! 
• Packing lunches isn't as fun as it actually sounds. Mommy sigh...

That was a lot for a 4 day first week! This week Blake's teacher starts giving behavior points. Hopefully Blake collects lots of points and makes us proud!!! Seeing him succeed so early has made my momma heart so proud. I honestly didn't know what this first week of school would look like for us and so far it has been a pure joy! So excited to see what else comes from this year in Mrs. Walkers kindergarten class!