August 27th is a special day because it is Nathaniel's birthday - he turned 2 today!! It was also a special day today because Joshua started 1st grade...at a new school!!
So we started our morning with French Toast (Joshua's pick because it was the first day of school...Nathaniel had never had it before and well, he wasn't very thrilled with it. We'll have to make him waffles (one of his favorites) later!) and then Nathaniel got to open one birthday present. We're saving the rest for Sunday when he has his cake and ice cream and shares with Great-Grandma Darlene (who will be 81 on Tuesday). Daddy has a class tonight, so we couldn't do it tonight...and then he goes back down to Davis/Winters for the next three days to work, so we just decided to hang on and combine with Great Grandma this weekend. He's only 2, so he doesn't really care. He's had fun today with his present...a Little People's Noah's Ark. I wanted to get one for Joshua when he was little, but they just cost so much. And then Brian found this one on clearance at Walmart after the holidays for under $10!
After breakfast and package, it was time to take Joshua to his first day at Etna Elementary School. We took first day of school pictures on the front porch - Nathaniel had to not only have his picture taken too, but also wanted a back pack! So I found Joshua's little backpack that I'd made for him when he was 2 and Grandma Lorrayne put a couple of books in it and he was quite happy.
Joshua's in Mrs. Silva's class...her husband had been my 4th grade teacher (as well as the 4th grade teacher for his aunts, great-uncle and even a cousin for a short time). There's 4 2nd graders in with 16 1st graders. Joshua is at a table group of 5 boys and 1 girl...poor girl!
Nathaniel was very unhappy when we got home and he realized that Joshua wasn't with us. Luckily it was playgroup and storytime at the library, so around 10, he and I headed down town for that. He chilled out in the stroller and ate fruit snacks on our trek. We stopped by the store to visit with Grandma since we were early for the library. He had fun playing with some kids there and getting to listen to some stories...especially a favorite from Storytime in Winters - "No, David!"
Joshua had a great first day of school...it was a little different going all day instead of just in the afternoon - and having class in English instead of in Spanish, but he's already making friends and starting to hang on the bars (just like Mommy and aunts did).
**It's now the 29th and I've tried to update this a million times! I can't get photos to load with the dial-up, so I'm just going to post this without the pictures and hopefully be able to use Brian's internet thing when he gets back and use our computer and load some pictures.
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