Casey loves school. I drive Casey to school, because Summit Cove Elementary is not our neighborhood school, so there is no bus. The first 2 weeks I walked her to her line and left after the 1st bell rang at 8:40 (this is when eveyone lines up and the teachers come outside...2nd bell rings at 8:45 and the classes walk into school). The 3rd week of school, we started meeting her Kindergarten friends, Ryan and Hogan, at the front of the school at 8:35 a.m. and the 3 of them walk in together. She gets so excited to meet them, there is no hesitation and barely a "good bye" anymore. This past Thursday was school pictures and Back to School Night. Casey had a blast showing us around her school. She has "specials" throughout the week, including PE, Media (Library or Computer), Spanish, Art and Music. So far specials are her favorite part of school, especially PE.
Ever since Casey started school, Garrett has been getting some quality time with Mom. I think he misses Casey during the day because he gets really excited when we go to pick her up and sometimes when she comes downstairs in the morning. The other morning, Garrett was playing in the living room when Casey woke up. He heard her door open, looked up and saw her. He squealed, ran to the bottom of the stairs and waited for her to get down with his arms open. He gave her a big hug when she finally got down.
He has started saying more words, though most people probably wouldn't recognize them like we do. He is also communicating better with hand movements, pointing to where he wants you to sit or to something he wants. He is very into books right now, looking through them himself and having us read them to him. He likes to "jam" on his guitar. I will try and get video this week. He usually wants me to jam with him though.
Garrett started tumbling on Thursday. He is one of the youngest in the class, but did a great job listening to instruction. He still can't jump though...hopefully this class will help.
Labor Day weekend we took the good ol' jeep on an adventure to Peru Creek Trail. We got to check out an old mining town. That Monday we rode our bikes from our house to Breckenridge, about 16 mile one way. Casey rode the tag-a-long attached to Stan's bike and lasted the whole day. Garrett rode in the Chariot, reading his books and napping.
This past weekend, we went to Vail for Oktoberfest with Steve and Stacia. Good times watching the VT game, playing washers and cornhole, touring Oktoberfest and swimming at the condo pool.
We have not been great at taking pix, but here are a few...
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| Helping Daddy make BBQ sauce |
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| Mining House off Peru Creek Trail |
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| very short hike to a waterfall |
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| Casey found some cool mushrooms |
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| Go Hokies! |
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| No school Friday, so we went to the Breckenridge Children's Museum...Casey built this cool bridge |
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| "who's ready for cornhole?" |
