Kindergarten

School started here on Monday. Samuel is going to morning Kindergarten this year. He gets to ride the bus, which he is super excited about. In fact, I think he is more excited about the bus than actual school.

We visited his classroom last week to meet his teacher and check the room out. Here he is hanging out in his locker:



The first morning:



Waiting for the bus. (Becca was quite upset that she did not get to go on the bus, too. She kept saying "Becca go school bus! Becca go school bus" after it pulled away.





To celebrate the first day of school we went out for ice cream at a new place here called Spoonz. They let you fill up the container (which you can see is about the size of Becca's head!) yourself and then add toppings yourself:



So far the first 2 days of school have been good for Samuel, but the nights have been hard. He keeps waking up and then not being able to fall back asleep. I think his mind is so full of all of the new things he is seeing and doing that he just can't relax. Hopefully that sorts itself out soon. If anyone has any suggestions on how to make sleep easier right now, it would be very much appreciated!

It's a bird, It's a plane...

This summer Samuel took a fun class at our Community Center called Super Duper Heroes. It met one morning a week for 4 weeks. The kids had the option of dressing up like their favorite superhero to come to the class. There were superhero games, obstacle courses, snacks, coloring, cape making, and lots of excited little boys. Here are some pictures:

Ironman, Superman, and 2 Spidermen playing some kind of tag:

Racing Spiderman cars:

Throwing a frisbee through a hoop:



Obstacle course:





Showing off his cape:

And so it begins...

With a kid as active as Samuel, I figured it was only a matter of time before we ended up with some sort of injury requiring x-rays and a cast. He was coming down our stairs yesterday morning and he was coming down way too fast. He fell down the last part of the stairs and landed on the wooden floor. He was inconsolable. At first we thought he was just really scared and upset about what happened, but after about 20 minutes of hysterics, I called the doctor. They examined him and said things looked okay, but they wanted to do an x-ray to be sure. At this point Samuel was saying his wrist didn't really hurt that much any more (is he tough or what?) The x-ray showed his wrist was broken in 2 places. We spent the afternoon at the orthopedist having them check his wrist out further, and then put on a cast.

He has to wear the cast for a month, and if things look good at that point, he can have it taken off then. I am a little concerned because this is his right hand, which is the one he writes with, and kindergarten starts in another week here. I'm sure he will figure things out, though.

Here are some pictures of our tough kiddo:

Getting the x-ray:



Having the cast put on (he chose black as the color for his cast. I was hoping he would pick something a little cheerier like red or blue, but no. But as the practical nurse pointed out - black will help hide the dirt.)





Showing off the finished product:

Soccer

Samuel has been taking soccer lessons this summer. They are mainly instructional lessons that focus on learning the skills and not necessarily playing an actual game. It's his first time in soccer, and I think it has been a good experience for him. Here are some pictures: