Avett Brothers New Album

Made a great discovery today that I can listen to the new Avett Brothers CD which has yet to be released. Jenni and I love this band.

Ayden and Alex loved thier first day of school!

It is hard to believe I have a child in kindergarten. In some ways it is not though. Ayden is so ready for school so it seems right. I just remember that we bought the house we live in when Ayden was 9 months old and I never in a million years thought she would be going to school when we lived here. I just didn't envision us here that long plus it just seemed so far into the future that it was hard to imagine. But the day has come and she is loving it. Ayden told me that she liked every part of kindergarten and came home very happy. Alex had her first day of preschool and she loved it too. When I picked Alex up from school she said "mom, you're the best for letting me go to preschool". She was also very excited to find out that she gets to go again.


Ayden has been really excited about riding the bus to school but the night before her first day I found out that her friends mom and dad were going to drive her to school on the first day so I thought Ayden would change her mind but when I asked her if she still wanted to ride the bus she said yeah like I was even silly for asking. She ran right on without any hesitation.

I got choked up when she blew me kisses from the window. I thought I would be fine but it is pretty emotional seeing your little baby all grown up.

We wanted to make sure she found her class alright so we followed the bus to school and met her when she got off. When I first told her that we were going to do that she once again looked at my like I was silly and said "why?" She sure looked happy to see us there though. It kind of broke my heart when she said "no one sat by me mom but that's ok".

Practicing her hopscotch skills.

Ayden and one of her best friends Cassi.
Ayden and another best friend Nikki.

This is Laela wondering what all the fuss was about!