Happy Birthday to my Big Boy!

It has been an amazingly busy week! Eric started kindergarten on Tuesday, and turned 5 years old on Friday! We had his party on Saturday and Eric and his friends, siblings and cousins had a BALL on the slip-n-slide! They also played a dinosaur scavenger hunt game, mauled a poor duck pinata brought by our friends Paul and Kim, and enjoyed the awesome blue dinosaur cake made with love by Grandma B.

Click here to see the complete album! In the picture above, check out the cool monster truck shirt from Grandma Diane and Papa Lee that Eric insisted on wearing even though it was 85 degrees!

We are amazed at how quickly the last 5 years has gone. Eric has grown and changed so much! We are blessed to have him in our lives. Here's a look back:

Eric at 1

Eric at 2

Eric at 3

Eric at 4

Eric at 5

Eric's First Day of School

Today was Eric's very first day of Kindergarten. After weeks of telling us he did not want to go to school, last night as I tucked him in bed he told me he was excited to start school and that he wasn't going to be shy anymore. He was up and dressed this morning by 6:40!

Eric helps make eggs and biscuits for breakfast

Eric standing in front of his school

Anna and Caleb help take Eric to school

Eric made a beeline for the cars as Mom talked to his new teacher

Our little man is growing up

Stay tuned tomorrow for pictures of his first bus ride!

22 days and counting

Hard to believe school starts in just 22 days. My baby is going to kindergarten. At least at BCCS, kindergarten is only a half day program. As much as I will miss Eric while he's at school, I'm looking forward to lots of other things about fall. First, the school supply shopping! I know this is lame, but I love the smell of new crayons and seeing that cute little backpack on his back!

Mother's Day Out and my bible study will start back up in September at church. Eric will start pee wee soccer, we can go to a Geneva football game, and I have a women's retreat to attend in November, as well as a Marriage conference to attend with Chad. Lots of fun things planned! I also want to enroll Anna and Caleb in the library's story hour once a week to give them something fun to do while EJ is at school.

And soon we will have our beloved Auntie Sara back at Geneva and back in our lives. We have missed her! She has many more fairy tales to make up for the kids, and TONS of "Giant" to play with them! And I look forward to some sister time with her too.

We also look forward to having our "college friends" back...several young ladies (you know who you are) who have become special friends to our family. We have missed you all this summer too! Can't wait to have a Sunday dinner for you all at our place! I am especially excited to welcome my discipleship group girls back for another semester together!

So summer is dwindling down... but it has been fun! God has good things planned!