celebrate

Today was cause for celebration.

Today marked the end of the first full week of school for our family.

Hannah spent 5 days in Kindergarten.

her classroom is on the right

obligatory first day of school picture
(this was the only one she didn't look totally wide-eyed and frightened)

she rides her bike to school each day
(she was all smiles on day two)

in her classroom, listening and understanding nothing because it is all in Spanish
(don't worry she's learned a lot since day one and now dances around the house counting in Spanish and rattling off the colors.)

Peter spent 3 days in preschool.

first day of school picture
(he was all smiles until we attempted to get in the car to go and then he ran back into the house screaming that he was not going to go to school, "I jus want to 'tay at home with mommy")

his cubby poster
(all his favorite things to cheer him up when he feels sad)

his buddy Karis
(who thankfully is in his class and makes each day something to look forward to)

And for the most part we got them there on time and without many tears.

That deserves some fresh baked chocolate chip cookies and glasses of milk!
(and some crazy faces)
  

Oh, and if you're wondering how Abigail is doing in all this...

She's standing up

 

eating lots of food

and still smiling away.

 

london

oh hello,



I thought before I moved on to sharing about all the current adventures going on in our family I would back up and post a few pictures of our marathon day in London.
(no we didn't run 26.2 miles but we came close to walking it.)



I had never visited London before so we packed in seeing all the major sites in one day.
(okay, there's a lot we missed and I look forward to going back)

We started at the Tower of London

riding the conveyor belt over and over again to see the Crown Jewels.

 

 

We got a great view of the Tower Bridge.

And Matt tried out his sharp shooter skills.

 

Abigail spent the whole day in our Ergo carrier, sleeping, smiling at other tourists
and taking in the sights and sounds.

Our next stop was to ride a double decker bus to St. Paul's cathedral.

And then on to a boat ride down the River Thames.

 

I saw the The London Bridge I sang about as a kid.

We got off the river to see Big Ben

and Westminster Abbey.

 

 

 

 

After much searching and literally walking in circles,
we found a yummy Indian restaurant for dinner.

On this trip Matt discovered a love for almond Magnum ice cream bars.

 Our last stop was Buckingham Palace and we just happened to be there
for the changing of the guard.
(Can anyone tell me why there are "guards" and armed "guards"?)

Whew!  

Tired and with sore feet we got back on the underground.  

Back to our hotel.

And then flew home!