Ahhh...beautiful fall

Fall is in the air and I am LOVING it! Two weeks into September and school is going great for Kaiden :) A happy boy = a happy momma. He loves school and has run home each day happy and looking forward to headng back in the morning. He had a "best day ever", which was due to his class being called last after recess so he got to play longer (love that the simple things make my sweet boy so happy!).

September is a busy month with lots of exciting events to come! We are having our family pics done this month by the ever-talented Bryn Robinson..check out her website Here :) Kaiden has a few school events this month and we are gearing up for some fall traditions.

Today we registered Kaiden for Canskate after a couple of weeks of back and forth between that and hockey. Kaiden has been asking to play hockey for a couple of years and we were ready to sign him up for this winter. However after he kept saying he didn't want to skate with a stick and that he just wanted to skate, so we decided to look further into Canskate. We looked into both options and made the final decision with him, to go with Canskate for this year. We figure that if he loves it and feels confident and wants to next year we will enroll him in hockey at that point. He is quite excited to start and is happy to hear his buddies will be learning with him as well. We also registered Miss Avarie for dance starting in October. It is a class that a parent attends and interacts as well. I am looking forward to introducing her to some other children and letting her burn off some energy. She is our little busy body so I am sure she will have a great time!


Ok to wrap things up here are some photos of my sweet children, I love that they love each other so much...

T'was the night before Kindergarten...

Well..it's the night before the first day of school. Before I start..full disclosure that this might get over the top sappy and emotional, but hey, that's me and I find writing to be therapeutic so here goes:

Today we set out to have a light and fun day and we succeeded. We asked Kaiden if he could do anything today what would it be? He said go to the white playground with the green dragon (aka Westfield). We piled in the truck and off we went. We had a great time and he was pleased with his choice. Daddy took him for a haircut and then we made our way home to pack his bookbag, pick out his clothes and pack his lunch. We went over his lunch notes to remind him of what they say (he is still learning reading but recognizes "I love you" and "Have a good day"). He was quiet and broke my heart just a tad when he asked if I could stay with him tomorrow (sob) but said he is very excited. We read "The night before Kindergarten" and he asked questions about what would be there and if there would be naps (and as I fully admitted to the facebook world..I sobbed on and off during the book). I cuddled with him and let a few tears escape as I held him and wondered how I can let him grow. He is such an old soul and a sweet kind hearted boy, and as his mommy I worry. I worry that he will be scared when I am not there and I worry that others will be unkind. I worry about bullies and also worry that he will be afraid and I will not be there to hold his hand. My heart hurts thinking of my first born..the boy who made me a mom..letting go of my hand and beginning the journey called school. I hope that his teacher is nice and thinks about what an important job she has and what an important role she will have in my child's life. Time to take a deep breath and put a stop to these tears because I know that my kid will rock school just as he rocked preschool and without a doubt my kid will move moutains...