Whoo-Hoo Times Two!

This morning the 2nd Graders had their award ceremony at school.  Grammy B and I both were lucky enough to catch the action.  Mitchell earned Academic Honors.  And in the final Bulldog Buck drawing of the year he won a FREE ice cream cone!!!!!  He was excited for sure.

Mrs. Jurik, Mr. Mitchell, and Mr. Akom

Showing off his free ice cream!

This evening he also had his first ball game of the season.  This is his first year playing coach-pitch ball and he's doing pretty well so far.  He's liking it, and that is the best part.  He didn't get any hits tonight, but he was happy to play catcher and get in the outfield a bit.  Now that season has started we will be at ball games 4 nights a week through the end of June, so watch for MANY more pictures and posts on this topic.  :)

Big Day of Firsts

It's that time of year again! The 2010-2011 school year has begun, and it is a big day of firsts:

• Mitchell starts 2nd grade in Mrs. Jurik's "Cool Cats" room.
• Owen starts Kindergarten in Mrs. Richard's room.
• Mitchell and Owen started swimming lessons again. This was our 1st time at the new YMCA in Cadillac.
• Lucy will have her 1st swimming lesson ever this Thursday... with Mommy! She is very excited.
  
• Mitchell and Owen are also playing soccer this fall. Owen's 1st practice was tonight. They both have their 1st games this Saturday.
• I started my first day of teaching one of the Elementary Resource Rooms full time (It was complete with an IEP and SpEd meeting). I do not have to shuffle between classrooms or balance 2 jobs this year. WHOO-HOOO!
• We have a new K-6 principal, and a new superintendent. Lots of great potentials here this fall! YAY!

Here are our very photogenic children this morning, kindly humoring me wanting to take their "First Day" photos.