pumpkinland

Will's first fieldtrip was to Pumpkinland.

He was very excited to be going on his first school bus.

Of course, it was the day that it had to SNOW... so we went to pumpkinland in the midst of a little snowstorm.

They sang Halloween songs all the way there.

The kids were cold and wet, but they had a lot of fun.

Will's friends from Primary....
Caleb, Will, Isaac, and Seth.

Will and Hannah

"The Pumpkin Group"

Livy, Jacque, Will and Modoc

They each got to pick out their own pumpkin to take home. Will was so ready to leave by then.

The First Day of Kindergarten!!

Will was "a little bit nervous" just before it was time to leave for school.

"mommy, i'm a little bit nervous.

i think you need to stay with me all day at school."

"i can't Will. i have to go to the office today. but remember daddy gave you a blessing last night that you wouldn't be nervous at school."

the backpack

Will wanted a superheroes backpack

(even after Brent and I showed him ALL of the other "cool" backpacks)

he was insistant that this was in fact his backpack!

leaving for school....
(not so nervous now)

running to school....
and telling everyone he saw on the way,
"today is my first day of school!"

as I stopped Will from running out into the street....
I showed him the crosswalk just a few feet away!

and there he met
Ellen, the Crossing Guard

finally, getting to school!

and then he had to be reminded that he was not outside, and had to come back out of his classroom and walk in nicely...

(and of course, pose for another picture!)

He found his coat/backpack hook with his name on it.

And his very own cubby with all of his new school supplies...

...and a pose with his new binder, ...

... and his teacher, Mrs. Perry.

and then he found a table with some boys already doing some puzzle games and introduced himself, and I said goodbye. He didn't look back.

Obviously, the nervousness was gone. :)

Will's good friend from Primary, Isaac is also in his class.

His friend, Caleb is in another Kindergarten class,

but we saw him after school.

Will LOVED his first day of Kindergarten!!
and is looking forward to more days to come! :)

A lucky boy... and a Lucky dog...

So... we were just going to the grocery store... innocent enough.... when all of the sudden we spied someone selling puppies... well, of course we had to go and take a look at them. Two beautiful MALE cocker spaniel puppies. We vowed NEVER to get a male dog again... and especially not a male cocker spaniel. We had learned our lesson with Brinkley... Will picked up one of the puppies...

"Mommy, can i be his brother?"

THE END.

The first name Will picked out for his puppy was Pepper. Because Grandma and Grandpa Meisinger had a beagle named Pepper that Will loved.

Then he started to call him Blackie....

Brent nixed that right away.

Then we asked for suggestions...

Tara let us know that Delaney voted for "Elmo", while Luke thought "Mouse" would be a good idea. Loren came in with "Vladimir", and Jana said "Lucky"
Right away Will chose "Lucky" and that was that.

And it has proved to be lucky indeed. Will has felt very lucky to have a new puppy, we have felt very lucky that our new puppy is already crate trained and potty trained, and spent a very quiet night in his new surroundings.

And Lucky is obviously feeling very lucky indeed... as noted by his first ride...

Will had to tuck Lucky in after a very eventful evening.

Lucky was definitely ready for some R&R

Heber Valley Railroad Fieldtrip

The last fieldtrip of the season was to the Heber Valley Railroad. There was one other group there from Primary Children's Hospital. To everyone's surprise Thomas the Tank Engine came to town a week early to give the children a ride. They thought it was a GREAT surprise!!

William's two partners for the day were Joey and Trista.

They even got a visit from Sir Topham Hatt

William's pre-school class at Walden Montessori School

(Will's "girlfriend" Tessa was having a hard day - she is the one being held by Miss Teresa - pink shirt on the right)

No matter how many times I try to explain to Will....

he still thinks Joey is a boy!

On the train

Because they had the kids from Primary Children's Hospital, there was a news crew there taking pictures. Here is the link to see more... (we actually made into some of their pictures!)

http://www.deseretnews.com/photo/slideshow/1,5587,6173,00.html

Batter Up!

Yesterday was the first T-Ball game of the season! Will was in Smart Start Baseball last Spring where they learned the skills to play but didn't play any games. So this is his first year to actually play games against other teams. He was excited to learn that his friends from church, Isaac and Caleb are also on his team. We were impressed with our coach, Jake Francom, who knew all of the boys names at the very first practice.

Will, Isaac Craig, Caleb Williams

Team Picture

(although Will isn't looking at the camera,

at least he is not the one picking his nose! :)

Will getting some catching direction from Coach Jake

and then some batting instruction

Will playing his position outfield

(or... just looking at flowers)

Will playing his position as shortstop

(or... finding something interesting in the dirt)

Although instructed to play only their own position,

as soon as the ball was hit, all of the boys would run after the ball.

It made for lots of fun for the spectators!

Everyone plays, everyone runs all of the bases

(there is no such thing as getting "out" or keeping score)

Giving the other team a shout out.

GO WASATCH!!