Parker's First Day

Parker started preschool today! It starts at 12 so I took a half-day so that I could be the one to drop him off. He was so excited when I got home, he was bouncing off the walls! Sophie was excited too. She got to spend the afternoon alone with Mem, painting!

Yes, I am one of THOSE mothers who followed her son into school so I could take pictures! Here he is showing Mrs. Gaurino (sp?) that he wrote his own name on his pencil case. Pencil case! cute! (Thanks for picking that up Grammy!)

Here he is choosing his cubbie...

And one last final goodbye... Just before this picture, I kissed him on the cheek, which he promptly wiped away. Mrs. Frost was laughing that he would wipe it away already! I guess he was fine with me leaving! Phew!

Here are Parker and RJ at the end of the day. Look at the smile on RJ's face. Parker, on the other hand, wasn't as excited. In fact he was rather grumpy and refused to tell me anything except.. "It wasn't what I expected. I wanted to play more."!

Eventually I got him to tell me that he painted, played in a house, and learned the wiggle song! He did tell Todd he had fun at school! I knew he would!

"Loon is Fun"

We spent the past week at a condo we rented at Loon Mountain. We were very busy every day, but had a blast!
Here is a view from our back deck.

The first thing we did was ride the gondola to the top of Loon. Parker absolutely loved the ride and could've ridden it all day (kind of like the People Mover in Disney!), but it was way too stuffy hot in there for Todd and me!


At the top of the mountain, there are some really cool boulders/caves to crawl through. Some of the spots were a bit tight and scary, but the kids loved it!



The second day, Toby joined us and we went to Clark's Trading Post.


Who is having more fun in these pictures??


Bear hugs...



I am sharing this picture because Sophia picked out her own outfit (as she does most days) and accessories. Notice the tree air freshener she has on her wrist! Dual purpose accessory! Thankfully the hat was just for fun in the store!

Todd and Toby took Parker on a four-wheeling adventure. Unfortunately, I wouldn't let Todd take my camera on the trip, so there are no pictures, other than the ones on the disposable camera he bought.


The next day we went to Story Land!

There are lots of spiny (sp??) rides at Story Land... Thanks, Toby for riding them with Todd and the kids!

Lovely...

Sophia really wanted to ride in the pumpkin coach. She would only go with Todd,

who was very excited!




I looked over and thought what a cute moment it was... Daddy and Soso watching the ride so I decided to snap a picture. How's this for great timing!!!


I was able to ride the roller coaster...I mean POLAR Coaster so I took these from on the ride.


My little "NO HANDS!" dare devil!


Antique Cars...


The next day it was just the four of us so we headed over to the Hobo Railroad. The ride was an hour and a half and included lunch, a magic trick from Choo Choo the Clown, and balloon animals. Good times!


Then Grammy and Grampy came up for two nights. We hiked The Flume and road to the top of Cannon Mountain on their tram. Unfortunately by the time we got to Cannon, my camera's card was full! But here's the Flume...

Parker is very proud of climbing up the rock and we haven't even left the parking lot yet! hehe!

My little diva! Who would've thought!






Lunch break



There she goes again... hamming it up for the camera!

We really had a great week! Great weather, great company, fun places! Parker and Sophia kept telling us that "Loon is Fun!" On the way home, when we were in Concord, Sophia said... "I want to go back to the Condo". We're planning another trip in the fall for leaf peeping! YAY!