School!!!!!

And he's off :'(

Waiting for the bus - this was Landen's very first day on the bus!

"Here it comes mom!!!"

"Hurry Jaren!"

Grade 2 and Kindergarten!

And there they go!  Few tears for mom!!
But got a lot done that day!!  lol

Very first day of school, Jaren was the only one on the bus this day as I took Landen into the school to meet with his new teacher

Early morning watching for the dust from the bus

So grown up now!

Grade 2!

Love these kids!  Where has the past 8 years gone??

 We get to watch the sunrise as we wait for the bus, the kids now get on the bus at 7:27am.  We started the first couple of days gettting on before 7am!!  YUCK!

See ya mom!

Landen with his ECS teacher, Mrs. Mouly

Jaren got 1st place at the Coronation Fair for his drawing here

Royal Tyrell Museum School Field Trip

Free scrapbooking design made with Smilebox The Kindergarten-Gr 2's got a chance to go to the Royal Tyrell Museum in Drummheller this past week to learn more about dinosaurs and even do some fossil casting.  I went along as a parent supervisor and had a great time watching the kids in all their excitement. (Click on the pictures to enlarge them when looking at them in the smilebox)

Our Heart Hero!

On Friday, February 8th, Jaren's school participated in the Jump Rope for Heart event sponsored by the Heart and Stroke Foundation.  We are so proud of him as he alone raised $765.00 through donations.  We want to thank all of those who so generously donated towards such a great cause, something that affects probably everyone of us.  The kids were in the gym and they jumped rope for 1 1/2 hours.  I must say that Jaren put every effort into it the entire time and was working up quite the sweat!  The next day he kept telling me how much his legs hurt - I know why!  Thanks again!  

Even Landen got in on the skipping action!  He did awesome and is ready for next year!

The school at that point at raised $3700.00.  Amounts were still coming in so I am unsure of the grand total!
Way to go Veteran!!!

Show and Tell

Jaren had show and tell on Monday and since the arrival of Pumpkin in July he has wanted to take her!  Being a "farm" cat I wasn't too sure how this would go!  I was pleasantly surprised :)  She is an awesome kitty!

Loving all the attention!

Exhausted after entertaining all those kids!

She may come on our next Terrace trip!!  ;)
She's a great traveler!

Officially Off to Grade 1

On August 30/12, Jaren officially started Grade 1!

He's growing up WAY too fast!

End-of-the-year Field Trip

On the last day of school all the kids went on a field trip to Wainwright, AB.  The first part of the day took them swimming in the pool and then we loaded up the buses and went on a tour of the military base located in Wainwright.  Then to end of the day the kids went to a park where they played mini gold and enjoyed a very fun playground.  

My baby now is officially going to be starting grade 1 next year!!!  He is growing up WAY to quickly!! 

Jaren posing with our tour guides on the base!

Mini golf time

Jaren and a classmate Houston