Sitting in carpool line

First Day of school

Well I had this really funny blog written with terrific pictures and the system crashed and I lost it all so.... it took me nearly 1 1/2 hours to write so I will not be recreating it.

Here are the first day pics. Thank you to everyone who called to check on me. It was nearly impossible to leave him at the school but in his own words, "You can go now Mom. I'm really fine!" and "If you keep on hugging me I can't color!"

First words at the end of the day:" That was just the BEST DAY EVER!!! I want to go back tomorrow, okay? Then I can be in 1st grade!"

The new woman

We'll we've gone to meet the teacher. Garrison was not the least bit shy or nervous about it. I thought he'd be a little bit nervous but thanks to his terrific previous teachers he was very well prepared, knew what to expect and went right in and gave Ms. Smith a huge hug. He's even made a new friend, Wylie.

Thank you to these special teachers who have prepared us for today and tomorrow.

Ms. Amber, Ms. Kristen and Ms. Krista
Ms. Amy
Ms. Nicole
Ms. Leslie
Ms. Rutledge

Tomorrow morning we will be there at 7:40am ready to begin Garrison's school career. For the next 12 years and beyond this will be our schedule. My baby is not a baby any more...

...and it's just about to kill me.

The Dolphin Helper

More than anything in the world my Kamdyn wants to be a "dolphin helper". She eats, sleeps, dreams, thinks of little else. Currently she owns about 20 small plastic dolphins of various shapes, quality and sizes. There is no special favorite;all are equally important in her eyes. There are mommy and daddy dolphins and cousins, aunts, uncles, nannies, grandma's and grandpa dolphins. Sea World was just for her birthday because she desperately wants to communicate with a dolphin. I've really never seen anyone so fixated on one thing. Last night we watched and IMAX special on dolphins and one special dolphin named JoJo and his "keeper" Dean. They live in the Turks and Caicos Islands. http://www.oceania.org.au/soundnet/features/jojo.html
No joke, that show has been on all day! She know can tell the difference between dusky Argentina dolphins, pink fresh-water river dolphins, Atlantic Bottle nose and so on... If this were a passing fancy I probably wouldn't be telling you about it but this obsession started over a year ago when she was only 2!

I made this picture for her in Photoshop so that she could actually pretend she swims with Jojo herself. It is her most important treasure and has been printed over 20 times.

Maybe someday her dream will come true. Ithink they are neat too; not like she does but maybe I'll get to touch one too.