All about the kids!!

This blog is going to update a few things about the kids so I hope that you will enjoy the tid-bits of information on them. ..brought to you by Ann (the proud parent :-)
I will first start with cute Sydney: School will be starting for Sydney tomorrow (wednesday) and today we went to her school to meet her first grade teacher ( Mrs. Gardner). I am very impressed with her and Sydney is really excited to start. I could tell that she was a little nervous about making sure she will know where everything is but, I reassured her that she will do fine and her teacher will be there to help. At her school they let the parents eat lunch with the kids and so I am going to go tomorrow with one of my friends Wendi that also has a first grader and eat lunch with our kids. Sydney is excited about that. Sydney has been wanting to review all her letters, math, reading etc. so that she will be well prepared. I have to say that I am sad to let her go all day..I know that it will be nice to have just two kids at home but sydney is such a help to me and I will miss her during the day. She has also been getting ready for soccer. She went to her first practice last week and has found that she is going to really like soccer. Her and I went school shopping last week for clothes and I have found that it already matters what you wear in first grade. She would see something and say "megan wore that, I want one also" etc.. (see what you have to look forward to..with the girls :-) But overall school shopping was a success and she had to come home and model all of her clothes for Mike and the kids. And she already has her outfit picked out and ready to go (HMM.. I wonder where she gets that from?)
Now for Ashley: Cute little Ashley, is also excited to start school. I have enrolled her in a preschool that she will start the day after Labor Day it is two days a week. She just wants to be just like Sydney and cannot wait to start school. I will be taking her to an open house next thursday and we will meet her teacher. She likes to try and write her name and write the alphabet just like sydney. I am excited for her to go to school becuase that is all she talks about. She loves to sing and tumble around the house. She will be starting tumbling in a few weeks and cannot wait. I am trying to find activities that will fill her day full because she will really miss sydney while she is gone.
Onto Garrett: Our sweet boy is going to turn 1 on Saturday..which I can hardly believe. He is soo fun! and has just a happy disposition. I will enjoy the two days a week that I get to spend with him by myself. He is starting to stand by himself and loves to walk with the help of the furniture. He really does not show an interest in walking just yet but he is probably the worlds fastest crawler. Mike and I are amazed at how fast he can cruise through the house. It is fun to see the differences between boys and girls. Garrett love to stand on the couch and throw all is toys over the back and say "uh oh" as he throws each one over and laughs.. he also loves to growl.
Well that it a little bit about the kids. We will send another update next week with pictures. We are going to go on our first family campout ever this weekend. (call Ripley's) Mike has rented a trailer so I could consent to go and not sleep on the ground in a tent. We will be gone friday afternoon through Sunday...it should be fun!! We love you all!!