Year End Kindergarten Fun at Wiles!

 

 

 

Marik had a great class!  It was fun to have our friend Nadia in his class!  We will miss them!

Pirates!

 

Autumn had a part in her school play "Pirates".  She did a great job playing Captain Blackbeard.

Swimming with Manatees!

 

 

 

Our good friend Mike gave us a groupon to swim with the manatees!  What an experience!  I must admit, that I was a little nervous swimming in the murky water looking for these gigantic, yet tame creatures.  They are friendly as well, and one came upon me suddenly, and it scared me a little, but Porter reassured me that all was well, and to just feel it's back and rub its belly. It was one of the coolest things that we have done as a family.  I was impressed at how unafraid the kids were!

UF Fishery Field Trip

Marik learned about so many kinds of fish today!

 

He was the first Kindergartener to catch one!

His buddy Branson was a little nervous about the fish flapping all around, so tough guy Marik saved the day!  He even threw it back in the water for him!

Autumn the Gymnast

 

 

Autumn has a knack for gymnastics, so she took a class for a few months!  She really excelled and enjoyed the class. I am sure we will have her take it up again!

Megacon 2012

 

 

Yes.  We came, we dressed up, we were among fellow nerds.

 

 

 

 

My talented friend Starleigh took pictures of the kids for their school books.  We usually only buy class pictures from the school and take our own individual pictures.  She did one hundred times better than I would have!

Visit From Grandma and Grandpa Cahoon

 

 

 

11 Years Old

 One of the things that we did for Porter's 11th Brithday was go to a ceramics place in Gainesville to paint since he is such a talented artist!  He did a great job!

 He is such a fun boy, like by all his peers, teachers and family.  I am so glad to have such a good example for my oldest child!

First Day of School!

All three of our kids are now in school! I am now babysitting an infant, so I don't have all my days quiet and easy at home, but they are there, and man do I feel the pressure to be productive. Hopefully I will get in the swing of that quickly!
It was a last minute decision to put Marik in Kindergarten since he just turned 5, but since we are now moving to Boston next year, we decided that we can do Kindergarten in two different states. This way he has some structure during the day. I was excited about it, but I was a little sad when I sent him to school. He is my baby, so that is how it is, I guess. He is loving it so far.

Porter has Ms. Falla this year and likes her a lot. He is such a great student I am sure any teacher is glad to have him in their class.
Autumn's teacher Ms. Brochu is a young, very organized, wonderful teacher. She is really nice and Autumn is thrilled (which she always is, but I am too. :)
Marik has Ms. Moore and is really liking school. Last year Autumn was listing her favorite friends at school and listed Ms. Moore as one of them, so she must be pretty great. She was the only adult on Autumn's list.

5 Years Old!

I can't believe that Marik has been entertaining us for 5 years! We decided he is the comedian of our family. He is always making us laugh at the cute things he says and does.
Marik ended up having his first day of school on his birthday, so I brought Chick Fila for lunch for him and cupcakes for his class. Kindergarten kids are the cutest!
As it is an odd year birthday, we didn't have a party, and Marik decided he wanted to go bowling. I'm not sure he has done it before, but he did pretty good, especially after we discovered the metal guide that kids can put their ball on and just push it. We also had bumpers, so even I bowled pretty well.