Hagen with Mrs. Moses

When we knew Hagen was going to be with Mrs. Moses again, I just had to do comparison pictures.  Awe!  Makes me all sappy inside seeing them!

Hagen with Mrs. Moses, Kindergarten, August 2012

Hagen with Mrs. Moses, 2nd grade, August 2014

Meet the Teacher and First Day of 2nd Grade!

Meet the Teacher, boys were so excited!  2nd grade!!!!

Hagen with Mrs. Moses.  She had him in kindergarten!  He is so excited to have her again.  We are, too.  I know how great it is to have the same teacher again and already have that relationship established.

Mason got Mrs. Sockel.  He LOVES her.  I don’t know how it happened, but he met her when he was in 1st grade and latched on to her.  She also wanted him in her room.  It was so exciting for me to see how happy the two of them were to be together this year.  After a somewhat rough year last year for Mason, I have high hopes this year. 

2nd grade’s team theme this year is superheroes.

 

First Day of School:

Back to School Adjustments

Starting back full time has been an adjustment.  But, thankfully, Jeremy’s job has helped us with some flexibility.  I moved in and within a week I switched offices… which was a complete upgrade – so I am NOT complaining!!!

One morning I had meetings and the boys weren’t back in school yet.  They came with me while we waited for Gran to come get them.  They loved one of my classrooms.

I learned how fun it is to be full time faculty.  I feel like such a grown up. 

I have long meetings where they feed you.

I get lots of fun new things, like my own computer.

But, I have to deal with this every day.  Really 18-wheelers?  Every lane?  Why must you get in every.single.lane??

Basketball end of Season, Summer

We had  a great time playing basketball this summer.  Both boys got the good sportsmanship metals.  We also had a great coach.

Sleep over for boys

Nate invited the boys over for their first sleep over at someone else’s house.  They were super excited!

Angie, Nate’s mom, was very brave.  She decided to go all out and invite 6 boys over!  Whew!  Very brave, Angie!  Very brave!!

We are Facebook friends, so I got some pictures from Facebook and she also text me some of them.  It was fun getting pictures all night from their progress.

 

Dodgeball

The no shirts are cracking me up.  I’m not sure who started it, but Angie said they just started stripping their shirts off.  I guess they thought this was manly.  HA HA

I think this was soccer.

Freeze tag

Fort making

Chocolate fondue for dessert!  (Katelyn, Nate’s little sister got in on the fun, too.)

Angie used my trick to try the movie to help them wind down.  Hagen and Nate were the last ones to fall asleep.

The morning, Mason last to wake up.

My little goof ball!

First Sleep Over!

The boys each picked one friend to come over for their first sleep over.  Hagen had Henri over, his first friend from Kindergarten.  Mason invited Nate, his first friend from kindergarten.  This might it kind of fun… and we know both of their families, which made it pretty easy.  Even though they each had their ‘own’ friend, it really was just one big party with the four of them.

It was funny to see the different activities they rotated between:

Wii

Pokémon Cards

Games:

Hide-and-seek!  This was funny!  The kids took turns and then Jeremy got in on the fun.  The picture below is when Jeremy was hiding and they had to find him.  So funny!

Make your own sundaes for dessert!

I figured the easiest way for them to wind down was a movie.  So, they watched two movies.  Funny enough, Nate and Henri fell asleep first.  BOTH Hagen and Mason were awake after two movies.  Good grief!  They finally fell asleep on their own.

Sleeping…. (Mason snuck into our room in the middle of the night.

When all the boys got up, Mason was still sleeping in our bed, so the boys went in there to get him up.

Eating donuts for breakfast before going home.

Love all four of these sweet boys.  I am so thankful for the sweet friendships my precious babies have!