The Kassel Family Project Life 365

John is “Star of the Week” at his new preschool this week.  It means that he gets to do pretty much everything first.  Today’s favorite “Star of the Week” activity was line leader.  We had to gather up some photos of him for his classroom display, pick out his favorite book to share (“Dino Racing”), a toy to share at Show and Tell (Woody from “Toy Story”), and a movie (“WALL-E”) for Movie Day.  We’ll also provide snacks on Thursday for Movie Day.  He was quite excited and can’t wait to take his “bucket of stuff” to preschool tomorrow!

The big spider and spider web have returned to the Kassel Household!  It must be Halloween time!

The Kassel Family was busy, busy, busy today.  Andy left the house about 8:30 am for a golf tournament for the University Golf League.  He said he didn’t play as well as he would have liked (this is a recurring theme with Andy when it comes to golf), but he still had a great time.  He got to play his round of golf with Jeremy and those two always have fun.

The kids and I left the house about 12:30 pm for Kathryn Dothage’s 7th Birthday Party.  It’s truly unbelievable that Kathryn is 7!  The kids had a blast playing with everyone, eating birthday treats, hunting for skeleton parts, and beating on a pinata.  OK, so maybe they enjoyed scooping up the candy from the pinata, but I digress…  It was a great birthday party and the kids had tons of fun!  Kathryn’s American Girl doll now has lots of accessories, and the kids came home with some great party favors and candy.

The evening ended with the annual VanHove Family Bonfire and Hayride.  We got to eat burgers and hot dogs, enjoy a great bonfire, and take the kids on a hayride.  John fell asleep on the hayride, but they both still really enjoyed it.  The evening ended somewhat early for John and I (about 9:30 pm) as I took him back to the truck and we snuggled under a blanket.  He fell asleep almost immediately and I read a book and played some Words With Friends.  Andy and Laura wandered back to the truck sometime after 11 pm and we headed for home.  We all had a great time and we are already looking forward to next year!

It was “Camera Day” at Ridgeway Elementary School.  I let Laura take my camera to school and told her to take as many pictures as she wanted.  She (and her friends) took roughly 50 pictures of each other.  It was really fun checking out all the pictures while Laura provided running commentary.  Laura said they had lots of fun snapping pictures even though she *almost* lost my camera case.  Thank goodness for teachers!

This is Laura and Saryia.

This is Laura and Reagan.

Looks like they all had fun snapping some pictures!

While pulling Laura in for a hug tonight, she hit her mouth on the kitchen counter, causing a somewhat loose tooth to pop out of her mouth.  Well, hello even *more* toothless Laura!  Lost Tooth #7 awaits the Tooth Fairy!

Somewhere along the line our kids have picked up the art of moonwalking and breakdancing.  No, I do not know where, but it was pretty funny watching them tonight.  They were smiling and laughing and having a great time showing off their moves!  Andy got some of it on video because really…this is *perfect* parent torture material when they are older!  This is Laura showing off her moonwalking skills…

And, now, it’s time for some breakdancing!

Upon arrival at Walnut Street Day School today, John and I discovered that it was “Breakfast With Your Parents” day.  John and I sat down and had donuts, orange juice, and milk together.  He was really proud to show me his new classroom and school!  While we ate, he pointed out different activities in his classroom and talked about his favorite activities.  He also said that it is “I” and “6” week, which means that they focus learning on the letter “I” and the number “6” this week.   There were only two downsides to this extra time with my little man this morning – I did not have either my phone or pocket camera, meaning no pictures, and John cried when I left because I stayed too long and he wanted me to remain at school with him.  I loved every minute of that short time though because it meant that John got to show me around his new “world.”