More miscellaneous ramblings

It seems I've been doing a lot of that lately!

We had another little party for Drake today after church (with just our family). Cupcakes and ice cream, and three gifts. Drake received a real watch from Grandpa and Grandma S. (with a cool camouflage watchband and a "floating" helicopter second hand - he's already sort of telling time by himself a few hours later!) and a Leapster and a Sonic the Hedgehog math game for it from Mommy and Daddy! He is busy playing the Leapster as we speak. I guess we're about to discover how quickly that thing goes through batteries!

Yesterday we all went bowling - it was a lot of fun, but more expensive than we were expecting. I think it is more cost effective to play more than one game each time you go (when you're renting shoes), but Levi could only tolerate one game, since it was about his naptime. No one broke a hundred. (When a "good" score is breaking one hundred points, well, you know what caliber of bowlers we are!) Levi actually bowled - with a little help, of course! It was so cute! Drake did really well working on holding the ball correctly and all that, but he was kind of sad that he didn't get any strikes or spares.

Then yesterday afternoon, Adam and Drake worked on a "bug house" project they've been thinking up for some time. It has a wood frame with screen sides. I think it will be really cool when it's done! It was mostly Adam working on it so far, because there was a lot of cutting with the circular saw to be done first. Drake is not a fan of loud noises, so he kept his distance when that was going on!

Tomorrow is the first day of kindergarten, and I'll be sure to update how that goes. The plan is that Drake will ride the bus to and from school tomorrow. This is not easy for Mommy!! But Drake is pretty excited about it. The little neighbor girl who just moved in next door (into Dave & Cherie's house) is also in kindergarten and will be riding the bus, too.

What are the chances of this?... Out of five kindergarten classes at the school, Drake, Lizzie (the little neighbor girl), and Tyler (Drake's friend who lives behind us) are all in the same class! Odd. Anyway, we met Mrs. Gardner, his teacher, at an orientation on Thursday, and she seems really nice. The classroom looks organized and exciting, and it just appears to me, so far, that everything is as it should be. A big relief!

I will be sure to keep you posted about the first day of school tomorrow!