Sunday, September 06, 2009

Labor Day Weekend '09

Jake is really enjoying his new classroom. A lot of his classmates "graduated" this past week, which means he won't be one of the smallest kids come next week. It also means that his friend, Lincoln, should be coming up to be with him again. I hope their teacher is ready!!!

We had a great Labor Day weekend (at least the first 2/3rds).

We spent Saturday hanging out with Meme and Alison. They met us in the morning at the Detroit Zoo. We wanted to make the trip so that we could see the dinosaur exhibit that was ending on Labor Day. While the rest of the animals seemed to be taking it easy in the heat, the robotic dinosaurs weren't bothered at all! We all really enjoyed the dino trail. Afterwards, they hung out at our house until dinner time, and played a few board games and games of Boggle before heading back.

On Sunday, we headed up to Fenton in the afternoon. We spent the early evening on the boat with Grandma and Grandpa and the Herman family. The lake was not as busy as I expected, and I thought the water felt great. Everyone else seemed to think it was too cold, but I don't think they remembered the temperature of Lake Michigan on our Shelby trip! After the boat, we went back to the Troskos for some dinner and desserts. When their bellies were full, the kids had a good time riding their bikes, scooters, and anything else with wheels up and down the driveway.

Tomorrow, we're hoping to just hang out at home and take it easy. I'm guessing we'll spend a good chunk of time on chores and yard work, but we'll make the most of it!

Here are a few photos from Jake's first day back to school. Our photos from this weekend can be found here.


1 comment:

Melissa said...

That's awesome that he has a buddy at school. Elijah's friend is Logan, and they are split up right now. He gets excited when it's time to go back to school because he gets to see his Yogi. (Logi)