Kindergarten!!! Hooray!!!

Bentley started kindergarten on August 31st.  I've been waiting for this day for a long time, finally Bentley will be with me every day.  The excitement of kindergarten was quickly diminished due to Bentley getting SICK the first day of school!! Really?! He's so excited and I'm so excited and now he may possibly miss the first day of school. When Bentley woke up he wasn't feeling well, but he didn't have a fever or anything, he just said his stomach hurt.  I ran him to Grandma Vicki's and told her to bring him to school if she thought he was ok. She brought him over so he did it make to the first day of school. YAY!  Right after school I took him to his babysitters and he threw up as soon as we got there.  So the first week of school we missed a day.  Other than that, school has been great!! Bentley loves his teacher and his friends.  He loves learning.  It's so fun to hear him use the Spanish words he's learned.  It's so great to finally have Bentley at the school. 

Our Lives in a Nutshell

Wow!! I can't believe how fast the time has gone since school started.  Bentley started dual immersion kindergarten where he learns in both Spanish and English.  He absolutely LOVES it!! I have pictures of his first day, but of course they're still on my camera which is in my desk drawer at the school...sign...oh well, I'll post them sooner or later.  Bentley also just started guitar lessons.  He loves the band Van Halen and knows all about them and sings their songs.  The other day in school the teacher gave all of the kids a white board and told them they could doodle on it.  One kid raised his hand and asked if he could write mom on his since he knew how to spell it.  Bentley the raised his hand and asked if he could write Van Halen on his because he knew how to spell it.  I love having Bentley at my school so I can see his teacher everyday and hear stories and check up on him daily.
Brian has been crazy busy shadowing a DO and filling out his application for med school.  It's crazy how big of project it is.  He's also just finishing up his degree in Biology.  He would be done this December but one of the classes didn't fit into his schedule for this semester, so he'll be done this April. 
I have, of course, been teaching which seems to take up a ton of time especially during the first of the year.  I am totally enjoying the fall weather.  This is my favorite time of year!! It's this time of year that the med school in Maine sounds very appealing, a New England fall, who wouldn't want to live there?
That's our lives at the moment in a nutshell. Hopefully I will post pictures soon, if I can remember my camera from my desk drawer.

Eat, Pray, Love

So usually I don't see the movie before the book, but I did with this one.  I was a little worried about seeing it because someone I will leave unnamed told me it was slow.  Well personally I really enjoyed it.  I love books and movies that make me step back and rethink life for a minute.  After seeing the movie I'm definitely going to get the book and read it. 

Flashback

I've been trying to get some sort of scrapbook put together from  Bentley's first year.  I can't believe how fast the time has gone.  It seems like just barely I was waking up in the night with a newborn.  Time goes by WAY to fast, he'll be starting kindergarten in 2 weeks! It seems like it was only a few months ago that he was this small.

Swimming Lessons

The past two weeks Bentley was in swimming lessons.  I was amazed how fun the teachers made it.  Every skill was taught in a game.  Bentley absolutely LOVED it! Another good thing is there were only 2 other kids in his class. Since I started training for my last triathlon Bentley would come to the pool with me, since then he has been like a fish.  He definitely doesn't have a fear of water, which I'm so glad he doesn't.  The swimming lessons helped him even more to not be afraid and learn the very basics of swimming techniques.  His favorite part was the last day.  On the last day the kids got to go down the slide and off the diving board.  The diving board was the highlight!  Bentley loved the diving board so much he ran from the beginning of the diving board and jumped off.  He thought that was great.  He tells everyone he sees about jumping off the diving board. 

Bentley going down the slide

Bentley with his cute teacher and his certificate for passing level 1

PS My triathlon pictures were missing for a little bit and I've finally found them.  They're on my fitness blog now.

New Addiction

I have a great new addiction.  I'm pretty sure the hubs doesn't appreciate this because the last day and a half the house has kind of been put on the back burner while I worked on my new addiction.  What is this new addiction you might ask, well confession time...it's digital scrapbooking.  I absolutely, with every fiber of my being, hate, yes that's right, hate scrapbooking.  It takes way to long, makes a big mess, and never looks good when I'm done.  Well I've now found a way that still takes a long time, but doesn't make a big mess, and if you don't like the page when its done you can easily change it.  I've been using the 30 use trial of Photoshop Elements and I love it!!! I'm currently on my last use of it so I have to leave it open otherwise it's good bye Photoshop until I can justify buying it.  I have finished our family 2009 scrapbook it just needs a few final things and I will send it off to Shutterfly to be published.  FYI they're having a sale right now you get 30% of a book.  Sweet!! 
Here's two of my pages. Now remember I'm not talented in the scrapbooking department so no making fun!
PS I got all of the stuff for free from Shabby Princess.  The link is on the left side of my blog.

Big Boy in the House!

It's official I no longer have a baby or toddler roaming my house.  My little boy is now officially a big boy.  Bentley turned 5 on June 30th.  I can't believe it's been 5 years since he entered my life.  He is definitely the center of mine and Brian's lives.  Now he's 5 his current favorites are: reading (he just started reading books on his own and loves it), riding bikes, T-ball, friends, games, golfing, Batman, being a ninja, the list goes on.
I'm so happy to have Bentley.  He's so patient and kind.  Happy 5th Birthday Bentley!!!

Bentley Newborn

Bentley 5 yrs-doing cool Jedi moves

For Bentley's birthday he wanted to have a SpongeBob party.  We decided to have a SpongeBob water party.  The party started out great, sunny and warm.  Within 15 minutes it started to downpour like crazy.  Everyone was drenched.  I had to grab all of the birthday stuff plus all of the little kidlets and go running back to my house.  It was surely a party to remember. 

At the party before the rains came flooding down

This is the first year I haven't made Bentley's birthday cake.  Since I was in class all week long I couldn't swing making a cake.  I think Bentley actually like having a store bought cake.