First Day of Preschool

Well, we made it through the first day of preschool without shedding a tear (at least Tatum didn't)! As I watched Tate with her teacher, I felt my eyes starting to get teary. I had so many emotions going through my head; excitement, happiness, pride. I snapped a quick picture, gave her a kiss, and before I could even say good-bye, Tatum darted across the hall for her classroom shouting "Bye Mom", and never looked back. All I could do was smile...I knew she was going to have a fantastic time!

The report from Tatum was that "Preschool was great!" She said they painted apples, danced to music, and had story time. Tatum told me the best part about preschool today was story time...they read Pooh goes to School.

Here is a pic of Tatum at school right before she took off for her classroom.

Tatum saying good-buy to her little brother.

The many faces of Tatum

Scott and I just bought a new camera, and I am having so much fun with it! While on vacation our camera broke and after discovering it would cost as much to fix it as to buy a new one, we decided on the later of the two choices. We decided on the Nikon Cool Pix P80...still a point and shoot, but with a lot more zoom and the ability to be a little more creative! I've been taking pics like a mad woman to get used to the camera and test out all the neat features. As you can see from the pictures I've been using the kids as my subjects. Tatum's been fairly cooperative. Owen, on the other hand won't sit still for more than 1/2 a second. I guess that just means I'll have to work on my action photography a little more. Anyway, here are several close-ups of Tate that I took out in the yard this morning...her personality is just shining through these photos.

Owen too!

I couldn't post 4 pictures of Tatum without putting one up of Owen too. As I said before, I can't get the guy to stand still, however, he did sit just long enough on the neighbors tractor so I could snap this picture.