Ashlin got a new shorter haircut. We made a family compromise, he wanted a mohawk, we wanted his curls. Sorry its been so long since we posted. Now here it is June and Ashlin is almost done with his first year of Kindergarten.
Ashlin got back his school pictures today. They came out really well. We should be sending out copies in the next week.
NOTE: Please don’t reproduce this photo. It is copyrighted and I will be sending out copies to all intended parties.
Ashlin is participating in the Rec. Board K-2 soccer program. They meet every Sunday for about five weeks. Today was the first practice. Here are some pictures.
Well, it finally happened. Ash is in honest-to-goodness school now. We drove him in for Transition Day yesterday (kind of a “moving up day”), and all was well. No one cried! We were very proud of ourselves. He had many things to say about his first day of school, and hopefully we’ll get him to make a post about it. The classroom is a big open space between two rooms, and the two teachers do cooperative work with both classes most of the day, except for specials. Ash knows a bunch of the kids in his class from Headstart, The Kid’s Place, and playgroups from long ago, and seems very at ease with the whole thing. Oh, and he has an X-Men backpack, and a lunchbox in the shape of a racecar.–Mumma
My sister, Meghan, braved the friendly skies to visit us in August! It was the first time she’d come out to Maine all by her lonesome, and I was psyched to get the time to hang out with her. Highlights of the week included but were not limited to: margaritas and buffalo wings, artistic endeavors, watching the whole series of Kindom Hospital, and pretty much everything else that happened while she was here. We totally look forward to our November trip out to see Auntie Meega, Granpa Day, and Van.
Here are some artsy pictures I did of animals at the fair. Enjoy.
Sleeping cow
Groggy cow
2-week-old calf
Llama lunch
Llama looking around
Donkeys
Pig pile!
Pot-bellied snout
Contorted goat slumber
Monday we went to the Blue Hill Fair. This years fair was loads of fun. Ashlin was able to go on rides by himself and we all had a great time. We also got to ride the giant ferris wheel as a family. Here are some pictures.
Ashlin on a really big slide
Biker Ashlin
Chilling in the gazebo
Ash & Mumma on the ferris wheel
Da on the ferris wheel
Here’s a fun pic I did of Ashlin a while ago. Bet you all didn’t know he was so amazing.
Ashlin has been amazing us lately with his aptitude for art. Not only have his drawing and writing skills immensly improved but he has also shown an affinity for sculpture. He is currently taking private art classes with a few other children once a week. Here are three self portraits he did, the two on the left are from 3/4 and the one on the right is from 1/31. In the middle one there is a rainbow.
-Da
