Our church offers a Monday night service that we have gone to for years, but with Dalton starting school, we have been trying to go on Sunday. Well, I had to be at work this past Sunday morning and I gave Boyd the option of getting the kids dressed and meeting me or waiting until Monday. Boyd told me later that Dalton informed him after I had left that they (he and Maggie Anne) wanted to wait until Monday night to go. He told Boyd, "You can go if you want to. I'll stay here and keep an eye on Maggie Anne."

Made cauliflower for dinner tonight and Maggie Anne saw it in the bowl and said it was snow. Wishful thinking!

Dalton is learning a lot of basic information these first nine weeks of kindergarten. He knows his whole name and we were asking him about our names. I asked him what my name was and he said "Jenn." I asked him my last name and he said "ifer."

Today was the first day that I didn't a look back and wave when Dalton ran into school. I thought I would at least have those for a little while longer. :-)

Dalton decided he didn't need to be walked into school today. I did my first carpool lane (a truly horrific experience) and he got out and marched right on into school. He's growing so fast!

I couldn't get a smile this morning. Guess it was the nerves. He did great going into school. Things were far crazier than I ever remember. The mass of parents made him more nervous than school. When he found his class, he marched right in, put his bag in his chair and sat down on the alphabet carpet. He's very excited! And we are very proud!

We took advantage of the break (if you call 90 degrees a break) in the weather and visited the zoo this morning.

As you see below, the penguins were very interested in Maggie Anne. The would take turns "talking" to her.