9/1/06...Harvesting the Kennebec potatoes.  The only crop we had success with - the animals ate everything else.  

We had 35 potatoes from 8 plants.  Some were real whoppers and some were the size of gumballs.

Nathaniel with the bucket of potatoes.

Tuesday 9/5/06...Back to school in style!  I set a special breakfast table for Annabelle to get the year off in grand style.

Our Third Grader!

A wee bit of lip gloss...

Ready for school!

9/7/06...Nathaniel with his starfish that we made that day.  He is in the "Starfish" class at preschool!

Annabelle having a fashion photo shoot with her American Girl doll, Kailey

9/8/06...Nathaniel at his locker at school.  We visited for a conference with his teachers before school starts Monday.  

Nathaniel with his teachers.  We feel very good about this school.  His class has 17 students, but there are 5 teachers in the room at most times - so that is like a 3-to-1 ratio.  Far left is his Occupational Therapist, on the other side of Nathaniel is his Special Ed. teacher and the regular classroom teacher is at far right.

Nathaniel with Miss Nancy (in brown) - his main teacher.  Miss Kathy is the Occupational Therapist.

Nathaniel on the playground with his starfish.

9/10/06...Annabelle at Sunbonnet Days

On stage for the Costume Contest

Nathaniel liked the tractors!

At the petting zoo.

9/11/06...Nathaniel ready to leave for his first day of school.  He did great!

9/12/06.  Nathaniel and I had "Zoo Day".  We made a zoo out of lincoln logs and filled the stalls with our plastic animal collection.  Next, Nathaniel figured out what letter each animal started with and he wrote the letter on a card.  Finally - we read a big pile of zoo-themed books!

9/24/06...Grandad was in town for a conference, so we were treated to a quick Sunday afternoon visit with him.