Colin's 1st day of Preschool

Today Colin had his first day of preschool. Wow, where has the last 3.5 years gone. He was so excited to go. He woke up this morning and when we asked him if he was ready for school today he got a huge smile on his face and said "Yeah, today is finally a school day!"

Today was a shortened version of school. It was only an hour long and Scott and I got to go with him. He loved it and is so excited to go back on Wednesday which will be a full 2.5 hour day without Mom and Dad.

As always, it was much harder on Mom than anyone else. It so nice to see how excited he is for school and so far he is showing no signs of separation issues on Wednesday. We can't wait to hear all about his first day on his own.

Here are a few pictures we took before leaving.

Vacation

We took our summer vacation the week of Labor Day. It was so nice to get away and have time with just the 3 of us. We started out our trip with a stop in Duluth, MN for a night. We did so much while we were there.

We went to the Shed Aquarium. Colin enjoyed seeing the fish and learning about the different types of ships on the Great Lakes. His favorite part was playing with the boats in the water and learning how a boat gets from the Great Lakes to the Ocean through the different locks.

Colin running out of a Beaver House.

We then headed to the Pier and walked out to the light house.

After the Pier we stopped for Colin to throw rocks into Lake Superior. Instead of just throwing rocks in Colin went in the water and got pretty wet. We kept asking him if he was cold and he said "No, I like the water cold."

The next day we woke up, had breakfast and Colin was back to Lake Superior. He loves the water there. We didn't even want to put our feet in the water, but Colin went all the way in as though it were bath water. He really does love the water cold.

After swimming we checked out of the hotel and went to the Train Station for a 10 mile train ride up the shore of Lake Superior. This was Colin's first train ride and he was really excited for it. He got to see how they switch the tracks to allow the train to go from track to track and he saw the engine go from the front of the train to the back of the train. We all really enjoyed the ride.

After the train ride we headed to Hurley for a few days. On Tuesday we headed into Camp with Grampa, Uncle Jason and Cousin Brian. The boys had so much fun playing together while the older boys began work on building a sauna. I had a lot of fun watching the boys interact together. Brian is getting the age where he watches Colin to see what he is doing and likes to copy what Colin does. Colin really enjoyed teaching his cousin.

And Buster joined us too. He loved running all day!

Colin got to help Daddy dig holes.

Throughout our time in Hurley Colin and Daddy got to take a few 4 wheeler rides, which Colin loves!!

On Wednesday we headed up to the UP and went to the Porcupine Mountains and saw Lake of the Clouds. It was beautiful! Colin enjoyed climbing the rocks and Scott and I enjoyed looking at how beautiful the lake was and the surroundings. On our way back down we stopped at Lake Superior for another swim for Colin. Again, he loved the cold.

What a great way to end the summer!