First School Lunch

Every other Friday Tristan goes to school for a longer day. He has to be there at 9am! On these special Fridays, Tristan gets to have lunch at the school with his class. Today was the first school lunch. It consisted of tomato soup, grilled cheese, various fruits, vegetables, crackers, and milk or water. Tristan ate all of his food excepting the tomato soup. There were three moms that came to assist the teacher with organizing the children during lunch. They helped with putting straws in juice pouches, opening milk cartons, and reminding children to eat and not just screw around.

Now, there was a situation involving milk. Tristan was the last kid in line. He wanted to have chocolate milk like all the other kids. However, his mom reminded him that cow milk makes his stomach hurt. He was sad. Fortunately his classmate, Darius, was not drinking milk, so they enjoyed water instead.

Mimi tried to score a 3-point shot with her juice box into the garbage can. It bounced away and hit a 3rd grader in the back.

Of the 19-20 children in the class, seven brought their own lunch, while the rest ate the school's fare. The principle came in to inquire about their first school lunch. It was casual Friday so he had jeans and a shirt and looked like a big kid.

Dorian stayed home with me during this affair. I was trying to work, but mostly I was crawling around on the floor playing with him until she got home.

Written by Eric.

First Day of School

Tristan had his first day of school yesterday. He cried a little when it was time to say Goodbye to the parents. I looked back and saw him composing himself after I left the room. Then I cried all the way down the hall to the exit. Dorian was a brat, so I'm glad she wasn't letting us stay the whole day. :)

His teacher is super nice and very smart. When we came to pick Tristan up after school he was talking a mile a minute about how great school was! He made a friend named Nolan. They got to draw and tell the whole class about their drawing. They had recess and snack time. They learned the rules of the playground. And they learned a song.

This picture was taken when we were picking him up after school.

Cute Bun-Bun and an Update

Eric and the bunny are so snuggly together.

In other news... Tristan is starting school! His first day of Kindergarten is this Thursday! He is going to go to Marvista Elementary. I start regular pioneering the same day. My schedule is going out while Tristan is at school for half-day Kindergarten and then 5 hours on the weekend, which I already do most weekends. It's always up for revision though, if it doesn't seem to work out. We've been really busy getting ready for school and working on lots of projects. Our new Kingdom Hall is about finished up now too. We should be moving into it next week! Lot's of changes around here for us.

T & D Dish Washing Service

They unloaded the top rack too, but Dorian had to stand on something to reach everything. This is now their daily chore... so far they enjoy it!

More Wedding Photos!

Thanks to Mindy and Jabari's camera and Brenda and Jay's sharing, we now have more pictures from Thomas and Randee's wedding... even pictures of Randee! Woo-hoo!

Thomas, Randee and the musician lady

Tristan and Thomas

Jabari and Thomas

Dorian on the stairs.

Thomas and Chris

Brenda, Mindy and Tristan (Thomas, Randee and Landry in the background)

Mindy and Jabari

Jabari, Brenda, Jay, Nick and Chris

Waiting and watching

Randee and her Dad walking down the aisle.

Thomas and Randee.

Re: Happy Re:Union

Another happy reunion of family members near and far occurred this month for the union of Uncle Thomas and now Aunt Randee in marriage. We got to see old friends and new friends over breakfast and over late night wine (and whine - our little cans were very sleepy by the time the wedding was over). Here are a few pictures we have. Hopefully, we'll get access to some of the professional photos soon, and I can share a few then too.

I took 3 pictures here, in one Thomas was looking up and no one else was, in the other two Thomas was looking down. So, I took the best photo of everyone else and photoshopped Thomas looking up into it. It's not bad, you can hardly tell. :)

Mmmmm, good breakfast.

Here's everybody outside. Sharon took the picture.

Grandma and Dorian on the swing.

Grandpa and Tristan playing roll the ball.

Our nice friend Sharon with PolkaDot the bun-bun.

At the Rose Garden, Cousin Nick was doing the Samson in chains knocking down the pillars on the Philistines.

At the zoo, Cousin Chris and Tristan tried on turtle shells.

One-Two-Three-Whee almost had Tristan upside down! His smile was HUGE too.

I wonder what that blur could be that Chris and Dorian are smiling at so broadly.

Oh, yes, and there was a wedding! How could we forget? Dorian thought they'd hire him as a wedding singer, but since his song was "No, no, no" (his favorite word), he didn't make it through the auditions. Better luck next time bud.

The wedding was simple, beautiful, elegant... none of which can be told with these pictures taken on a phone, but that's all we've got at the moment. You'll have to stay tuned.

Dorian and Mama Tiff at the beginning of the reception.

The room decor with a blurry father-of-the-groom in the center. The back of the bride's sister, the profile of the bride's mother and the back of the bride standing behind them are off in the lower left of the picture. I think that's the only picture of the bride we got... the only one I could find. :S

And here is the very handsome, very happy Groom. Uncle Thomas.

What Does Dorian Do in 100 Degree Weather?

He wears a hat!

At Aaron and Melissa's he did like the dogs and ducks and hit the water.

Then 2nd cousin Emily showed him the joy of bare feet in mud holes.

That's how they found the frog. The ducks wanted to eat it, but they weren't sure what Dorian would do to them, so they kept a little distance.

Relaxing in the AC with a giant comfy lady bug.

Checking out the granparents' garden with Uncle Aaron.

TV in AC with Cousin Schyler.

Swimming with Aunt Melissa.

Croquet with Aaron.

Waving to Grandma and Grandpa.

Swimming with Mama Tiff.

Swimming with Uncle Alex.

Learning something new.

Splashing Alex.

Good bye 100 degree weather!