And so it begins...

The Kick

The Run

The Score!

The weekday practices and the weekend games. Yes folks, little league has begun in the Spence house! Alexandria Little League now starts with kickball f or kids ages 4-6. Campbell had his first practice and game last week and it was hysterical! The kids are all totally confused...one girl kicked the ball, then ran afterit to catch it; another (our son) kicked the ball and then stood there. It looks like they all need a little help with the basics! That's why we went ahead and signed Campbell up.

When the coach asked the kids to say their names, Campbell answered..."I'm Campbell Rapier Spence." HA!

Who knows what he's talking about now!!!

15 months!

Parker - 15 monthsParker - 3 months...

Parker - 14 months

Parker - 14 months Parker - 2 months

Look out Wimbledon...here comes Campbell Spence

Campbell had his first day of tennis lessons on Mondy. He was so excited and loved every minute of it! He did a great job hitting the foam ball, although he liked to hold the tennis racket like a baseball bat. We'll keep working on that and for now, we'll enjoy watching him learn!

Parker's First Day of School

Today was P's first day of school at First Baptist Church Preschool. I loaded up his backpack and lunchbox and could hardly believe that this day had come. We headed to school and the closer we got, my heart started getting a little heavier and heavier. But it's a good thing! He did great. Of course, he shed some tears at drop off, and I have to admit, I did too. I was fine until I got the parking lot, then I lost it. :( When Campbell and I returned at 2:00 to pick him up, his teacher, Mrs. Jeannine (who also taught Campbell) said he didn't nap and in fact, reminded her of C's great buddy, Maddie. A totaly busy bee and fought the nap everyday! It'll take some time to get used to the new situation, but when I picked him, he was as happy as can be and had a great day! I couldn't be happier!

The start of another school year!

Yesterday we had Campbell's open house at Grace Episcopal School. He was with a few of his classmates and they were able to have a tour by the teacher, Mrs. Young. Campbell was so excited that his buddy from First Baptist Preschool (where he went the last 2 years) was there too. It definitely calmed any nerves that he had. William and Campbell walked hand-in-hand wherever they went. It was too cute.

Today, we woke up and headed out for the first day of school. It's a big difference going to school at 8:30 instead of 10:00. But it was certainly a nice change. I picked him up at noon and he was happy as can be! I couldn't have asked for a better first day for my little guy.

Friday is open house for Parker at First Baptist. He will be having the same teacher that Campbell had his first year there. We are super excited and can't wait.

AHHHH, the beach!

What a wonderul week we had at the beach. The boys loved every minute in the sand and pool! We had a week filled with fabulous weather (only rained once and at night), good food, and tons of laughter. Here's how the week went...

Monday...beach in the morning, lunch, naps/beach time for mommy/pool time for daddy, pool time for boys

Tuesday...down time in the morning - cloudy day, lunch, naps/pool time for mommy and daddy

Wednesday...Corolla light house, lunch, naps/golf for daddy/pool time for mommy, wine festival

Thursday...beach with C's classmate, home for naps/pool time

Friday...beach, naps/pool time

Saturday...go carts/putt-putt, lunch, naps/pool time

Sunday...home again, home again jiggity jig! But first...had to stop to see and ride on the Grave Digger monster truck!

We all came back with great tans and ready to start the school year! Campbell starts on Wednesday and Parker starts the following Monday. I even took them today for their beginning of the schoolyear haircuts! Maybe I'm more ready for them to go to school then they are.

Happy September!