Back to School 2011

This is my ninth year hitting the high school classroom.  Whoa...time flies.
I'm thrilled to report I'm not the only one going to school this year.  Brighton is going to a preschool program at Lakewood Elementary of West Ottawa Public Schools.  We're starting out with two days a week.  He was super excited this morning, and he had an awesome day.  I wanted to hear lots of stories, but it is hard to get all of the details I wanted to hear out of a three year old.  He did tell us he had chicken nuggets for lunch and about his two friends one of which is his teacher.  He played outside, and he has his own locker.  Oh, and they have trains at school.  Yippee!  Back-to-School-2011 is here and we're lovin' it. 

Walcott Family Poem

Three plus one equals four.

The Walcott family is having one more.

The middle of February is the time we'll grow,

But Lindsay is already starting to show.

There may be a question that comes to your mind:

Should the Walcotts have a girl or a boy this time?

But oh, we actually already know.

Last week the doctor gave us a show.

We saw the cute little toes on her feet.

That's right, a little girl we are excited to meet.

Pics of Pickin' Peaches

We definitely have a annual tradition on our hands. Pickin' peaches is easy, fun, and a huge savings (only 70 cents a pound). Oh, and they are sooo good!

The Gardens

As summer comes to a close, we tried to squeeze in all the fun we could. We were invited to Meijer Gardens with some family members, so Bright and I excitedly joined in on the fun. My garden has been pretty successful this year, but going here makes anything you do in your garden look like a joke. My tomatoes aren't in yet, but tomatoes there were still coming in too. That made me feel a bit better, but as of a couple days ago my tomatoes still weren't even orange...just big and green. Oh well, I may be ripening a bunch of tomatoes inside my house. Enough about my lacking tomatoes...clearly not the focus of our trip. Meijer Gardens has a lot to see and do, and even special stuff for the little ones. We had a great time. Here are a couple pics from our day...