It's Great to be 8!

Rylan is finally 8! He has been waiting to be 8 for a very long time! We celebrated his birthday with mini pizzas and instead of a cake he wanted our new favorite dessert, it is a cream cheese, chocolate pudding, oreo and heath bar delight! I think it is called Candy Bar Dessert, he helped me make it the night before. On the morning of his birthday I gave him a gift early. It was all his baby home videos transferred on to a DVD. He loves to watch this video and the VHS it was on was slowly deteriorating, so I had it put on a fun DVD for him. We went swimming when dad got home and after opening presents we had a Justin Bieber dance party! It was a fantastic day even though there were no friends to celebrate it, Rylan didn't complain once about it.










We have Bieber fever at our house, Rylan got his movie which I have to say is pretty good, and it made me teary. On August 15th Rylan started 2nd grade! He is attending a fantastic school that is only 5 years old and is very up to date in technology. There is a uniform policy which Rylan wasn't to0 happy about but so far it has been ok. Our morning battles of what to wear is obsolete, because he only has a couple choices (none of which are exercise shorts or ratty old t-shirts which is what he would choose to wear). He was so brave, going to a school knowing no one at all would be quite intimidating, but Rylan was only a little nervous and he was fine with me walking him to class then quickly leaving. His teacher is Mr. Hays and he has a thick southern accent, and is very kind and you can tell that he sincerely loves his students.




He wanted me to take a picture of his new backpack that Oma gave him.
He found his desk and started working on a worksheet.


We are very proud of him for being so brave, he is definitely being challenged at school which is good for him, but he gets a little frustrated. He is expected to write in complete sentences and *gasp* write whole paragraphs!


After 2 weeks of school his teacher said he was a joy to have in class, and that he is furious that he has to leave in December!



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baileyfamily said…
Rem is so sad he missed his b-day, the other day at the store he asked if we could buy him a present and give it to him later. Tell him Rem said HI.
September 8, 2011 at 10:44 AM
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