Duncan's first day of kindergarten

The time has come for Duncan to be a really big boy and go to school. He did well the first day, I only cried when he got on the bus! I took him to the bus stop by myself so I could take pictures. He was crazy as always trying to get pictures of him. He had a good first day but of course can't remember what he did! Oh well.
The other kids are adjusting well with him gone as we are in the second week. We walk him to the bus stop every morning and see him off then come home and play until lunch. Duncan does not want us to walk him to the bus, but we do, I like doing that until it gets cold! We stopped on our way home from the park one day last week to go to recess with him. He did give me a hug and kiss, but that was about it. The kids were glad to see him. He told his Dad when he got home he did not like it that we came to school to play at recess! Guess we won't do that for awhile! He must like his time away from all of us, which is good. Would rather have him like it than to cry every day! I am going to volunteer on Thursday mornings, so we will see how that goes!

Iowa State Fair 2013

The kids and I went to the fair on opening day. We made it by 8:30am, I was really amazed we made it. Tracy dropped us off at the campground so we would be there for the twins, triplets and more contest at 9. The kids got 5th place in the least look a like contest. Who knows how many more years we will do it. I guess if they don't want to, we won't! The rest of the morning we just wondered around and looked at some stuff. We rode the bus back to the school early afternoon because they were ready to come home.  We went a few other times too, we saw all the kid stuff, animals, little hands on the farm, there was a Lego display this year they really liked. We also went to the stop, drop and roll both, animal leaning center and down the giant slide. The boys loved the slide and wanted to go again, but I said no! $20 for the slide in one day was more than enough. I paid for the big kids to take the little kids so I could get pictures. Olivia did not want to go, so she sat on the bench with Grandma. We were at the fair on park and recreation day too. The kids played soccer, basketball, bowling, and the big wheel race. Duncan was in the pie eating contest too. They had lots of fun, but everyone was ready to come home by noon. Grandma brought them home so Tracy and I could enjoy the afternoon and evening at the fair. We had our annual eat around the fair day too. Duncan and Tracy hung with Rodney and Hannah for awhile on eat around the fair day while the rest of us went to the camper for a bit. Duncan got to sit on a 4 wheeler that moved around and also got to practice welding in a booth they had. They had lots of fun and he was very tired when we met back up with them. The kids' favorite thing was to ride the bus to and from the fair and go on a tractor ride.
We did not go to the fair as much as I thought we would, it was much more work than I thought it would be and the kids got tired and really needed to take a nap. Next year they will be a little bigger, so we will be able to go more. Hopefully we will get to camp next year and then we can hang at the camper and they will be able to lay down to rest!
At little hands on the farm Duncan and Tracy went all the way through, but the other 4 did not because the lines were to long and they just don't do well waiting in lines. Well maybe it is more Mom, but we just planted food and then went to harvest and got a treat!
It really worked well this year. We left the stroller at Abby's camper and someone would either meet us with it or we would get on the tractor and go to the campground and get it. (We only did that once), but Tracy and I did decide to walk to the gate to go home one day. It was a long walk from the tractor drop off, but the kids did well. We just had to carry them a little bit!