FIRST 1st Day of School!

Today, Micah had his first official day of formalized education. Here he is, in his FIRST 1st day of school picture, all dressed in Thomas shirt and Thomas backpack.

On the walk home after school, he told me, "Did you know that all the letters have a name? Like CAPITAL I." He also told me that they read a Clifford book, and that there was a boy named "Steel" in his class (Ked confirmed this, though the spelling is different). All right, then.

He seems excited to go back on Friday, so we'll count this day as a success!

Blast from the Past

My Mom is cleaning out our childhood items, and came across several old record albums. I do remember belonging to one of those record clubs, where you tape a penny to the postcard, send it in and get 8 for the price of 1, so I'm assuming I'm responsible for most of these:

Michael Jackson - Thriller

Flashdance

Tiffany

Amy Grant - Unguarded - still one of the best Christian records in my opinion

Hall & Oates

Cyndi Lauper

Whitney Houston

Chaka Khan

Stray Cats

Twisted Sister

That's right, Twisted Sister. Wow.

Happy Birthday, Micah!

Micah, minutes after he was born:

Here's our super smart, particular, strong-willed, passionate, silly, creative, Thomas-obsessed, wonderful 4 year old today!

I guess you can tell what our favorite restaurant is. . .

Micah will soon be moving to a "real" (translation: twin sized) big boy bed. So today I had him look online at some sheet sets that he might like. We got caught in the character-themed section, and he enjoyed looking at the Thomas, Cars, Tinkerbell, etc. sheet sets. THEN, he saw this beautiful set:

Micah: "Look! PIZZA RANCH sheets!"

E Eats Everything

Our littlest Iowa Boy loves Iowa Sweet Corn!

And. . . blackberry smoothies too. . .