Erik's First Day of Preschool

Erik started preschool today at the Merage JCCOC.  I can't believe he is already 2 1/2 and starting preschool.  He will go two days a week, mondays and fridays, from 9 - 12:45.  He will have lunch there.  He has two teachers Ms. Lindsey and Ms Muhta.  There are 15 kids in his class.

It wasn't a difficult day for either one of us since he attended their summer school for 10 weeks during the summer.  It was our way of trying it out and he seemed to enjoy it.  He came home each day and said "Erik has new friends."  

For the first day he wore one of his favorite Thomas the Train shirts.  He got a new lunch box or as Erik would say "munch box" with firetrucks, ambulances and police cars.  He also got a new Thomas back pack.  Erik refers to it as his new "Thomas jacket."

Here are a couple of pictures with his new munch box.

He had no interest in standing for the picture.  The tradition of first day pictures has begun!

Hike at Crystal Cove State Beach

Today we went for a walk along Crystal Cove State Beach.  It was a beautiful warm summer day.  Erik found a bridge.

And a waterfall.

He had fun splashing around in the ocean too.  Sorry no pics of that.

Cool Sunglasses Dude

Erik in his sunglasses on our way down to a walk along Dana Point Harbor.

It Was a Hot Hot Last Day of August

It was a hot and humid day today.  So to get some relief Erik splashed around in his pool.

He played with his trucks in the fountain.

Daddy joined in the fun.

Here's Erik running under the water bridge.

August at Grandma's

Erik and I went to Grandma's for a couple days.  I think it was the two hottest and by far the most humid days of the summer.  It was over 100 degrees and we had a thunder storm so it was 100 percent humidity.  Erik had fun playing in a little pool and helped to water the grass.

Eventually we decided to abandon the clothes.

 Then Erik and grandma decided to relax on the easy chairs with Tabby and have a few snacks.

It was a fun couple of days.  During the thunder storm we lost power for approximately 5 hours.  We cooled down and went to dinner at Islands where Erik got his favorite, a turkey burger.  Power didn't return until nearly 8 pm.  The weather and lack of power didn't slow Erik down.  In fact I think he thought it was fun to actually need a flashlight to play by.  Erik had so much fun, as we drove away at the end of our stay he kept crying "Grandma, Grandma" until he fell asleep approximately 10 minutes down the road.  We look forward to Grandma's visit to our house in a couple of weeks.

Olivia is Off to College

Hard to believe but Erik's cousin Olivia is off to college at Gonzaga.  So her family and Grandma and Papa joined us at our house for a farewell dinner.  Beth made a yummy spaghetti and meatballs.  I only took a few photos.  Here are the cousins.

I wish I knew what they were laughing about...

Grandma and Erik.

Good luck Olivia.  We will miss you and look forward to many stories.

Erik Rides His New Bike at Irvine Terrace Park

We went to one of our favorite parks today and Erik rode his new bike - a 2 wheeler with training wheels.