Alex's First Day of Kindergarten

And so the first day of Alex's school career begins today, Monday, August 23, 2010. Alex made her way to Mitchell Elementary School in Golden, CO. Nana provided a wonderful little plaid dress and matching top and with her new princess back pack, she set off to her first day of Kindergarten.

Alex, the Kindergartener (Photo 1):

Alex and Mommy (Photo 2):

Alex and Daddy outside the Kindergarten Classroom (Photo 3):

Her Kindergarten teacher's name is Mrs. Middelton and she has a website with weekly happenings here:

www.suemiddleton.weebly.com. You may also visit the school website at www.mitchellmustangs.org. I will endeavor to keep all family and friends posted!

Regards,

RayII

Ocean City, Maryland - Second Post

In addition to providing some photos of the kiddo, I thought I'd take the liberty to include a post on another wonderful tradition associated with trips to Ocean City, Maryland. These are of course steamed Maryland Blue Crabs. This wonderful delicacy of the chesapeake is only complete when accompanied with cold beer, corn on the cob, and family and friends telling stories. Here is Aunt Kathy and my brother Brian enjoying a few...

A little slice of heaven:

Brian & Aunt Kathy:

Ocean City, Maryland - First Post

Alex and I had the pleasure of spending 9 days in Ocean City, Maryland compliments of Grandpa (thanks Dad). We arrived in Maryland on Saturday, July 24 and proceeded to spend the next 9 days enjoying time with family at the beach. I'm currently working on a consolidated video but this will give you a taste.

Alex at the Beach:

Alex Jumping Waves (Video):

Alex at the Beach 2:

The First Freestyle

Over the past 2 summers I have endeavored to provide swim tips to the kiddo. Most to no avail and alas I decided not to press the issue. For those of you who do not know me I grew up swimming semi-competitively and the old man's got quite a bit of swim prowess. It's only natural that I should hold high expectations for my daughter.

A funny thing happened this past weekend while at Water Polo practice on Sunday morning at Congress Park pool. I left Alex with a group of kids and wife of one of the other players while I played polo. As it turns out a private swim lesson occurred at the same time.

Upon finishing practice, the kiddo is swimming underwater, doing a modified crawl and all of a sudden is a water bug when only a week before she barely puts her face in the water. So I ask, "What just happened and how did you suddenly learn how to swim underwater and enjoy it?"

She replies, "I just watched the swim lesson and the little boy do it and decided it was easy."

Yeah, that's exactly what she said. Here is a quick video of her in our communty pool. Remember this kid wasn't even putting her face in the water a week before.

The First Freestyle:

The Original Biker Chick

Over Memorial Day I went cruisin' with a special girl...

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