KINDERGARTEN...Day 2

Eli is not very forth coming with information about what he did in school, so we ask him some different questions to try and get results. One particular question and answer is blog worthy :
Grandpa "Eli are there any pretty girls in your class?"
Eli (with a sly, almost seductive look) " OOOOHHHHHH yeah!"

He also is learning the letter "M" and today he tells me " 'M' just like a cheerleader, 'M', 'M', 'mmm', 'mmm', 'mmm'" complete with actions.

KINDERGARTEN...Day 1

SO it was an exciting day for the family yesterday (Aug 27th). Eli started Kindergarten. He is in the afternoon class with a new teacher named Mrs. Barlow.
He woke up earlier than normal and I made him his favorite Breakfast of cheesy eggs, toast and hot chocolate. He literally gulped the hot chocolate down and made himself sick, so he didn't finish the rest of his breakfast, but hey I tried.

He then took a bath and got dressed in his new shirt, shorts, underwear, socks and shoes. He has been patiently waiting for the day he could wear them and was ready to go by 9:00am. So we now had to keep him clean and busy until 12:15pm. This was quite the challenge. The morning dragged on, whiny twins and all but finally it was time to get in the van and go to school. We still had to take the long way since we were still early. (BTW there is no bus service for our school so it is my privilege to drive him everyday, carpool anyone???) We arrived at school to be greeted by cookies and tissues from the PTA. After a few photo shoots I was ready to leave my kid at the door of the school, but wait there was more...They invited parents and kids into the classroom for story time and a short activity. I had already said goodbye, so Eli saw me heading into the classroom and asked quite upset "Mom are you coming in?" Oh I felt the love. Anyway they read the "The Kissing Hand" and afterward we each traced out hand on a paper so we could both have a kissing hand. Finally it was time to say a final goodbye and I happily went on my way. No tears.
Before I knew it it was time to pick him up so with warm M&M cookies at home waiting for his arrival we all piled in the van and went to pick him up. Costco gave all the kids backpack with supplies, so out he came with his orange backpack and all smiles. When he got in the van I of course asked the standard questions "How was your day?" and "What did you learn?" Well he had a good day but he didnt get to play with the playground in the back or with the toys in the classroom and he "didn't learn anything, he learned about how to be a friend". We later found out that they focused on the letter "M". So overall I would say it was a successful day.

What a handsome boy he is!

Almost Time


Getting Ready to go into Class


Story Time


Schools Out


Headed Home


More adventures to come I am sure!

2 Lessons learned

For those of you not on Facebook:
The other day I learned two valuable lessons.
1. If I see one of my children, especially if it Oliver or Emerson, with a box of cereal seize it immediately!
2. Do not bother to vacuum stairs, because in less than 24 hours later they will be messier than they were in the first place. (see picture below)

Thanks to my friends they did point out the advantages to this escapade. Now I don't have to feed them snacks or breakfast the next morning, just let them loose on the stairs.
(My mom was a sweetie and re-vacuumed for me!

( I should also add that both twins in their greedy desire for more cereal came a tumbling down the stairs and Oliver is now sporting a nice rug burn on his cheek. So he did literally fall down the stairs)

He plays the Violin

Mom Frisbie brought out this antique family violin for Eli when she came out last week (see below post for fun happenings during their stay). So we decided to go ahead and get Eli into violin lessons to keep the excitement coming, luckily we have a fabulous violin player/teacher in our ward that was willing to take Eli on as a student. So yesterday we went and rented him an 1/8 size violin. He is so excited to play and has shown everyone that has stopped by. Today he learned how to properly hold the bow and violin. Here are a few pictures of him with his violin.

Playing his violin for us.

Getting Ready to head out to his first violin lesson.

Look forward in the coming weeks for more pictures and videos!

Frisbies Converge

Last week we had a mini Frisbie Family Reunion here is Utah. Mom and Dad Frisbie came from Illinois, Darryl came down from Idaho, and Isaac's Uncle Darryl, Aunt Kathy and cousins Tyler and Meghan came from California. We were able to go to the Oquirrh Moutain Temple Open house. It was a beautiful place and Eli loved being able see the inside of the temple, and the sealing rooms where people are married. He also enjoyed the cookie afterward. We finally got to see latest Harry Potter and go swimming at the Marriott pool. The twins didn't care for the pool too much and clung to me for dear life. They didn't mind soaking their feet in the hot tub, while mom soaked int he warmth. We also ventured into SLC to temple square and some of the best BBQ I have ever had at Pats.
On Thursday we went to Bridal Veil Falls where I tried not to freak out too much when my boys got close tot he water. Mom and Dad Frisbie stayed with the twins while the rest of us hiked up to the falls. It was beautiful and Eli loved playing in the pool of water at the bottom. Overall it was a tiring week but we enjoyed spending time with our family.

Above: At Temple Square reflection pond. We also visited the family history library and thankfully they had a play area that the boys just loved.

Below: At Bridal Veil falls.

Aunt Kathy and Uncle Darryl