Birthdays and Back to School

We have had a busy week.  Monday was Labor day and was also Merrick's birthday.  We had already had his party a few days earlier, but he still made sure he had every minute he could planned with birthday festivities.  He did have to share the day a bit with Lincoln (whose birthday was Tuesday but was having his party that morning), but afterwards planned a day that included Dave and Busters, presents, and dinner at Panda Express.

Merrick was lucky enough to get all the big items on his birthday list this year, Disney Infinity 3.0 and a skateboard.  He was really excited and has already put both to good use. P.S. don't mind the interesting wrapping with the Christmas and Father's Day bags.

Tuesday was back to school.  I think Merrick was a little anxious about this and even though he said the first day was great, he also said it was a lot harder than kindergarten and that he didn't want to go back on Wednesday.  Of course that was not an option so he went and as the week went on things got better.  He ended up telling me that the first day was slow and hard, but the rest of the week had gone by really fast and was much better.  Hopefully he continues to feel that way.  He is also taking the bus this year for the first time and seems to be excited about that.

Back to school also means back to after school activities.  We started back up with soccer.  We had two practices this week and a game on Saturday.  We also went on Friday to the Lego store to do a Lego build with cousins.

Like I said it has been a busy week and tomorrow C.C. and I go back to school so we are officially all back at it.