Drake's 6th b-day & 1st day of school

This is the day Drake turned 6!  It is also the day he began Kindergarten.  He was very excited!  Here he is sporting his glow-in-the dark, chomping when you walk, shark slippers from Aunt Sharon.

 He's licking the batter and wrapped in 2 towels to keep his school clothes clean.  We were making his cake before he heads off to school. He is in 1/2 day kindergarten and goes in the afternoon.  

Here's the boys at the bus stop waiting for Dane to get on.  He's in 2nd grade!

 Bye Dane!

And now Drake's turn to wait for the bus.

 Bye Drake!

 Drake got a crown for his birthday from his teacher.  I also took cup-cakes up to school for him.  I'm sure he made friends easily today:)

It helps that he knows his teacher already; she was Dane's Kindergarten teacher.  

We think Ms. Bailey is great.

 The long walk home...

 I'm sneaking up on them and I'm trying to be stealth-like

 But really, I'm coming off as a stalker taking pictures and listening to what they are discussing

 And finally Drake gets to eat his cake.  He chose 2-tiered heart-shaped.  Chocolate on the inside with white icing.  He even picked his candles that read "Happy 6th Birthday".

 Then the next weekend we had his party at a water park.  This gave us time to hand out invitations to his new peers at school.  

Dane & Drake being goof balls.

 Drake posing with the construction cake...again he chose chocolate with white icing.  

He knows what he likes.

 And he received a little help from his friends.  My only request:

please no spitting while blowing out the candles.

Everyone had a great time and after dinner grandparents came home with us and we topped our sugar highs from the cake and ice cream off with having Chinese food delivered.  Over-all a great week.

Next week...Andy's birthday.

The next week....Dane's birthday.

The next week...Andy's Ironman in Wisconsin.

The next weekend...our 10-YEAR anniversary....Maui Here we come (after his marathon).  

We scheduled our trip around his competitions:)

Fall sports start again - Soccer (Drake) and Flag foot-ball (Dane) have practices starting this Tuesday.  We took the summer off from sports (their request...I did NOT disagree, as it may not ever happen again that we have a summer without practices and games).  But now it's that time again. :)