I went down to Raleigh, NC to visit the Wood's last week. I was going to see one of their swim meets and see Evie start kindergarten. Lindsay had been there the week before babysitting while Chelsea was in NYC with Dana for their anniversary. She took pictures of Chloe and Felix and of their trek to Chick-fl-a Cow Appreciation" day. She took Evie at lunch and returned with all the kids for dinner. A girl after my own heart. Aunt Lindsay is awesome.
Evie started school the next week after the kids went back to their new grades after track-out. They do a cool thing there...staggered admission each day in kindergarten. They send only 4-5 students the first 4 days and then the teacher really gets to know the kids and can access what group they need to be in, etc. They go to all day kindergarten there like we did in Alabama. Then they all come on Friday at the end of the week. Evie and I practiced what she would say to the teacher on her first day. I said" If the teacher asks you if you can count to 10, what will you say?" She said " Yes I can..but I can also count to 100." So the teacher did ask and she did count to 100. She also took a nap on her towel and actually went to sleep her first day. Just like Uncle Clayton who had a nap everyday in kindergarten and came home singing of the bus. They got on the bus at 6:45 am. But Uncle Denton was in 3rd grade and could hardly stay awake during dinner..sometimes falling asleep right into his food. Evie said several of the kids in her class cried sometime during the day but she didn't. I wasn't surprised..she is very well adjusted and independent just like her mom.
I had a good time......ate at Le Farms( French) with Chelsea 2 days in a row for lunch. It is our favorite place for lunch. Everything is homemade and delicious.
They need to expand to other cities but I think the owner is very hands on and reluctant to let it out of his hands. They have a bakery to die for. .....and yummy samples everyday.
It was fun to see the swim meet. Chloe and Felix are really good swimmers. I almost cried when Evie went off the diving board. She just learned to swim in the deep end and is already on the swim team. She looked so little up there but she did great. She even taught one of her friends to swim in the deep end ( and the friend took her to ice cream to say thank you) . I got to meet Chelsea's new friend ( Nellie) whom she adores. She has 5 kids and several that line up with Chelsea's kids.
It was a quick trip but a good time was had by all. These are some of the pictures of all the events.
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