Sump pump drama and Asher's first days of school

The sump pump stopped working and flooded the basement with water for the 2nd time in a year.  Chris and I spent an hour or so pulling buckets of water out of the sump pump to stop it from overflowing further.  Asher and Charlotte tried to assist as well by putting the towels down on the carpet and jumping up and down on the towels until they too were soaked and mommy would give them another towel.
 
Thank you to my friend Marina for letting me come over so quickly to pick up my steam vac so that I could suck up a million gallons of water out of our brand new carpet in the basement.  Thank you also goes out to my step brother James who came through with some fans to help dry the carpet out and worked with Chris on Monday to replace the sump pump.

We took Asher in for his first day of school and parent orientation.  We got overloaded with information on what the kids were going to be doing and paperwork that they needed us to fill out.  Ash is all set for school and so excited!

Asher's Kindergarten week 2

Asher started Kindergarten last Monday and now has 2 weeks of school under his belt.  Homework started on Tuesday and after the first night of a little fussing Chris has been able to get him to do it without much fuss the other nights.  I am taking him to school in the mornings and dropping him off.  He likes it when I don't walk him up to the school but just let him out of the car like the other "big" kids. 

He has read to me his first "book" which was a few papers stapled together with the word "THE" and a picture of different things.  He was so proud of being able to "Read" the book. 

Next Monday is Raven's day and he gets to wear a Raven's shirt.  Hot Dog lunch and Ice Cream starts next week as well.  Brings back so many memories of elementary school for me.  I used to look so forward to those hot dog lunch days!