The Atkins: 08/10/2008

Monday, August 11, 2008

First Day of School

Today Elijah started the first day of fifth grade. He got up and got dressed, combed his hair looked in the mirror one last time before leaving to make sure his hair wasn't sticking up. I remember seeing those big 5th graders on his first day of kindergarten and thinking how it would be forever before Elijah would be in 5th grade. Now here we are! I always go in with him on his first day of the school year. In kindergarten it took me about 20 minutes to reassure, say goodbye etc... today, being the big 5th grader that he is, it took 30 seconds and an "okay mom, you can go I'm allright." Thank goodness I have a couple of years before I have to do it again. Elijah will probably cry as much as me and Daddy on Zanes first day of school!

Sunday, August 10, 2008

The Isle of Palms!!

The Isle of Palms is about 15 minutes away from Charleston, SC. It is not a typical tourist filled beach like Myrtle, Destin, some of the others. It is very clean, and quiet and a very family friendly place to vacation. We have been one other time before Zane came along and I told Brian that I wanted to take the kids down next time. We even brought Biskit. It's also pet friendly too. It wasn't very crowded and the weather couldn't have been better.

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Reading, watching and riding!

Zane was so good on the way down to the beach. It is a 6 hour trip and didn't complain one time. He just read books, watched his DVD player and took a short nap. We brought 2 portable DVD players so both boys could watch movies in the van.

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South Carolina!

I took so many pictures it was hard to decide which ones to put on the blog. There is a very versatile landscape in Charleston and Isle of Palms. If you want to see all of them go to www.dropshots.com/ratkins.

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Elijah spent most of his time boogie boarding in the water. The waves and the wind were amazing. It was hot but you weren't miserable because the breeze was so strong!

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Snack break!

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Dad and Zane

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Biskits fan club!

Everyone came up and wanted to pet Biskit. The Isle of Palms is pet friendly beach and there are a lot of dogs there. He thought he was the star of the show. He got in the water a few times up to his ears. It was really, really warm water!