Mark started first grade in August 2009 at North Raleigh Christian Academy. He is having a good year so far - reading more proficiently, and getting better at math, grammar, and phonics. His favorite thing by far is still art! He does really well with coloring and drawing. Here is a pic of him on his first day.

We haven't been able to get out and enjoy the summer and fall as much this year the way we usually do (we didn't even get to the pool once!), but this past week we went on a field trip to Clemmons State Forest and had a demonstration on how paper is made. Mark's job was to "catch" the paper as it came out of the crank machine.

And below is picture of Mark dressed as Noah on Noah's Ark Day!