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Another photo from Cooper's first day of school. This was taken before we left.

As the first week of Kindergarten comes to an end, the emotion and significance of it all is starting to set in. He's a big boy now, and he is starting his journey through life and the process of becoming independent from us.

I am very proud of him and excited for him to start his journey. I may not be ready, but I know he is.

In the US, the average number of days a child attends school is 180. Assuming he at least makes it through High School, that's 13 years for a total of 2340 days of school. As of today, 4 down, 2336 left to go :D

Yesterday was Cooper's first day of Kindergarten...it's hard to believe how quickly they grow up.

The drop-off went well. His teacher let all of the parents stay for the first 20-30 minutes while she met everyone and let the kids warm up. Given that we had all 3 kids and Cooper kept telling us how boring this school was, there wasn't any time to get sentimental about the event. The teacher even read "The Kissing Hand", which could have been a tear-jerker.

Before we know it, he'll be asking for keys to the car...

Last Friday I took the day off and we took the boys to the California State Fair.

We didn't get there as early as we wanted and stayed a lot longer than we planned, but all-in-all, we had a good time. The boys had unlimited passes and spent almost the entire time on the rides; going again, and again, and again.

We lucked out that the temperature was only in the high 80's, although was still blazing hot in the direct sun ;)

Taken for Assignment52 week 30 - Smile.

Yesterday, in celebration of our 10th Wedding Anniversary (July 29th), we returned to our wedding reception location (In-Laws backyard in Novato, CA) to renew our vows and exchange new rings.

We created a CD of music to play and even had a miniature version of our cake made for the celebration. It's hard to believe that 10 years have gone by already...they've been the best 10 years of my life!

Max was gracious enough to be our photographer for the event and he captured a lot of great photos, including this one.

From This Moment On, by Shania Twain, was our first dance song.

Taken for Assignment52 week 29 - Hands.

116/365 | April 26, 2010

We took the boys to the cement slides in Roseville for an event with their preschool class. It was mass chaos having 30+ kids all sliding down the two slides, but it was fun.

C-Dub is a nickname that we have for Cooper, but don't ever really use. Since his initials are CWM, I like to pretend his rapper name is C-Dub ;)

Camera: Nikon D90 | Nikkor 70-300mm (ƒ/4.5-5.6) @ 300mm | ƒ/5.6 | ISO 200 | 1/250s

Twitter: @ericmmartin

Project 365: A daily collection of photos tagged "project365" on Flickr

115/365 | April 25, 2010

Another day in the sun with water. I was trying to get a good slip 'n slide action shot, but ended up with mostly water bokeh shots ;)

Camera: Nikon D90 | Nikkor 70-300mm (ƒ/4.5-5.6) @ 170mm | ƒ/4.8 | ISO 200 | 1/2500s

Twitter: @ericmmartin

Project 365: A daily collection of photos tagged "project365" on Flickr

114/365 | April 24, 2010

Took the boys out to play in the water on a warm day and snapped some photos. While it's nice to get ones of them smiling or looking into the camera, this one stood out to me. They both look deep in thought; I often wonder what goes through their little heads.

Camera: Nikon D90 | Nikkor 70-300mm (ƒ/4.5-5.6) @ 170mm | ƒ/5 | ISO 200 | 1/640s

Twitter: @ericmmartin

Project 365: A daily collection of photos tagged "project365" on Flickr

113/365 | April 23, 2010

As I was leaving work, I saw this yellow weed flower and had to take a picture of it. If any of my co-workers saw me lying on the ground, I imagine they think I'm pretty crazy...

Doing a 365 takes a lot of perseverance.

Camera: Nikon D90 | Nikkor 18-105mm(ƒ/3.5-5.6G) @ 105mm | ƒ/6 | ISO 200 | 1/640s

Twitter: @ericmmartin

Project 365: A daily collection of photos tagged "project365" on Flickr

112/365 | April 22, 2010

Neither of our other two boys were interested in a "passy" so we tried to introduce it earlier with Luke in hopes that he would accept it. He was willing for a while, but for the most part, now he just gags when we try and put it in his mouth ;)

This is just photographic evidence that we tried...

Camera: Nikon D90 | Nikkor 18-105mm(ƒ/3.5-5.6G) @ 58mm | ƒ/5 | ISO 200 | 1/60s

Twitter: @ericmmartin

Project 365: A daily collection of photos tagged "project365" on Flickr

111/365 | April 21, 2010

Five weeks old! I love his little expression in this photo :D

Camera: Nikon D90 | Nikkor 50mm(ƒ/1.4G) | ƒ/1.4 | ISO 200 | 1/100s

Twitter: @ericmmartin

Project 365: A daily collection of photos tagged "project365" on Flickr