Proud mama!

It is hard to believe that my boy is almost finished Kindergarten. Time flies for sure. We had his end-of-the-year conference last week and his report card was excellent. He is the top reader in his class. He is a role model for others. He is respectful. His teacher said that his writing is out of this world. He was nominated by her to be a guest at the Author's Tea. W got to go and have cake and juice and listen to each child read his writing with a microphone. He was more than excited to be there and we were more than proud. (Of course- I forgot the camera but hubby did get it on video)
So the proudness (I Know- not a word) gets better! Let me preface the story....Last week we had TWO umm....long skinny visitors at our school.....yup....SNAKES!!! J was in the cafeteria eating when one went under his table. Long story short, the Principal asked that kids write a story about the day a snake came to school.
So we sat down and he wrote and illustrated a story about the events of that lunch period. Well, each child that wrote a story was given a journal from the principal. HE was so thrilled. Well, that was this morning. Since 7:30 this morning, he has written 16 "stories" in his journal, all by himself. He has written on all topics--mom, dad, Miss M, his school, his pet fish, tee-ball, summer vacation. And they are all well done. There were only a few words I couldn't figure out.

I am so proud of him. He makes his mama smile!

"Dada Soos"

Miss M is such a girl. She loves to wear her shoes. She loves to wear any one's shoes for that matter. Tonight she got Dada's "soos" as she says.....

How adorable is that?

Gone baby gone!

My boy has lost his first teeth...both within a minute of each other! He is thrilled!
He is so excited---he insisted we get on the phone.....We called Grandmom, mom-mom, grand pop and Aunt Ju-ju! He cannot wait to tell his teacher!

Adventures in Yogurt

She wanted...

to eat her yogurt...
all by...



herself!

Hair Cut

Miss M got her first hair cut! Paul wanted to cut bangs but I didn't and I won the battle. We basically just shortened up the back to get rid of the baby mullet. Paul was a joking that we paid $12 for NOTHING! She did really well. I bought a soft pretzel and as long as she was eating, she didn't make a peep! She was really good.

Before.
Just a slight trim of the bangs to angle them out...

She watched herself a bit...

and AFTER! No more mullet!

She is growing up so fast!

Life is Short

We got a call last night that Paul's best childhood friend died. His mom found him laying in his living room. He died of an apparent accidental prescription drug overdose. He left behind a daughter, a mom, a brother and a niece. Paul is beside himself. Pray for healing in the family.

There are some sick people out there...

Last night I got a call from our Principal saying that someone had set fire to our playground at school. Apparently, someone coated the slide with a flammable liquid, probably gasoline and set fire at about 7:00 Pm. This is what is left of the slide.
I felt sick to my stomach upon hearing this news.

The kids were terribly upset today. I understand why. Someone had enough hate in their heart to purposefully ruin our playground. Sickening, eh?