christmas party {kindergarten}

the boy's kindergarten classes had a holiday craft party the last day before Christmas break. i took scratch-n-sniff tattoos for all the kiddos. oh boy that was a hit!a few other parents brought other crafts to share. i loved spending time in their classroom getting to know their classmates more. and loved seeing everyone interact. such a great group of littles.
we LOVE both of their teachers so much!
cooper insisted on helping apply tattoos as well. such a good helper! and if it's good enough for one, then the other has to try too. corbin helped apply tattoos to some of his friends.
yay for kindergarten! lots of new friends and parties!

thankful week

last week the boy's dual language kindergarten classes had a cultural feast in the cafeteria. This sweet girl, Marisol sat by Corbin. She and Corbin are buds! we tasted some yummy treats, and visited with friends and teachers for a bit. i'm real thankful for the boys teachers.
poor Coach is wearing the cone of shame after being neutered yesterday. pure pitiful. how crappy to have to wear a cone around your neck after surgery. humiliating really. he's handling it well. i think he's in a lot of pain. he stays pretty still all day. poor guy. but thankful for the calm doggie for a few days.

lots more sneak peek pictures from this weekend to share...


i love taking pictures. i really really do. so thankful for this job!
these sweet sisters were so great.

open house {kindergarten}

the boys gave me a tour of their homeroom classroom. each work station. showed off their art and music classrooms. of course we had to stop by the library as well. we love the library!

it was nice having some time to visit with Miss Cappadona about how they are doing, and we always enjoy visiting with their spanish teacher. such sweet ladies!
i love kindergarten art work. amazed at how well they are picking up spanish words and songs. their pronunciation is superb! uncle ronnie and aunt monica will be so impressed.
love having them in the same homeroom. God created them together. they are FIVE. they have the rest of their lives to naturally grow and mature apart. they are making many friends and learning lots. yay for kindergarten!

*****big day*****

my babies are off to their first day of school this morning.
they did great.
so great!
i cried leaving cooper's classroom.
but fought hard on the way to corbin's to regain my composure.
it was as hard to leave them today, as it was the first time i ever left them.
bittersweet day.
they each found their seats, and got busy coloring.
we walked back by cooper's room on our way out, and he had already cut out his name from the center of the paper, and was busy gluing the paper back together... using just a little glue instead of the massive amounts he used to love to squirt out everywhere.
we are such proud parents.
so crazy about our big boys.
and going a little nuts waiting for time to pick them up.
i wonder if i packed enough in their lunch, are they making friends yet, minding their teacher, using their manners, having fun?
i'm sure tomorrow and each day after this will get easier.
maybe by wednesday i can be productive while they are in school instead of just wanting to crawl back in bed to cry, or drive around the school yard hoping to catch them having a good time at recess.

mom and Ray were here for the weekend. i was so happy my mom got to come with us this morning, and snap lots of pictures of us together as a little family. these pictures are priceless! thanks mom
today was a big day...

Meet the Teacher {Kindergarten}

Corbin's face says it all... HAPPY & EXCITED! we were all ready for back to school night. meeting their teachers. seeing their classrooms.
we showed up a few minutes early to a LONG line outside the school of other anxious families ready to meet their teachers, and take those bags of school supplies to their classroom.
the boys tested to qualify for the dual-language program back in early May.
they each have a different homeroom teacher, and a Spanish teacher.
we love their teachers!!! huge warm smiles, welcoming, sweet, interested, organized. it's gonna be a great year. so excited for this milestone in my boy's lives.
the boys were pretty smitten right away.
the classrooms are so bright and colorful. exactly what I pictured in my head.
cooper's teacher is mrs. grimm, and mrs. chitta for spanish. corbin's is miss cappadona, and mrs. ueckert for spanish.
neither boy was ready to leave after spending 45 minutes exploring all 4 classrooms, and chatting with their teachers.
i'm as excited as they are for Monday to get here! weeeeee!
cooper keeps asking me if it's time to leave for school.


it's gonna be a great year! (oops, did i already say that) i can just feel it.

remembering a few short years ago

3 years ago
i love this picture
i love remembering these more loving moments
best friends still sometimes argue and pick on each other
i'm getting the feeling lately they simply need time apart... lots of time
kindergarten is going to be good for them
socializing with others
making new friends

now i just have to figure out what i'm going to do while their off learning and socializing? :)