End of Pre-K

It was bittersweet when Caleb finished his pre-k.  It wrapped up his time at Park Row and that was hard to swallow.  Someone from our family has gone to that school every year for probably 15 years.  And now it has come to an end.  Even his teacher said I was going to need to adopt and send another kid to school there so I could keep the tradition alive.  ;-)  But...I am SUPER happy to not have to make that 15 minute drive several time a week anymore.  Now he will be going to school right across the street!

He was so animated at home singing all of his cute little school songs...then he got on stage and barely moved his mouth or did the motions.  ;-)

His little class.  Such a sweet group.  It was pretty sad when they were all hugging goodbye after
school.  :-(



They finished the program with all the kids signing together.

We loved his teacher Ms. Dianne.  We were blessed with great teachers throughout the years at Park Row.



We love Ms. Burkett!  She was the helper in most of my kid's classes and she's great!



Mother's Day



I love my critters!!!



The moms went to kid church and the kids did the program.  Ethan did the intro.  He was so funny.  He was worried that he would mess up because he says he has "stage fright".  He so doesn't.





One of the things I love about Mother's Day is getting hand made gifts from the kids.  These were from Ethan.  I LOVE the pic he drew of me making a cake.  Perfect. 

Caleb made me flowers and a paper basket to put them in.

Second Grade Field Trip

One of the perks of working weekend nights is that I'm avaliable to go on field trips with my critters!  I was a chaperone for Ethan's second grade field trip to the Planetarium at UTA.  Mondo was bummed that he couldn't go because he loves learning about space and planets.  ;-)  It was actually pretty cool and I had never been. Ethan enjoyed it but ended up with a headache from the motion.  It's like a smaller version of the Omni theater.  Poor kid.  He got my headaches.  :-(

That's a lot of kids to keep up with!

His buddy Jacob.

After the Planetarium we went to a park to play and have lunch.  Luckily it wasn't too hot that day.





Some of you may have heard of his "girlfriend" Michelle.  This is her.  She's a sweet girl.  Look at him beaming...oh dear...

Ranger Games

We took Caleb to a Ranger game last year...and he hated it.  He said it was too loud.  Especially when they got a home run and the fireworks went off.  We decided to try going to a game this year and sat in the nosebleed section just in case he didn't like it...but he loved it!  He looked at me at one point and said "I love this place!"  What a difference a year makes.

"I love Ranger games!"

Caleb's legs were tired from all the walking so he hitched a ride on Mondo's shoulders.

So...fast forward a couple of weeks to another game we went to.  It was FREEZING!  In May.  So weird.

I'm not kidding with how cold it was.  It was really windy too which made it worse.  The kids had their blankets wrapped around their heads.

The twins.

Caleb could hardly feel his fingers.  Yes, he brings his DS for when he gets bored.  ;-)

We made it a few innings and had to leave because we were SO COLD.  Here is Caleb dancing his way out when a song came on.  Brrr!

Easter

We did the usual for Easter this year.  We went to church then went to my aunt's house for a yummy lunch, bunny cake decorating, and egg hunting.

All ready for church.

I'm shocked we got a halfway decent family photo.

All the critters eating lunch.

It's not Easter without decorating the bunny cake!

I was a little sad that Ethan wasn't excited about decorating the cake this year.  I had to drag him inside and he only stayed a few minutes.  These critters were our decorators (plus Kai and Ruby).

My main squeeze.  :-)

There might have been more egg thowing than hunting.  Who can resist throwing a confetti egg?  ;-)

This was from the Bunny Brunch at church.  Makes me sad to see that my kids are almost bigger than the Easter bunny!

Soccer Time

T-ball wasn't Caleb's thing.  So we decided to try him in soccer.  He said he wanted to play and we thought we had a friend to sign up with, but unfortunantly they ended up not signing up.  The soccer situation was less than spectacular.  His coach spoke Spanish most of the time since most of the kids on the team were spanish.  Other than Caleb there was only one gringo on the team (well, Caleb is only half I guess).  I kept telling Caleb to listen to his coach and do what he said but Caleb would run up to me and say, "He's speaking Spanish and I don't know what he's saying!"

Also, most of the practices consisted of them playing a game of soccer against each other.  There wasn't really any coaching on the fundamentals of soccer.  All of the kids on the team except Caleb had played before.  It seems that he should've been placed on another team.

Some of the time he trucked along and tried to hang with the other kids.  But most of his time was spent running off the field to sit with me.  It just wasn't a good fit.

Yep, that face pretty much sums up how he felt about soccer.

He made it through about half of the season and then I decided to pull him out.  He wasn't learning anything and was staying frustrated.  It wasn't a positive situation for him to be in. 

He gave a good effort...but soccer just wasn't for him....especially not with that coach.

2nd Grade Open House

Ethan had Open House in April.  I always loved going to Open House as a kid.  He was excited to show us all the things he had been working on all year. 

I liked to look through the folder to see his progression since the beginning of the year.  And his handwriting is much better at school than it is at home.  ;-)

They read a book called Flat Stanley and had a project about it a month or two before Open House.  He created a "Flat Ethan" and got to choose who he wanted to mail it to.  Then that person had to take pictures and write about all the adventures they had with Flat Ethan. 

A special thanks goes to Nick and Hilari for showing Flat Ethan a good time.  He went to a basketball game, played with their dogs, and went to a BBQ.  It was too cute!  Ethan was so excited to read about the adventures he had as Flat Ethan.  ;-)