Our first day!!!

Jay and I and my parents bought Caeden some back to school clothes. However for the first day I decided he should get to pick out one of his favorites so that he felt great about what he was in. The ol' Mr. Happy shirt made the day. He is wearing some new spider man shoes that light up and he is stoked!
Daddy stayed home this morning to send Caeden off with us and he took us to breakfast at IHop, it was delicious!!
Caeden wanted the happy pancake. He ate every last bite and some of daddy's food. :)
Here he is already playing with play dough and meeting friends. He is doing great, and I have been crying since last night. This is the first time in almost 4 years that Caeden will be out of my care for regular intervals of time. I continue to be so thankful that I am blessed with the opportunity to be a stay at home mom, I wouldn't want it any other way! So, as I was saying goodbye to my bud for the morning I kept rubbing his back and kissing his check. On the last time he said, "mommy, I am going to have fun and I will be cool." I took that as my sign that it was time for Caleb and I to go. What a big step for me. I really would have liked to see if I could be the parent helper for the day, or at least stare through the window all morning to see what they were doing. :) Goodness. I am so thankful that God has another son at home with me to love on, teach, and spend time with. It will be good one on one time for us and I know that we will get into a routine and it will feel right. But today I am missing my bud bud!

The night before school

The teachers sent the cutest poem with confetti home with Caeden. I wanted to post it for any other mom's out there that are getting ready to send their munchkins. We had fun tonight with it!

Ready Confetti

The night before school is exciting and fun.
There are always so many things to be done.
Your clothes are ready, your backpack is too.
Your classroom is full of fun things you will do.
There are so many questions that go through your mind,
All types of thoughts of every kind.
But sometimes we all get the jitters down deep
And that makes it hard to fall fast asleep.
So we have made you some fun confetti, it's really quite cool.
It will help you be rested and ready for school.
Just sprinkle the confetti under your pillow in bed.
On the night before school starts where you lay down your head.
The confetti will help you sleep through the night.
And you will wake up in the morning fresh and bright.
We will sprinkle the confetti under our pillow too.
And remember we can't wait for school so we can see you!!!

Love the teachers.
(if any mom wanted to use it you could just omit the last 2 lines. :) )

Caeden is soooo excited about going tomorrow he just hopes someone will play star wars with him. :)

A funny from today.... We had just left church and were driving home when Caeden said, "mom, I need to pee." I said buddy I need you to hold it til we get home, we are in the middle of traffic I can't pull over." He waited for a few more minutes when he said, "mom, honestly...... I have to go pee." I laughed so hard. Honestly? Where did he hear that? It was in the perfect context too! Such a crack up.

Preschool update

Well the teacher in the picture from the last post is no longer Caeden's preschool teacher. I went to the open house with Caeden on Thursday in his 3's class. He towered above all the kids and was trying to be the big helper because he too realized they seemed younger. Through a long talk with Jay and the director of the preschool I was able to also go to the open house for the 4 year old class today. They only had one spot left and we snatched it. He fit right in and will be continuing to learn about the things we are doing right now at home. He has 14 other kids in his class and it is split evenly boys and girls. He will now go MWF. I need to prepare for that extra day because I was having a hard enough time thinking about my boy being gone 2 days a week. All the teachers, the director, the place, all feel perfect though! I am so grateful God brought us to where we are and I am really looking forward to this year for Caeden. He will have his first day of school on Monday and Daddy will stay home from work to go with us. That's our big news. Can't believe it's here! More pics to follow.

Yeah for Preschool

Caeden got to have his preschool teacher Mrs. Barbara over today for a home visit. He was so excited to show her all his stuff! She seems really sweet and wonderful. We pray every day for things we are grateful for and today at naptime Caeden said, God, thank you for all the kids that will be in my class. :) I love that he is thankful for people he hasn't even met yet. They will be working each month on a different fruit of the Spirit and this first month will be self control. Can I say, yeah for Preschool! Jay and I will attend our first Parent Orientation next Wednesday and I will be a home room helper. Wow have the tables turned. :)

Half a year old already

I am 6 months old now and sit up all by myself. I have been for the last month but I am getting more and more sturdy. I love my brother. We have a lot of fun together already! He loves to wrestle and roar with me. I have learned to give it right back to him and he thinks it's great.
If you look real close you can see my first 2 bottom teeth. They worked real hard to come in this month and my mom and I were up many a night as I tossed and turned in pain. It was worth it though because I am really looking forward to eating real food! I squak every time my family eats and they don't feed me baby food. I really want to participate!
Here I am today at my 6 month appointment. I love to smile! I weighed 19 lbs and 11 ozs and I am 28 inches long. That is the 90% for friends my age and I am bigger than my brother was at 6 months (by just a little). I am scooting across the floor to wherever I want to be and I am moving like crazy in my walker. I love to be where the action is and I am starting to make new noises. I love my family and they love me. Life is good!

the seeds that have been planted are starting to bloom

I was so excited today!!! Caeden and I have been working with our letters forever. He has been wanting to write his name for a long time now and has been frusturated that he just "couldn't get his hand to do it." I tried making dots for him to trace, assisting him in holding the pen, writing with chalk, shaving cream, you name it.... This morning he said, "mom, I want to write my name." I said, ok and figured it would go just like every other time, but no. Whala! He did it! I wrote it out for him to look at on another piece of paper and his hand was able to make the letters. He was so excited too (that it actually worked) that he asked how to spell Caleb's name and did that too. :) I don't know if any of you have heard of the My baby can read system but we saw a commercial and became suckers for it. It has been fantastic and we highly reccomend it, I am certain there has been some correlation for him. Anyway, he will be starting preschool on the 18th (which I can't believe) and he is so happy he will be able to put his name on his things at school. :) I am so thankful I have another little one at home since my bud seems to be growing up so quickly!

Sweet Sunday

Doesn't my boy look like he is modeling for the zoo's orangatan exhibit?
Caleb was facinated with the orangatan's and daddy is trying to copy his face. :)
Caleb was intrigued by the baby swinging from the rope.
I marveled at the perfection of God's design on the Zebra. The closer you look the more you see how perfect the stripes are and really a beautiful animal!
Silly faces... and a fun Sunday. Jay did worship last night so we spent the morning at the zoo and will be napping this afternoon. A great family day!