Jed's first day of preschool

Jed is now in the three year old class at Faith Preschool. (Yes, he's four, but he has that September birthday so he'll always be one of the oldest in his class). Jed loves his teacher, and has met a new best friend named Luke.  Apparently all the kids in Jed's class love him...who wouldn't?? We love Faith! I'm looking forward to another year there!




It was a little bright

Eli's first day of 1st grade

Thankfully, Eli was looking forward to going back to school after summer break. He was excited to see his friends again and meet his teacher. We haven't heard any complaining from Eli about school, but we have heard some complaining about homework. I can handle that!

Speaking of handling that, this year I've volunteered to be on the PTA board (co-chair of membership) as well as be a co-Homeroom Parent for Eli's class with my friend Jen, who is Mia's mom. I think I may have bit off more than I can chew!

Eli is continuing in the two way dual language program at school. This year, they have a mixed class of native Spanish and native English speakers, which is the way it's supposed to work. He is exposed to more Spanish that way. I love seeing him write notes in his folder in Spanish!

So far, so good for Eli's 1st grade year!

Eli and his friend, Mia, with their teacher, Mrs. Sanchez

Sunset Valley Elementary Cheetah Pride school shirt

What we've been up to...

Wow, I haven't posted in a month! We've had a lot going on in May. The boys had activites with school, like track and field day and Mom's day and kindergarten graduation. Meanwhile, Max is the size of a toddler at 7 months old with three, almost 4 teeth and is rolling everywhere, playing with toys and eating like a champ. Eli and Jed are done with school and it's already summertime! My how time flies! I find myself wanting to enjoy every moment with my boys (even when it's loud and chaotic and I'm frustrated) because they really do grow up so fast and I know I'm going to look back and miss this. There's a good reason people say it so much..."enjoy it now because they grow up fast". It's so true!

the one picture I got before my camera died at Ei's kinder graduation

Eli and his teacher, Mrs. Lancaster, on the last day of school

Jed on his last day of school

SVE Track & Field day-funny story: That day, while John ate lunch with Eli's class, he taught them to flex their bicep and point one way when he asked "where's the beach?", so when the class won their tug of war game, John said, "Hey Mrs. Lancaster's class, Where's the beach?", they all pointed on cue with biceps flexed and yelled, "That way!". He got it on video on his phone, but I have no idea how to put it on this compter. It was priceless!

cute Max

Me and Jed at Mom's Day at Jed's school. The kids sing songs, give us gifts that they made (like the crown I'm wearing), and serve us punch and cookies. It's so sweet. Here are a couple videos of one of the many songs the kids sang. Jed was trying not to smile the whole time for some reason.