Preschool Graduation 2011

Here is our 2011 Preschool Graduate! The program said they will be the class of 2024....wow, it's hard to believe.

He was so excited. He told me "mom, take alot of pictures of me like everyone else is doing" I think I have close to 100 pictures/videos from today! I'm so proud of our little man.

He was cheesed when he walked in!

Prestyn missed his nap & fell asleep on Nana & Beau mid-way through.

The Sidster was having fun flirting with her buddy Brady!

Cayden did such a wonderful job during the program.
We are so proud of his growth this past year.
He's really looking forward to kindergarten in the fall.
I think he'll do great.

Talk about looking forward 13 years, they handed out "diplomas" and everything. So cute!!

Besties!

I watched Kael & Nora the other day while their beautiful mama had a TV interview for the Legs for Lorisa bracelets my sister in law Heather is making.
The boys were SOOO excited to have Kael here.
Sidney & Nora are getting to such a fun age. They get so excited to see each other. Nora always tries kissing Sidney & Sidney is always either a)pulling Nora's hair/hairclip/flower etc (she's jealous) b) crawling/climbing on top of Nora.
They LOVE Kael.

Watching intently on what Kael is up to.

Sidney going for Nora's hair.

Aren't they just the cutest!?!? I love these 2 girls.

Playing together!

PTO Carnival

Heather invited us to go to the PTO carnival tonight. Justyn is on nights & we wanted to get out of the house, so we said YES!
We got there & bought our tickets & went right to playing games.

Cayden really wanted to do the "cake" walk. It was a dud & he said "lets not do that again"

They decided face painting looked like fun. Prestyn got a little nervous when he sat down & with the first touch of the brush. But he did good. He got a star.

Cheesy.

Cayden got a basketball.

I asked if they were having fun & they said "YEAH"!! We were waiting in line to get balloons. I had 2 tickets left & told them they could each get one (thought they were 1 ticket/balloon) We got up there & they were 2 tickets for 1 balloon, so they picked a color out & we got it. The lady asked if we wanted another one & I said we were out of tickets, but thanks. And this litlte 7/8 year old boy comes up & hands us 2 of his tickets and says he wants them to get another balloon.
Talk about melt my heart. I told him it was okay, we didn't need it & he should use it for himself. but he just shook his head & insisted. I thanked him & the boys were cheesed & thanked him too!

The wall came down

When I saw Justyn come in with a sledge hammer I knew he meant business.
He tore out one of the spindled divider walls in the basement.
We had plans to re-finish the basement at some point & add another room, just hadn't planned on starting this soon.
The water just pushed our plans up a bit.
I'm actually a little excited to see it all transform & take shape

(maybe it's having the Sidster in our room or the boys sharing a room, but I"m excited)

As you can see, the panelling NEEDS to go.

We had some joyful little helpers. (he's totally my son)

And this is what happens when you have your almost 5 year old take a picture...not bad....

um...okay...

and a self portrait, see I told you he was my son.

and a close up of the support beam...perfect...in case we forget what it looks like?

and the results of the action.

Cayden rides his bike!!

Happy Easter!

We did not have a traditional Easter.

We were manning the home front, dumping water every 2 hours or so.

Not sure the latest count of how many gallon's Justyn has dumped, but I heard 70 earlier today....I'll have to double check.

We read the resurrection story to the boys this morning.

I was so impressed with Cayden who told US the story before it being read to him.

He told us about the crown of thorns, and being nailed to a cross, and the people being mean to Jesus. He told us how Jesus had died on the cross for our sins to save us.

Then he told us about the angel & that Jesus had risen from the dead.

Nothing better than hearing the miraculous story from the mouth of my almost 5 year old.

We had a nice easter lunch together as a family.

HAPPY EASTER everyone.

Remember the real reason for our celebration today!

Showing off

These 2 are just too cute to not share.
They were so proud of their finished eggs.
Aren't they adorable. I just LOVE these little people.