back to school!

beckett started his third and final year of preschool. he now goes four days a week and one of those days is devoted to science. so that should be fun. you know i signed up to volunteer on the science day that is all about pumpkins! beckett's lead teacher is the same as the last two years, but the pre-k class has two new to beckett assistant teachers. we also took care of two class pets, a salamander and a frog, over the summer and beckett's teacher seemed legitimately surprised that we brought them both back alive! apparently, the classroom guinea pig did not fare as well... since there is a new one this year. penelope will be in beckett's class again as they wrap up their preschool education. we are ready and excited for this new school year. let's go pre-k, let's go!

flashback! geez.

last day of school

beckett finished up another successful year of preschool. he has learned so much fun, new stuff this year and officially knows all his letter sounds, can count to over one hundred, writes his name, and knows a lot of random things about a lot of random topics. don't get him started on nocturnal animals. we are so proud of beckett for being a hard worker and a sweet friend. we are ready for a fun, laid back summer and to hit the ground running this fall with our official pre-k kid!

 flashback! 

sadly, penelope was sick and missed the last day of school and the end of the year performance. we certainly missed her, but she'll be back next year in pre-k with us. phew! alright... let's go summer, let's go!

mother's day party

i got to go to the mother's day party at beckett's preschool again this year. last year, i had a newborn sitting with matt in the parking lot and this year i had a one year old at home and that was much nicer. of course, margaret had a newborn sitting in the parking lot with pat and i will just say... i did not envy her. ha. learning the balance of a two kid life is tricky business. beckett and i decorated a heart pin for me, we ate super sugar overload cookies, and the kids sang some songs and it was cute. sometimes it still feels weird to me that i'm a mother... that i go to mother's day events with MY child... that i'm totally in charge of. i think i would just be totally overwhelmed at the magnitude of this reality if i thought about it too much. i do love my sweet boys a ridiculous amount and beckett and i did have some trouble decorating my pin because he insisted we hold hands the entire time. and it did melt my heart... so i'm pretty happy he is mine. 

a nativity story

beckett's nativity play at preschool was adorable per the usual. i can barely contain myself wondering what part he will get next year when he is pre-k and gets to actually be part of the nativity story. this year, his class sang a few songs. 

oh these sweet little friends. we love having penelope at school with us.

some shepherds, some angels, and a pretty serious mary and joseph. i mean, it was a pretty serious situation for them.

here is something crazy... the little girls in bonnets are playing the part of hay. i just don't know about that, man. i think i would rather my kid be another farm animal, than you know... hay. there are also the wise men and the star pictured here. i don't know if b could handle the responsibility of joseph, but a wise man role would be pretty cute.

beckett's class doing some super great caroling

sugar high from the cookie after party...wooooo!