Getting Crafty!

Next week is Brendan's school play, "Save the Rain Forest". He chose to be a chameleon. This past weekend I created his costume. I bought a dark green sweatsuit & I glued foam & lame fabric for the scales. For eyes I'm using styrafoam halves w/ google eyes. I bought green costume fabric to make a tail. I made spikes with the foam too.

UPDATE!! The play was a HUGE delight!! We are so proud of our little star!!

Firsts

Yes. We're still here! My blogging {Sadly I must admit} will be a bit sporatic for a while. Maybe only special events or weekends. Things are too busy right now. But here's my UPDATE on our exciting few weeks...

Brendan's first day of Kindergarten {I know! Where does the time go???} was exciting. He rode the bus and brought his lunch. He did enjoy it - however is he's trying to get over the fact that his teacher doesn't have "cars" in her classroom. Each day it seems that he's enjoying it a little bit more. He says his favorite time of day is P.E. because she let's them run! {typical boy.} He also loves his teacher. He really likes the books she reads. We also already had our first Open House up at his school. {yes, I'm admitting this} I was impressed how organized she was. She also seems very structured {whew!} and right on top of things. I'm also happy that she offered many opportunities to working parents to get involved {she has class moms but other parents can help too} - I signed up to help with the 100th day of school (centers/party), a project prep helper (get projects organized at home for her) and a mystery reader {SHHH!!! Brendan doesn't know that}. She I'm looking forward to it all!

My first day of 4th grade was exciting too. What changes - new classroom, new class {well, all except 5 kids from last year's class}, new projects, curriculum, etc... It was pretty fun and I'm actually loving it. Honestly, it's not much different than 3rd - well now they know all about tests, our reading program, etc. The work is a bit harder but that's not so bad! I'm actually {not tooting my own horn or anything...} proud of myself over all this "change". The first time I switched grade levels {1st to 3rd} I was so stressed! It was a big jump for me. But after 10+ years of experience I'm able to be more flexible and open to new experiences. {ok, I'm not looking to change again any time soon!!} But I'm happy for the new experience. Just can't wait until all the routines are "ironed out".

Christian's first day at our babysitter's house went great. He goes 4 days a week {she sat Brendan for a few years}. She says he's a "dream" baby {he is!!} and never cries. He loves to sit, watch all the kids play, smile and nap. We were so happy about this. He seemed to be attached to me all summer and we were worried he would be upset. But he loves it. He's there with a little girl who is a month older and next month a little boy who is 2 wks younger then him will join. So he'll have plenty of playmates.

What Do You Want to be When You Grow Up?

That was the question Brendan was asked at school this week. It was community workers/career week at school. On Friday he was asked to dress up as what he wants to be when he grows up. At first he said he wanted to be a train engineer. Then he said he really wants to be a teacher. What kind? A science teacher! Sean was really surprised/proud that he wanted to be like him. So to fit the part Sean picked up a lab coat at school (which I pinned up), a pair of goggles for "experiments" and a gradulated cylinder to measure things. He was so excited to dress up!
At school his teacher asked him "What do your parents do for a living?"

Brendan: "My mom gives out candy at Halloween."

"My Dad plays guitar hero."

I guess we're quite the professionals!

Brendan's Preschool Pictures!

Here you go...

Back to School!

Here's where I am today! It's back to school! Here's a "peek" inside my classroom!

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See you in September...School's just around the corner!

Brendan was pretty excited on Saturday to get his letter from school! This year Brendan will be in 4 year old Pre-school! He's proud to share that he got Miss Laura - The Terrific Toucans! He's excited because toucans live in the rainforest - like Diego! We've been busy scrambling around getting all his school supplies, labeling them, and packing his backpack! He has "Meet the Teacher" orientation with me the last week in August. He's excited to meet his teacher and explore his new classroom!