"Twas the Night Before Kindergarten

Right Before Bed Tonight... It feels a little like Christmas Eve at our houseLast year 1st day at Pre-KWell here we are... all we have to do now is drop her off.

The pick your own dinner is over, the movie night(that will most likely become a night before the first day of school tradition) is over, the kindergarten handprint is over, the first day outfit selection is over, for that matter the first week's outfits are over, the lunches are scheduled for the week, and the CRAZY logistics of who is dropping off and who is picking up is over.

Tomorrow will be a very hard day for mom, I will not let her see me cry but I am sure there will be plenty of that on my car ride to work after the drop off. I am very excited for her and she is very excited. She has no idea what to expect, but she did meet the teacher and she did see her spot at the table. Right now she is most excited about having a locker in her classroom with her name on it and how many times she will get to go through the lunch line to get a special treat.

This day could not have come at a crazier time for my work, a game last Friday night putting me home at 2am and another game this upcoming Thursday. But we have managed to get everything set so that the beginning of this new chapter for Ms. KK is a smooth and fun one.

I was thinking today while everyone was taking a well-deserved nap about my memory of my first day of kindergarten and I can barely remember being dropped off by my dad. Mr. Diamond was my teacher and if I close my eyes I can still visualize his room. We only went 1/2 days back then. So all of this hustle and bustle for this one BIG event is probably all for me and Trev in the long run because she is not going to have very many memories of this Big day, but we will have our stories and the pictures of course to show her what a big girl she has become and how proud of her we already are.

KK's Pre-School Graduation

The day finally came... she has been going to the same daycare since she was 8 weeks old, even though back then it was only for 10 hours a week. Last Thursday night it was graduation for her and her 5 friends, 4 of them have been with her since they were all 18 months old. There are 2 April b-days, 2 June b-days and 1 July b-day so they are all close in age.


The director, Lisa said some words, and had to have Connor stand with her because she hates to speak in front of a group, so he was the BIG helper, of course he loved that. Ms. Janice their teacher said a few words and shared with us her version of "Kids Say the Darnest Things". There were some good lines, but the last one was sweet, Ms Janice was going the next day to Colorado to visit her 4 grandbabies and one of the kids said you have more than 4 grandkids you have all of us. Ms. Janice started to tear up and so did all of us moms.


Sunday, we went to The Main Event to bowl for their graduation party. Only 3 of the 6 could go, but the siblings were there and everyone had a great time. The kids get along so well together. We made a vow to get together once every other month or so... that means we will meet again late Sept early Oct. Pumpkin Patch maybe... They will all see each other on the weekends at church but... not the same. In fact today I told KK she only had 3 days left after today and her eyes got really big. She is starting to get it.


Friday night we went to a co-workers wedding at Tx Stadium. He got married on the star and then had his reception in the Club. It was very relaxed everyone wore jerseys and jeans. The food was great and the dancing was even better. Connorboy had sooo much fun dancing on the dance floor. I think he danced for 4 or 5 consecutive songs and then a slow one came on he would take a quick break and then start all over, he was definitely the kid that had everyone's attention, there is always one of those if kids are allowed at a reception!!!


Work is becoming a little crazy. The past 2 Sat I have had training. This weekend I am off and we are going to take KK and CB to their grandparents to stay for 4 days, then they will have 2 more days with a babysitter and then daddy is taking off so they get the WHOLE week off of school before KK starts Kindergarten.


Tomorrow we are off to the dentist for white clean teeth and school supply shopping!


Enjoy the pictures.
Connor after helping Ms. LisaMs. Janices' Class of 2008

KK and Ms. Janice

After Graduation!!!

We spent more $$$ trying to win these then if we had bought them at the store, but once one had been won the dads had to keep trying to get one for all of them!!!!

KK came in 2nd place, would have been 1st if she had not crossed the line so many times!

Bye-Bye Pre-School.

It has been fun, many many memories made and lots of good friendships along the way. Circle time will not be the same in public school because there will be no more bible verses but we will keep up with those at home!!

Michael W. Smith Friends are Friends Forever if the Lord is the Lord of them... Though it is hard to say good-bye... Because a lifetime is not too long to live as friends.

Thanks Fab 5, Ethan, Patrick, Lauren and Ashton!!

Super

Superhero and Super Sassy!

These two have their own sense of fashion. Connor was being a Super Chef, while KK put these sunglasses on and became so super sassy!