chris's 6th birthday

On September 30th, Chris turned 6!  I can't believe he's in kindergarten, and SIX!  Crazy.  Anyhow, his birthday was on a Thursday this year, and he got spoiled.  His school does birthdays up nicely!  He had his name said on morning announcements, and got to wear a crown all day.  

this kid never looks at the camera!

Dave and I brought him Sonic for lunch, and later that afternoon Naomi and I brought blue sugar cookies and juice boxes for his class.  They're not allowed to bring homemade treats, or cupcakes (I guess they're too messy??).  So, I got mine from Walmart.  Although I would have liked to have been able to make his treats myself, it was nice to just buy them and take them up to the school.  

He requested homemade pepperoni pizza, salad, and cooked carrots for dinner.  Ouma, Oupa, Jon, Katie, Jacob and Lily all came over to help him celebrate.  

Scooby Doo was the theme this year, so that's how I did his cake.  Don't laugh too hard at how the writing turned out.  Lately, by the time I'm done with the cake, I don't feel like filling up the icing bag to pipe the writing in properly, and just use those gel writers.  They don't work very well!

The next day, he got to go up on stage at Friday Live (something they do every Friday at his school), and get sung to.  He looked so little and cute up there.  We also had his friends party that day.  He wanted to go to Chuck-E-Cheese's this year.  It was so nice; all I had to do was bring the cupcakes and balloons.  No games to plan, or food to make, or mess to clean up!  I forgot my camera (I really have been doing better, I promise!), so the only picture we have is this one that Dave and Naomi took together.  I love it!  

Even though it's not documented in pictures, everyone had a good time.  A lot of pizza was consumed, games were played, cupcakes eaten, and presents opened.  

naomi starts preschool

Okay. Here I am catching up again. I'm starting all the way back in September, and hopefully, I'll be all caught up soon.

Naomi started preschool on September 7th. She was so excited to get to go to "Chris's school", and be a big girl. She is so excited to grow up, which is cute; I do try and help her see how much fun it is to be a kid, though. She goes Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9am - 2pm, and is in the "Monkeys" class (which suits her just fine!)

The first day, we packed up her backpack with her green folder, lunchbox, snack, and cuddly things for quiet time. We had already dropped off her nap mat, and she chose her pink baby and pink blankey take to school that day (she gets to choose one stuffed animal/baby, and a blanket or blankey to bring every day). I forgot to take pictures of her first day, and I'm pretty sure that's one of those things I'll have mommy-guilt about for a long time. It was a bad year all-around for that, if you remember the non-backpack picture of Chris's first day. Thankfully, I have been pretty good about the pictures since then. I'm getting better at remembering the camera. Yay!

We got to school, and unloaded her backpack together. She has her very own cubby, which is so much fun. Up top is a section for the lunchbox, and the baby, blankey, and napmat have a section underneath. The folder goes in a bucket, and the snack has it's own bucket too. After we got everything where it belonged, she found her popsicle stick with her name on it. She gets to put her stick in a pocket, which is on a poster inside her classroom. That way they can all see which friends are there that day. It's also helped her recognize her name (which she can write all by herself now!). Once she had her stick, I signed her in, and gave her a big hug and kissed her goodbye. She went in without a problem, and had a great first day. I was a bit emotional, which was surprising to me since I didn't get emotional at all when I dropped Chris off for kindergarten the first day. Part of it is that Chris was SO ready to be in school. Another part was that Naomi is my baby, and I can't believe I'm already taking her to preschool!

She's been having a great time, and is making new friends, and learning a lot.

naomi, on chris's birthday (with pizza face :D)