Star student

Jack got a certificate today for his All E's report card :) He just LOVES his new school and got a 100 on his spelling test today! The boys celebrated with a Jr. Frosty. If you haven't gotten one for your kids, they are tiny and the perfect size for little ones.

Tea parties with Juliet

Jack gets out of school a full 2 hours earlier than he previously did so we're always getting to do fun stuff before dinner. We've made a couple of visits to my friend Betsy's house to jump on her trampoline. Today the boys got thirsty so Juliet offered up a water "tea" party. There were several servings of "tea" and lots of water being wiped up ;) Theo took a break to write his name. He signed his own name to all of Valentine's cards for his classmates so he's got it down!!

Fun Fun!

Today Theo and I met up with his little friend, Mira and her mom at an indoor bounce house. They just had the best time and pretty much had the place to themselves (score!!!). I love our T/Th together and will sure miss that next year :(

Art class project

Jack started art classes today and came home with this amazing project. Each week is something different and he will be exposed to different mediums like water color and paint as well. He just loved his class and was happy to report that there was another Jack (Have I ever mentioned that we stumbled across about 6 other Jacks after our Jack was born? Popular name back in 2005). Tomorrow is soccer practice! Life is fun when you are almost 6.

Valentine's is taking over my house!

We are SO blessed to be loved by so many people. Our boys in particular! They received tons of cards in the mail and got lots of $5 bills (always to their delight!!) We left them out little boxes of chocolates, a card and Groucho Marx type glasses. They LOVED those and paraded in our room early this morning in their disguises :)

We opened cards from family members before school and they enjoyed several of their chocolate treats ;) The aftermath of cards and candy was impressive.

The weather outside was amazing today so we met up with some friends after school. The kids had more treats and played all together. It was wonderful! We headed home and enjoyed a nice, family dinner together. We all took turns saying what we loved about each other. It was a sweet moment :)

We'll probably be feasting off the candy the boys got from their classmates all week long. I may have to hide it so certain little boys don't get in to it before we wake up!!! Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

Rock, paper, scissors..... shoot!

We use this method to solve disagreements in our house, particularly relating to first choice or "dibs". Tomorrow Jack gets to wear Valentine socks with his uniform so Dave picked up 2 pair (both really feminine he said.... but there were no other options!). Neither boy wanted the pink socks so we had to do rock, paper, scissors. Theo ended up winning first choice and naturally selected the monkey socks. Jack will be rocking the pink socks tomorrow :)

And here is Theo today. He's always getting in to our toy boxes and pulling out things from the bottom. And leaving trails of toys behind him.

Report card day

Friday was report card day and we're super proud to announce that Jack got all E's (excellent)! His teacher also gave him some sort of assessment and he got a "wow" on it. I've included pictures for grandparents. I've said it once and I'll say it again, the caliber of work he's doing at his new school just blows my mind. Jack was ready for it though and has hit the ground running in the 3 weeks he's been there. We're so proud of you, Jack!