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Last day of school!

May 22, 2014

Last Friday was Maxwell’s last day of school!  I can’t believe my 3.5 year old has finished the 2 year old class!  🙂  Seriously, I’m so glad we went on and held him back. That August 30 birthday was just too close to the September 1 cut-off to go on and move him up last year!

First day of school…

first day of school

and last day!

last day of school

I stopped sending Spencer in January in an attempt to keep him healthy and ear infection free.  I’m going to get him back up there this summer though.

Maxwell had a GREAT year in Ms. Betsy’s 2 year old class.  His best buddies were James and Lila and I also heard quite a bit about Max and David. I had his parent-teacher conference a couple of weeks ago and Ms. Betsy had nothing but great things to say about him. The first and main word she used to describe him?  SMART.  No surprise to me!  She commented on how he would always remember what they were supposed to do and, if she didn’t follow through on it, he was sure to remind her!  🙂  Specifically, she wrote: “Maxwell has had a super year. He is a smart, sweet boy. He is very comfortable at school and has many friends. Maxwell is easily redirected and will share toys. He knows the daily routine and looks forward to the different activities. He has really grown this year and is ready for his next class.”  Yay!  Makes my heart happy that he had such a good experience.  Here’s his little class minus Ms. Betsy (so sad she’s not in the photo!)…

ms. betsy's 2 year old class

Back row Left to Right: Ms. Anne, Maxwell, James, David, Beau, Cecily, Ms. Genia

Middle row: Lila, Ben, Max, Hayes

Front row: Carly, Catherine, Towns, Annabelle

The picture cracks me up.  They all look pretty mad or dazed except for Maxwell. Love his nice little smile!  🙂

Here’s to many more great years of school ahead!

Class picture 2012 and class picture 2013.

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Hump day!

May 21, 2014

I hope it’s sunshiny and bright!

outside

outside

outside

outside

outside

See you tomorrow!

 

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Nightime routine

May 20, 2014

We’ve changed our nighttime routine up ever so slightly and it’s made it oh so much better.  We used to let the boys play until it was time to put Spencer to bed at 7:00 and then, when Spencer went to bed, we would read books to Maxwell and then rock.  It worked fine but Maxwell really wasn’t getting into bed until 7:30 or 8:00 and I think it was starting to wear him down.  So, we flipped things a little and now we read books to both boys around 6:45 and get them tucked into bed by 7:00.  So much better for all…and I think Spencer is LOVING getting to be like big brother and listen to stories…even if he has a little trouble sitting still most nights!  🙂

bedtime stories

They’re reading Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs which is a book I won’t read.  It’s just too long and, frankly, I don’t really like it.  I figure if I’m going to read them, I might as well read the ones I like! These days some of my favorites are The Circus Ship, Randy Riley’s Really Big Hit, Little Blue Truck, Flashing Fire Engines and all the ones in that series, Not Inside This House, and, of course, anything Sandra Boynton – short and sweet!  🙂  I clearly have a strong preference for books that rhyme. I’m always impressed when authors can tell a neat story and make it all rhyme.

Any other favorite books we should know about?

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Monday!

May 19, 2014

Happy Monday!  Some recent IG faves of my fave boys…

brothers

brothers

brothers

Love them.

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Construction Zone

May 16, 2014

Yesterday I walked down the hall and saw this…

construction zones

I laughed because our house is so clearly a boy house…with construction zones everywhere. Maxwell got a roll of orange tape at Target a few weeks ago and has been so helpful to tape off the entrance to all bathrooms or other “dangerous areas” to “keep Spencey out”.  Ha!

construction zones

construction zones

construction zones

I guess it’s good that the inside of the house matches the outside…

construction zone

I never knew there were so many “danger zones” to be warned about!  So glad I have such a good construction worker to keep us safe!

construction zones

Happy Friday!  Make it a great – and danger zone free! – weekend!

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