First Day of Preschool - September 2012

birthday camping

last year for my birthday

i just wanted to go camping.

 

we went to upper stillwater dam.

it wasn't as relaxing as i had dreamed it would be...

imagine that, camping not relaxing with two toddlers?!?

we had fun anyway!

 

 

 

 

look at that dirty face.

nothing like corn on the cob when camping :)

 

 

 

the only mud in the whole campground and my boys found it.

 

on one of our walks,

the boys wanted to play in the river,

but of course we didn't have their swimmers...

so their undies had to do.

it is fun to look at the fun times from last summer.

it almost makes me want to go camping again....almost.

and then i remember that matt and i said that we weren't

going camping with them again until they were like 8 and 10.

summer 2012

way back at the end of july,

we went on a hike at moon lake.

hiking is our favorite thing to do,

we just don't get it done often enough.

jake was on the constant look out for "bears".

 

i could not keep sam out of the water,

even though it was freezing.

he rode home in a diaper.

bubble hat

outside in the dirt

we have snow...

and lots and lots of cold,

but looking at these pictures from

november 9th

made me feel warm inside.

 

boys.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



preschool Christmas program

today was jake's preschool program.

so fun!

 

he waited so patiently for the parents to arrive.

i was so proud of him!

 

 

this is his teacher, diana.

she is so wonderful!

so kind, so loving and so musically talented.

jake loves her.

he calls her "grandma"

and she loves that he calls her that.

she has even persuaded jake to sing.

he comes home from school singing songs.

this is something that i have never been able to get him interested in so as far as i am concerned, she is a miracle worker. 

 

his other teacher is angie (diana's daughter).

darn.  i only got a picture of her back, but she is also wonderful! 

 

proof that jake sings!

yay! 

 

they had also prepared a play.

this is where things started to go downhill.

see all the smiling happy kiddos?

they are all kneeling around/looking at baby Jesus.

they were each little animals that had come in one at a time to see him.

when it was jake's turn, he was supposed to be a tortoise.

instead of crawling in and going to baby jesus like he was supposed to,

he walked in slowly with his head down and went to the corner and sat with his back to the audience.

not sure what happened, but he stayed that way throughout the rest of the play.

funny kiddo! 

 

then it was time for the Christmas music performance.

the teachers handed out cute scarves (which they hadn't rehearsed with)

and it was all over for jake.

he didn't sing a word.

his scarf was much too interesting.

he LOVES anything that is a long strip of material.

rope, carpet remnants, toilet paper, etc.

at one point he moved to a boy sitting a few kids away and used his scarf to whip him.

i wasn't sure what to do.

luckily the program was about over.

i could really feel the peace and the joy of the holiday season. 

 

sweet little guy made me this snowman ornament and wrapped it up in gift wrap.

so cute! 

 

i love this sweet little angel.

despite the fact that he doesn't always comply with things such as Christmas programs, there isn't a thing that i would change about him!

he is my sunshine!

i love you jakie!