Bragging on my Boy

Happy Tuesday Friends!!!

The main reason I started this blog was to document our life while Jim was deployed and so our family could read and see how the boys are growing! However, I haven't done such a good job at it. Mom fail. Well, that all changes today. I'm going to do a much better job of this. I know in the years to come I'll appreciate being able to look back and see what all we were doing during these early years of our lives :-)

Today while I was out running errands I heard my phone go off and I knew it was an email notification. When I opened up my email I noticed that it was from Elijah's teacher at school. My first reaction was {uh oh what has he done?} -- but, after opening the email and reading what she had to say I couldn't help but be so proud of my sweet boy.

Elijah is one of the youngest in his 1st grade class. He is a July birthday so, while most of the the kids in his class are 7 he is still 6 {a young 6}. Last year, in Kindergarten he struggled in a few areas and we were somewhat concerned but, later in the year everything seemed to just 'click' for him :)

Now, that he is in 1st grade he has done really well!! He works hard and he actually loves school and school work. I pray that this 'love' for school will continue through out his school years.

I want to share with you all this email that his teacher sent:

I wanted to take a moment and tell you how pleased I am with Elijah’s progress. He is moving along quite well. For such a little young guy he is doing great. His reading is getting better and better. He comprehends everything very well and he has a good math sense about him. We just need to work on the writing to go with this (but even that is improving too). I am so excited!!!!

This email left me in tears. I am so, so proud of my boy!!!

I can't wait til he gets home and give him a big, big hug :-)

{my sweet boy}

Wordless wednesday

Elijah dressed as Cat in the Hat on Friday for a costume contest. He looked so cute :)
Major props to my mom for helping me with the costume!!!

My boy is growing up way too fast...

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ALL ABOARD!!

Today is

Polar Express

day at Elijah's school and they get to wear their favorite Christmas pajamas to school.

how fun is that?

he was super excited.

He came and woke ME up this morning all dressed in his pjs and ready to go =)

they will be watching the movie while

enjoying HOT chocolate and popcorn.

I can't wait to hear all about it!!

Here is my boy right before he walked out the door...

Thank you Jesus for blessing us with this precious child!!

Happy Thursday!!

Field Trip

today was a fun day and one that i had been looking forward to for a while.

why?

well...i was able to be a chaperone for a field trip with Elijah's class.

i love being one of the room mom's and being able to do these fun things =)

we went to a place called Steed Dairy Farm.

they had a corn maze, hay rides, petting zoo, farmer jim who told us all about the cows =)

they had a big slide and a jumping pillow...i wish i had one of these things in my back yard.

it looked like so much fun!!

i took a lot of pics so i hope you stick with me during this post =)

this is a pic i took while on the hay ride....that is the corn maze in the distance.

my sweet boy =)

waiting to get on the jumping pillow =)

and here he goes....

i love this shot...

his facial expression is hilarious here...

milking a 'cow'

look at that face...trying to race back up to the slide AGAIN!!

taking a much needed water break

heading into the corn maze...

the other pics for the corn maze didn't turn out great =(

this was a lot of fun for the kids...they had to pump the water to move the rubber duck across...

his face cracks me up!

sweetness...

we had such a GREAT time =)

i love spending time with boy...

in other news...

i promise to not be so MIA with blogging.

i'm going to do better =)

K-3 Pre-School Promotion Day

i am going to apologize in advance for any grammatical errors in this post. i'm going on little or no sleep, but mommies don't get to take breaks or naps during the day!!

i wouldn't trade this {job} life for anything even if i do have drool dripping out of my mouth while playing with the boys!! no, i haven't ever fallen asleep while my boys are playing! nope, not me!

i want to share with all of you about elijah's k-3 promotion day program!!!

as you all read yesterday, i was a tad bit nervous about how things were going to go.

john daniel and i got there about 25 minutes early to get a good seat. we had been sitting down for maybe 3 minutes when i had a 'tap' on my shoulder. i turned around it was the director of the school. {i think all the blood drained my face} she said, "they need you in the back because e is having a hard time." in my mind, i'm thinking he has misbehaved or something along those lines. she explained to me that he was crying and wanting me.

we head up to elijah's room and the closer we get i can hear him crying! uh oh! he is in a separate room with his teacher, mrs pat {who we love}. mrs pat had asked the class to line up and get ready for the program and she said e had a meltdown. he started crying and asking for mommy. {i have to admit -- i love that he was asking for me :)} i try and calm him down and he isn't budging. after about 5 minutes i convince him to get in line with his class. once he is in line the crying starts again...this is when i began to sweat profusely!! i decide to take him out with me and sit in the back row until he can settle down. however, that didn't happen. by this time, i've handed john daniel off to my MIL {thank you jesus for her}. elijah is getting louder and louder and not calming down. so, i pick all 40 lbs. of him up and take him in to the foyer because people were starting to stare at us. as i am hiking him up on my hip, he says in a voice i haven't heard come from him before "there's my daddy, i want to see my daddy, why didn't he come see me." obviously, i am wondering what the heck he is talking about. lo and behold, there is a man that was sitting down and who also happened to be bald and e apparently assumed it was jim.

so, after explaining to him that that man isn't his daddy, i lost it!!! for a few minutes he and i were both crying. however, we both got it together and i convinced him to participate in the program and also bribed him with food and a toy. {don't judge me...i did what had to be done}. he agreed to go with his class and participate!! thank you jesus!!!

the program was great! elijah did amazingly well. his class has learned a great deal this past year. here are some of the highlights from his program:

reciting the 10 commandments
counting to 50
shapes song
counting to 10 & naming the colors in spanish
abc song
vowels sounds
several songs

needless to say, i was one proud mommy!!!
my firstborn is growing up way too fast!!

here are some pictures from the big day...

trying to get a picture of the three of us...


so cute...


e with his certificate & new bible -- he was so excited :)

what's its gonna be...?

we all know that summer is fast approaching which means that school is about to let out!! yay! we love summer around here.

e has been attending mother's day out for a little over a year now and LOVING IT!! he has learned a lot in a years time, not surprising since i have always been scholarly and studious....oh, wait a minute, i ALWAYS wished i was those things. ha!! if only i had applied myself more....hmmm (daydreaming).

anyways, when i was picking e up from school yesterday his class was 'rehearsing' their program. i peaked in to see what was going on and observing my child sitting in his chair with hands in lap and attentively listening and participating!!! wow! he can sit still!! i digress. ok, ok, so, i decided to 'sneak' in and sit in the back and watch. i was so impressed with his teachers. i mean, he was sitting STILL, being QUIET, reciting the 10 commandments, counting to 50, on and on!!

THEN he spotted me. it was like i could see the transformation taking place in s-l-o-w motion. the fingers slowly entering his mouth, the nose getting all scrunched up, AND then the water works! it was as if a speeding car ran smack into a fire hydrant. CRYING, CRYING, CRYING!!

what happened? where did my well-behaved, genius little boy go?

we ended up leaving school in tears & yes, he was still crying too!

SO, today is the big program where all the kids family and friends {a.k.a. paparazzi} show up to watch their shining star. let's just say i'm SUPER nervous and i'm not proud to say that i have bribed e with ANYTHING he wants IF he doesn't cry and acts like a big boy.

i've been praying that e will be a little angel!! i'm gonna expect the best but, be prepared for the worst!

what's it gonna be...?