Silly Crazy Kids

Awww look how sweet, right?

Nope! Cupcake has been on a bit of a crazy rampage lately. She has been very playful in very strange ways.

Oh and she is never alone.

Just another day in our lives, no big deal 

Mid Week Break

Thanks to the Jewish New Year we have a mid week break from normal life. Kids are home from school and all activities are off for today. Love it! The day was spent cleaning rooms, building with Legos, tablet time, watching Frozen (for the bizilith time), and cuddling with my newest niece "Ms. Bee," who is 11 weeks old and spends her days with Grams and Pops while her mommy and daddy work. 

Cupcake is a little Mommy! She loves Ms. Bee and never a loses interest in taking care of her. She is her favorite toy ever.

Even her Uncle loves to get involved, and she thinks he is the most entertaining and funny looking person. 

Happy girl whom we are incredibly honored to be caring for and happy to be back in her state so we can watch her and all my nieces and nephew grow up. I can't wait to see who they all grow to become and yet I am loving these days together. 

I love it when they have time to play together. Listening to Cupcake and Monkey chatter about what looks good on the magnetic mermaid is a memory I will hold onto forever.

Book Club with Biscuit

Our school has a wonderful open door policy allowing and encouraging parents to come participate at school. 

Weekly the school sponsors a book club where parents come in for lunch and read to the kids. The school even gives them a new book. I got to go in for Silly Sweetie and Monkey. 

This year the kids are split into houses by color and animal. It is bases on Harry Potter houses. The kids earn points for their houses. Each of our kids is in a different house. Silly Sweetie is a Green Tiger. 

Monkey is an orange bull. 

It is so nice to be in the school and still get to be apart of my kids days and education. Can't wait for next week. 

First Day of Ballet

Such an exciting day for cupcake! She has been begging to do ballet for a year! After an awesome summer session we signed her up with her cousin,Silly, for a full year weekly classes with a recital at the end! Love her new outfit and shoes and so pumped to see her so happy!! 

It is also really exciting to be with family and able to be so involved and able to share special events with cousins. The kids see their cousins every day and still get so excited to hear they will be around. 

I will see you at the end of the day

 Monkey is headed back to school now that we are living back in Maryland.  Both of my babies are going to school this year.  I am having a hard time with it.  It was such a blessing to be home and have them home last year.  But just because I loved doing it does not mean it was what is best for them or for our family.  This new school is wonderful and they know us there since my brother teaches there and my nieces also attend.  Monkey was so excited for today!

Super special lunch for the very first day of school.  Hard boiled eggs, fish shaped pretzels, pickles, green peppers, a special sweet and salty granola bar (one of Gram's) and a surprise of gummy worms. Plus water and some notes so he can be reminded that we love him. Most of the time we will be getting free or reduced lunch so he will be eating the hot lunch provided but as a treat we get to pack sometimes.

All set! He was so excited we sat outside for 20 minutes before we could leave for school.

The school has a theme for the year, Mission Possible! So we celebrated the theme and welcomed the goals of knowing we can complete the mission of 1st grade! 

1st Grade! I just can't believe it!

I will be driving him into school everyday and he will be riding the bus home with his cousins and little sister. But just for this first week I get to walk him into his classroom.

He did not want to wait for me.

Bus and name tag Mommy made on his new cool backpack that Mommy was "not allowed to mess with" meaning he is already to old for me to decorate his backpack for him. 

Running away from Mommy, I horded him for 6 years, now I have to let go. I just don't want to.

His hallway, the yellow house. 

New classroom with an awesome beach theme since his teacher loves spending time at the beach she brought a little bit to her classroom for her students 

Johnny's 1st grade teacher, Ms. Barnaba, she also taught Ella her kindergarten year!

New classroom.  He just walked right in and away from me without a second thought.  He is so ready to learn and make new friends.

His seat! I was so grateful to see he was on the edge and near the front.  Not being in the middle of the classroom and being near the front helps to eliminate distractions that would keep his ADHD mind from focusing and learning. During this first month of school we will have a IEP meeting and get his plan in action.

Walking down the hallway to his new classroom Monkey and I have this conversation.

"Mommy are you going to miss me?"

"Yes baby"

"Is that why you are crying?"

"Yes baby"

"But Mommy you will see me at the end of the day"

My big boy comforting me and ready to face the world.  I guess I have done something right here. 

Guest Post, Monkey Turned 6

So earlier this year I tried to start this blog, apparently it lasted 10 days, how crazy is that and what is wrong with me? But recently I was told "you have not failed unless you stop trying." So I have not failed quite yet and so much is changing in our world, it will be very exciting to share it all here.

To start my mom asked me to do a guest post on her blog about my dad's recent visit and my son's birthday.

Check it out, lots of pictures!!

And as a treat, here is Monkey painting Cupcake's nails with lipgloss.

Hope to see you soon.

Pictures I forgot to post about this month

Cupcake is a model, and too big for her princess dress.

Monkey is silly, and proud of it!

Cupcake is cute and intense.

Lactose intolerance does not stop a love for pizza.

Snacks + movies = a great day

New boots from Grams to start Cupcake's Easter outfit.

New jammies made by Mommy.

 

First day of karate! So proud and excited!

Playing and being cute at church.

Some how my son got big enough to really help with grocery shopping!