Thanksgiving "first grade style"

Last week Parker's first grade class had a full course thanksgiving feast! All month they have learned about pilgrims, Indians, the mayflower, and everything else thanksgiving. They have made crafts galore to learn about it as well. I was lucky to be a part of the feast--helping to set up, serve, and to see my cute 'lil pilgrim boy :)

Parker's dress up day

Last week Parker was learning about presidents in school. On Friday it was Teddy Roosevelt's birthday. To celebrate, all of the first graders wore there pajamas to school and brought teddy bears!!!

Last Kindergarten field trip for Parker

Let me just start by inserting my "mom cry" here.  I cannot...CANNOT believe that the school year has come to and end.  Kindergarten, what!?  When!?  How did this time end so soon!?

What an A-MAZING, blessed year. 

Enough of that, we'll save that post for the Kingergarten Graduation next week. ;)

Park had his last field trip ( I call this a play day ) at Franklin Park today.  Just a time for families, siblings, parents, friends to come and enjoy a last ho-rah at the park playing and eating lunch.

The first day of school this year was also spent at the park, so this was kind of "re-creating" the beginning of the year.  Same thing - play, read, sing, eat, play again.

Crazy how these kids have grown to love one another and their teacher, neither of whom they really knew on the first day of school.

No longer did Parker need me to follow him everywhere on the playground...he has his "dudes" (friends) now to do that with.  What a proud moment :)

Mason, Elijah, Ryan, Parker, and Cash --- these boys are his core group of friends

Colton enjoyed his "special" lunch with the class too

Colton, Ryan, Cash, Elijah, Parker, Brook

Colton, Parker, Cash, Connor

Ryan and Parker --- super good friends

Colton, Ryan, Cash, Elijah, Parker, Brook, Connor, Caylee

Parker asked for a lunchable---we don't normally do these, but since it was a special day, we let it go :)

I love his face in this picture, he was and is such a determined boy.  He couldn't do monkey bars at the beginning of this year, he is growing so fast.

COLTON!!!!   He mastered t he monkey bars for the FIRST TIME today!  PROUD MOM!!!

Parker and Mama.  I love him!!

Just had to put this in, he'll probably never get a lunchable again :)

Colton, Parker, Connor

Connor, Fabio, Ryan, Parker

{kindergarten} Mother's Day Tea

I was invited by Parker to the Mother's Day Tea at his school with the kindergarten classes. They worked so very hard the past month to prepare songs, poems, crafts, and desserts to make us Mom's feel loved. He had such fun with his close friends Mason and Connor. I am grateful that he can be "him" around his classmates.
He is the sweetest boy and said the nicest things about me in his stories.
I feel so loved and blessed to be his { and Colton's} mom on this special day.

A New School!!

Today was the first day back from Spring Break....IN A BRAND NEW SCHOOL!!!
It is so cool to see the many improvements and new things that the kids get to be surrounded in now.
Mrs. B was sure happy to have the kids back today, you could just see a sparkle in her eyes as she saw her "bunnies" again.
I also added a picture of Colton...this is how he entertains himself while we wait to pick up Parker from school :)