Alex's first year of preschool is almost done and I'm wondering what I will do to keep him busy over the next 3 months of summer vacation. Alex has grown so much over this past year. At the beginning of the year, he would cry and throw a tantrum any time I dropped him off at school. He wanted to be at home with mom every day. Of course, this only lasted a short time and he began to love his new school and his new friends. My little toddler was soon becoming my little man. His face has changed and his personality, too. He's more outgoing...saying things I would never imagine him saying. He walks around saying things like "Hey guys...", "Come on mom", or "Did you know that (insert any new fact he's learned here)."
To wrap up the school year, Alex's preschool had a Spring Music Program on May 13th. There was lots of singing and funny moments from the kids. I was a proud mom to say the least. (He even made me cry a few times.) Alex's favorite thing to do at school is go to music class so we were so excited to see Alex shine. What I didn't expect was seeing Alex be the class clown (in a good way). He was so excited to see all of us (Shawn, myself, Maddie, and Grandma Gail) at his program that he kept waving and yelling to us. He said things like "Hi, mommy, daddy & Grandma Gail", "Happy Mother's Day!", and "Can you guys see anything? I can't see a thing with these sunglasses on." BTW, they wore sunglasses for part of the music program for a summer song or two. After his program, we treated him to lunch at the Olive Garden (what used to be one of his favorite places to eat). When we got ready to order, we were all in shock when he ordered just salad and breadsticks for his lunch. What? This from the same kid who could eat pasta for dinner each night. This from the same kid who won't eat vegetables unless it's corn on the cob. (Yes, I sneak in some veggies by giving him V8 juice every day. Gotta do it somehow.) So Alex really has grown alot this year. With only 2 days left of the school year I'm wondering where the time has gone and what it will be like this time next year when I'm preparing a kid for Kindergarten. For now, I'm going to soak up all of his hugs & kisses & little antidotes every day.
Alex's first year of preschool is almost done and I'm wondering what I will do to keep him busy over the next 3 months of summer vacation. Alex has grown so much over this past year. At the beginning of the year, he would cry and throw a tantrum any time I dropped him off at school. He wanted to be at home with mom every day. Of course, this only lasted a short time and he began to love his new school and his new friends. My little toddler was soon becoming my little man. His face has changed and his personality, too. He's more outgoing...saying things I would never imagine him saying. He walks around saying things like "Hey guys...", "Come on mom", or "Did you know that (insert any new fact he's learned here)."
To wrap up the school year, Alex's preschool had a Spring Music Program on May 13th. There was lots of singing and funny moments from the kids. I was a proud mom to say the least. (He even made me cry a few times.) Alex's favorite thing to do at school is go to music class so we were so excited to see Alex shine. What I didn't expect was seeing Alex be the class clown (in a good way). He was so excited to see all of us (Shawn, myself, Maddie, and Grandma Gail) at his program that he kept waving and yelling to us. He said things like "Hi, mommy, daddy & Grandma Gail", "Happy Mother's Day!", and "Can you guys see anything? I can't see a thing with these sunglasses on." BTW, they wore sunglasses for part of the music program for a summer song or two. After his program, we treated him to lunch at the Olive Garden (what used to be one of his favorite places to eat). When we got ready to order, we were all in shock when he ordered just salad and breadsticks for his lunch. What? This from the same kid who could eat pasta for dinner each night. This from the same kid who won't eat vegetables unless it's corn on the cob. (Yes, I sneak in some veggies by giving him V8 juice every day. Gotta do it somehow.) So Alex really has grown alot this year. With only 2 days left of the school year I'm wondering where the time has gone and what it will be like this time next year when I'm preparing a kid for Kindergarten. For now, I'm going to soak up all of his hugs & kisses & little antidotes every day.
