Big Day at School!

The year is coming to an end.  I'm not sure how that happened.  I've been out of the classroom for an entire school year now! While I miss teaching A LOT, I've loved getting to see Caydin do and experience new things at school.  I get to see him walking in line, eating in the lunchroom, hanging out with friends at the playground.  I would never of gotten to see those things had I been in the classroom. 

 

This past Friday, Caydin got to attend the Math Fact Masters pizza party during lunch.  I got to be there to see him get his certificate. :)

 

Friday was also a big day for Caydin because he got his NED yo-yo.  Caydin has wanted the yo-yo since the NED show came to school.  But dang, it was $7 for one yo-yo!  Caydin decided to use his own money to buy it.  He kept his money safe in his pocket until it was time to buy the yo-yo.  What a big decision to make for a little boy.  He is pretty much horrible at yo-yo-ing but he is so proud of the fact that he bought it with his own money.

 

Friday was ALSO important because we brought in cupcakes and party hats to share with the kids in his class.  Caydin was so excited that it was finally his time to eat cupcakes.  I got to be there! Perks of the job! :)

 

We called it his pretend birthday party since he actual birthday isn't until the end of the July.

Happy pretend birthday to my ALMOST 1st grader!



Wyatt just wants to be BIG!

If you call Wyatt a baby in front of him, be prepared to hear him say - "I'M NOT A BABY, I'M WYATT JACKSON MOORE."  It is probably the cutest thing ever and he says it ALL THE TIME. He also doesn't like to be called little.  If you ask Wyatt how old he is... he NEVER says two, he usually always says four (sometimes he says five or six).  At first, I thought he did it just because he didn't know his numbers but now I am convinced that he does it because he really thinks he is older than 2.

 

When we started swimming this summer, we told Wyatt that he wasn't allowed to cross the brown line (that separates the shallow sun deck area from the deeper section) unless a grown-up is in the water.  He was doing great with that until he continued to see Caydin and the big boys jumping into the deeper section and swimming all over.  He decided he wanted to swim too. 

 

He isn't quite swimming on his own yet (but don't tell him that - he's BIG... remember!) So we've had to come up with some ways for him to swim with the big kids. 

 

ENTER the POOL RING. 

Change of plans!

We went to the splash park.  But it was closed.

So we went to the park. 

I wanted some pictures.

But my camera died.

But before it died, I got these 2 pictures. 

Perfect examples of the boys personalities.

Caydin:

Willing to please (Grandma wanted a picture with the boys.  Only Caydin participated!)

Easy going.  

Addicted to Grandma.

Big brother.

Wyatt:

Monkey.

Silly.

Wild man.

Saver of money.  (I don't need a gym membership - chasing Wyatt is enough of a workout!)

Little brother who thinks he is a big kid. 

Bathtime Crazy Heads!

I needed still need some new pictures for the frames in the boys bathroom.  I tried to get some cute smiles... but this is all I got!

These little crazies!

Our way of getting a good nights sleep! Swimming!!

The start of a million and two posts about swimming.  :)

Outside Fun! (and a little update!)

It's spring! Or maybe its summer.  I'm not really sure.  Afterall, we live in Florida and pretty much only have a cold summer and a hot summer.  No other seasons! 

But anyways.  The grass is green.  And that can only mean one thing.  Time to rip it up! The boys LOVE dirt.  When they aren't busy scooter-ing all over the place (bikes just aren't that cool in our family), they are busy ripping up the yard.  

See?  

Look behind Wyatt in this picture.  Where all that dirt is.... that used to be wonderful green grass. Oh well, my kids are happy.  They love to get all their construction cars out and dirt at the "construction site". 

This summer, I plan to make them (with my dad's help) a big sand dirt box.  They will probably never come inside again!  

This guy has been busy too! He is 7 school days away from finishing his Kindergarten school year.  How did that happen?!?!  He is reading, writing, spelling, counting.  We are so proud of him.  He loves his school, loves his teacher, loves the staff (and they all love him too!)  I could not of asked for a better school year for him. 

We are both headed to summer school this year.  Me.... teaching (back in the classroom for 4 weeks!) and Caydin will be attending.  He doesn't need to go, but since I'm going to be there everyday, we figured... why not!  We really hope that he gains some reading confidence.  He can read, but he much prefers for us to read to him.  

Soccer just ended so we are spending all our extra time in the pool.  Caydin is a fish! He swims all over.  A few weeks ago, he mastered diving for toys.  Last weekend, he mastered doing a handstand in the water.  

Swimming is definitely "his thing!"

And this guy...  He is busy learning too! He starts a drop off program in August.  

He amazed us a few days ago by bringing us a book and reading almost all the letters in the title.  We were shocked.  He loves anything electronic and can work the ipad and my cell phone like nobodies business.  

His stuffed penguin is still his most prized possession. :)

MUCH MUCH MUCH MORE TO COME!

I'm in trouble.

Caydin just found out that I haven't blogged all month.  He isn't very happy.