The night before kindergarten

I wanted to get Jackson ready for Kindergarten tonight with a book. Jackson and Kendall, our neighbor, got the same teacher and we are just thrilled so I decided to get them together tonight so that they could see each other before school and maybe even have someone to eat lunch with tomorrow. The little get together would not have been complete without Colby so he stopped by too.

We read several books about school like How do Dinosaurs go to School? by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague, It's Hard to Be Five by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell, and Shiver Me Letters- A Pirate ABC by June Sobel. This is the one they loved the most! They just loved looking for the letters hidden on each page. It was so cute to see them get into the story.

We followed books with homemade cookies made by Kendall's Mommy, Nicole, and then Bailey, Emma and I sang a song to end the party. We sang "Go Go Go to Bed" to the tune of "Row Row Row Your Boat" from the book Take me out of the bathtub and other silly dilly songs by Alan Katz. Fun times!

Soon after, we hit the sack! It's going to be a early morning and we have not practiced getting up early and all that jazz. Bailey and Jackson are early risers anyway so they will pop right up, I am sure of it.

Playing with friends

Jackson, Teague and I had fun today by meeting Colby and Debbie Templin at Stomping Grounds. This was the first time for us to meet the Templins there and it was a treat. Colby is Debbie's fourth child so we have our hands full with kids and activities and we rarely get a chance to chat as adults. We do some talking on the phone, but it's usually about kids, etc. so this outing gave us a chance to talk about vacations, family and all sorts of other topics. Unfortunately, I did have to chase Teague quite a bit so our conversations were a little disrupted. Like usual, he was interested in other people's food, the hallway leading to the bathroom...icky, and the party rooms. He even found a buckle to play with on the highchair. I kept one eye on him the whole time and Jackson did some helping too. He would tell me what Teague was doing inside the play area and make sure he was safe. Kerplunk!It was fun for me (I so enjoy Debbie) and especially fun for Jackson since he always wants a friend to play with!!

After we left there, we went to get some good grub! We went to Lupe Tortilla's and the kids got to play in the sand box and we got to enjoy some mexican food. Jerrod doesn't like Lupe's (I know...crazy) so it made this lunch special- and super yummy! We finished up the meal allowing the kids to get a popsicle. Teague was included and he enjoyed it immensely...with rice and bean and all!! He kept dipping the ice cream in the rice and beans and then eating it, yummo and super cute!! I literally had to strip him of his clothes and give him a semi-bath with wipes before I put him in the car to come home. His tummy was full and he was ready for a nice, warm bed. It was a fun day for my boys and for me.

Debbie and Colby.

Ice cream with beans and rice, yummy!

My boys!