Back to School...

This year has gone by SO fast!  
August 6, 2012.  Jackson started 2nd grade!  What?!  He is getting to be such a little man!  It's sad and wonderful all at the same time. :)  He is always very excited about school.  (Love that!)  And he is a great little student. (Love that too!)  He really excels in math and spelling and his reading is getting better and better!  He works hard, and it shows! We are SO proud of him!  

August 14, 2012.  Harrison started Preschool!  This was big for him!  Last year we did a small preschool group with some friends, and he did really well.  But this year we felt like he needed to do some social stretching to prepare him for Kindergarten next year.  So we enrolled him in a "real" preschool where he had a new teacher and a new place and would have to make new friends.  It was a little scary for both of us!  :)  But like the brave little champ he is, he didn't even cry!  Even though I could tell he wanted to!  And it's been  wonderful ever since!  He loves his teacher!  He has made lots of new friends!  And he is noticeably more confident and outgoing!  We are SO proud of him!  

I know I say it all the time, but they are growing way too fast!  I'm sad to see my little boys disappear!  And at the same time SO excited about the big boys they are now!  Sometimes I wish I could go back and savor it all a little (or a lot) more!  That's why I'm grateful for these moments that remind me to do that in the here and now!  Oh how I LOVE my boys!  

Happy Born Day Patrick!

August 1, 2012.  (I'm sad that I am so far behind that I have to date my posts!) The boys helped me shop for him and get everything ready.  He had to work that day, so we surprised him when he got home.  We had our own mini party! He would really be totally happy with nothing more than his cake.  ;)  But we were feeling generous! :)

He is such a ham, totally singing to himself!  :)

And a bit of a cheese-ball!  But he's my cheese-ball!  :)  

He's such a great husband and father!  Sometimes I feel really bad that I can't spoil him the way he deserves!  But there will come a time for that, I suppose!  Until then, I just really hope he knows how much I love him!!!  

PS. True love is taking 3 kids to the mall for 2 hours to shop for birthday presents!  And if you've ever been shopping with our 3 kids, you know how true that statement is!  :)