Jonathan's Spring Program

The theme of Jonathan's Spring program was "Summer Fun."

The whole preschool - Jonathan is on the top row, third from the left.

Jonathan did such a great job of singing all the songs and doing all the motions. 

There were lots of cute photo ops set up, but getting all three to look at the camera was quite the challenge.

Carmen joined us for the program. Unfortunately, we didn't think to take a picture of her with the kids inside with the cute props. Fortunately, everyone in this photo is cute enough that you don't miss the decorations!

Week in the Life - Thursday

I didn't sleep well again last night, seems to be the trend this week, but I was very productive this morning. Hannah slept until 10, which never happens and I was able to accomplish so much while she slept! I vacuumed, cleaned a bathroom, put away a load of laundry and started another load, checked my email, ate some breakfast and started emptying the dishwasher.

After she woke up, my productivity slacked. I fed her breakfast and started fixing lunch so I could leave to go pick up Andrew at school and take him to the...
dentist.
He was not very happy about it. After visiting with the dentist, I was not very happy either. Turns out this boy has not one, but 5 cavities. Yes, we win the rotten parents of the year award. I have never had a cavity, and so I'm having some trouble comprehending how my 6-year-old could possibly have 5?! And one is in critical condition and basically needs to have a mini-root canal. I guess this is fairly common, however I'm still in shock. And they referred us to a pediatric dentist for this procedure so that we would be able to use a mild anesthesia. Can the parents have some too, please? That is scheduled to take place in a couple of weeks. Holy cow! What a week this is turning out to be!

While I took Andrew to the dentist, our favorite babysitter, Carmen stayed with Jonathan and Hannah. (This picture is from March. I wasn't thinking clearly when she left to take a current picture of her with the kids.)

Jonathan and Hannah had rest time after she left and unfortunately, Jonathan did not nap today. And he needed it because he was up at 5 this morning to go to the bathroom and I'm pretty sure he never went back to sleep. So after rest time, the boys watched Busytown Mysteries, and had a little dress-up fun.

Hannah wanted to be a Fireman. Have you ever seen a cuter firefighter?

While they played and watched the end of their show, I made Little Cheddar Meatloaves, Au Gratin potatoes and Lima beans. This picture gets an F for presentation, but an A for flavor.

Jonathan was so tired he could barely eat dinner. He is still coughing up a lung and isn't back to his normal self yet. So immediately following dinner, it was jammies, books and bed by 7! And neither boy came out of their room and hopefully it stays that way all night! And now I need to go watch Grey's Anatomy and eat a little ice cream, and then brush my teeth of course!

Friends

This past week, we've had some fun visitors. Our favorite neighbor and babysitter, Carmen, came home to visit from Italy. Her family is living there for a year, and we miss them like crazy! The boys were so excited to see her and didn't want to share her with me. Andrew told me to leave the room at one point and told me I had talked to Carmen enough! I think if he could've gotten away with it, he would've told me to leave the house too!

Carmen, our favorite babysitter! Jonathan (3), Zach (6), Andrew (5) and Jobe (4)

Boys being boys

Megan, Zach and Jobe also came for a visit. They were in town from Minneapolis visiting Grandma Kathy and they brought her with them to see us. I was curious to see how the boys would get along because it's been a good year since they have been together. And no surprise, they acted like they see each other every day and played great together. Andrew was very sad when they left and so was I. I told him to tell Megan to move here, and Kathy agreed. Wish I could see more of you Megan. We miss you! Thanks for coming to visit!