Since JT is a summer birthday, I asked him if he wanted to celebrate his half birthday at preschool or wait and celebrate early in May. He said a half birthday would be fun, so that’s what we did. I signed up to be parent helper on January 15. I have a nice arrangement with a friend to watch Haley while I take her son Asher with us to preschool (he’s in another class). Here we are headed to school on the big day. (Love my car, that allows me to pop in another child without moving in a car seat… hooray for integrated boosters, Volvo!)
We brought special snowman cookie snacks in which the children got to frost and decorate their snowmen with a cup full of goodies. Here is JT enjoying his birthday snack. Sitting on the table near him is the porcupine toy he picked out of the birthday box at school. They even sung “Happy Half Birthday to You”!
His teacher and I talked about next year, because he is a summer birthday. She said he is completely on track with his older classmates (he is the youngest in class by a full six months) but would totally understand placing him in junior kindergarten next year. Of course, that has been our plan all along. So he has a spot reserved for the JK class at his preschool with Miss Robin. He is very excited to already know who his teacher will be, and it’s nice to skip registration for a year.
In other news, JT had a follow up visit to his doctor to check his lungs after his pneumonia two weeks ago. He is 100%, and he is certainly acting like it. He is also making up for lost calories and eating everything he can. It’s nice to have him back. We went to Trader Joe’s afterward and enjoyed the kids’ shopping carts.
It’s been over four years since I first started going to a workout at a local church. It’s Wednesday and Saturday mornings, it’s free, you bring your kids, and it is an awesome group of ladies who have become some of my dearest friends. We showed up in very coordinating colors last Wednesday, not at all on purpose, and I convinced everyone to take a picture. This is at the end of an hour of torture so we’re all very sweaty! A huge thanks to my friend Jen (next to me in the picture) for inviting me four years ago. I’m in the best shape of my life.
I got a houndstooth coat from a friend who didn’t want it anymore… it was a steal at $10. Here I am headed out to go grocery shopping, rocking the new coat. It’s very Roll Tide, but there is a lot of houndstooth in stores right now too. It’s fun!
JT got to help Jim blow up a bunch of balloons for a project at work. He did a great job using the air compressor all by himself!
And finally, we can’t forget about Miss Haley Bean. Twice in the past week people have commented that she sounds like a three year old when she speaks… with a vocabulary that rivals a preschooler and an attitude to match. She has started to use expressions correctly (“Holy smokes!” = cutest thing ever), and articles like the or a or an. Don’t get me started on her pointing out letter Hs in everyday objects, and in stores, and asking “what these letters spell” and counting into the teens. Here she is wearing her Christmas Eve headband, getting ready to go to church. You will also notice her hair, courtesy a second hair cut from me. We are getting close to her hair being even all the way around, which is nice. Love her to pieces!
The Keene Family 