Kindergarten, Here We Come!

First day of Pre-K

Last day of Pre-K

"Wrastling" on the bed

Micah's Koalaty Kid trophy

Micah's AWANA book award

Grammy and the boys

We have enjoyed our visit with Grammy and Pop over the last few weeks. I am sure they will be taking some long naps after they return to Delaware this week, but we are sure glad they came! You wouldn't believe the list of tasks they have tackled for us. When you have two children, you have to let those little projects you've been meaning to get to slide an awful lot, and having them help us out means we can get some of them finally completed. I will post pictures of our new countertop and backsplash in the kitchen next time!

We have been busy, wrapping up Micah's Pre-K year and all of the other school year activities that let out for the summer. I can't believe we will have a kindergartner in the fall! The Koalaty Kid program at Micah's school encourages the kids to build character. They get points for doing homework, reading books, and doing kind things for their classmates and teachers. If they get to 1,000 pts, they get a t-shirt and a trophy, so Micah was very proud to accomplish that this year! He also finished his AWANA book and received his patch and certificate in a ceremony last night. This summer he will be attending Summer Prime Time, which is a continuation of the after-school program he normally attends, but for all day. After June ends, he will spend the last  weeks of summer with daddy, doing projects around the house/yard and taking swimming lessons at the water park. He loved it so much last year that we signed him up for two sessions this summer. This week is the start of Vacation Bible School at our church in the evenings, so the adventure keeps going!

Jacob is beginning to hold his own with big brother. Micah will have to watch out because lil' bro is getting wise to some of his tricks and beginning to dish them back to him. Just the other day, Micah pushed him in the tummy and Jacob whacked him on the head with his sippy cup. When Micah began to complain, I reminded him that he started the confrontation and would have to beware that Jacob was older now and wasn't going to take his licks without protest. Overall, they get along really well and love to play together so I guess we are blessed in that regard.

Dan has been enjoying the instruction he's getting at the stage combat workshop he's attending, and doesn't have too many bruises, but I think we are all ready for him to be home. Skype is great, but no substitute for having him home. He's been able to visit with some family in Illinois though, which has been a welcome respite from the dorm room he's staying in there. Here's hoping he passes his big test on Friday!