School is ALMOST out for the summer!

Evan's 3 year old preschool class has been so great this year. I just adore his teachers Mrs. Tompkins and Mrs. Brasse. They are so sweet and have been so good and nurtureing for Evan. All the kids in his class are such nice, sweet kids and it's been great getting to know the other moms. Unfortunately most of his classmates won't be in his class next year, but that's okay, he gets to make new friends. Here's his class picture.

Mrs. Tompkins, Mrs. Brasse

Sasha, Stevie, Alexa, Evan, Olivia

Lydia, Savannah, Louie, Keira, Emma S.

Bowen, Emma H., Ethan, Valentina, Jack, Lily

Evan is Star Student

A few weeks ago, Evan got to be Star Student in his class. It was literally his dream came true. In fact, he said to me the day he found out, "I always dreamed that I would get to be star student, and I had a feeling today at snack time it was finally going to be my day, and guess what.... now I am!". Boy is he my kid or what??? No part of Joe would be excited to be Star Student.  On the big day, Evan wore his favorite Star Wars shirt and was the most excited to go to school that day, then ever before.

For Star Student, Evan got to bring some pictures of the family and of his favorite activities, so I made this collage for him to bring in, along with a family picture. He also got to bring his favorite book, but he couldn't choose between which of his favorite 3 Star Wars, I Can Read books to bring. In the end, I think that the teacher's read What's a Wookie and Luke Sywalker's Amazing Adventure. Evan can read both of the books himself and I tried to encourage him to ask the teachers to let him read some, but he was most definitely not into that!

He then decided to write down some of his favorite things. I love that he put down that he wants to be a chef when he grows up. A friend in his class had said the same, so I think he copied. I am pretty sure he has no idea what a chef is and has about zero interest in helping me cook. But, maybe he'll be the one laughing in 20 years when he is a famous chef! He better start liking some new foods :).

Evan's Spring Concert

 I love how the light through the glass in the church shines down on him in this picture. More than that, I love the look on his face-classic Evan.

 Look at all those kids!!

 His future is so bright, he's got to wear shades

 Me and my little man, getting so big

Wednesday morning, Evan had his Spring Concert with all the 3 year old classes. They sang 14 songs and were so amazing. I really cannot get over how impressive of a production WUCP put on with approximately 80 3 & 4 year olds. Evan did a great job singing every song and doing all the hand motions with all of them. He seemed to have a really good time and kept looking over at us to make sure we saw him and were proud of him. I haven't had a chance to watch the video of the performace, but am looking forward to seeing it all over again.

Audrey's Spring Concert

Claire, Evan and I got to go see Audrey in her first school concert. Her class sang one song by themselves and then sang 2 with the whole school. She looked adorable up on stage, even though I didn't get the best pictures of her up there. She was so excited about getting flowers from her Nana and Daddy afterwards, it was so precious. She even shared one flower with Claire, which Claire quickly destroyed. I just love that little god daughter of mine!

Vero Beach

 Brady, napping on the beach

 Jill, Nick and Barry

 Kelly, Dennis & Rita

 Nick and Claire (who learned to suck off salt from a pretzel and then throw the rest away)

We got to spend last weekend with the Hogans to celebrate Sam's graduation. Instead of having a party at their house in Melbourne, we all traveled to Vero Beach. It was really fun to see Kelly, Dennis, Emma & Brady as well as Barry and Rita. It's been a long time since we've seen much of Joe's extended family. Evan loves Brady and talks about him a lot, even though we last saw him the Thanksgiving I was pregnant with Claire. He is about 15 months older than Evan and the boys played so well together. Claire had a blast running into the ocean and playing in the sand. We had such a good time, I forgot to take too many pictures. I never even got a picture of Sam-the big HS grad!! 

Chilling at my brother's tball game

Claire loves to go to Evan's tball games. She does not typically love to sit at them though. She would much rather gather all the balls up, run into the field and occasionally grab a bat or two. She keeps me on my toes! She has made a friend though, named Elena. Her brother is on Evan's team too. Claire is about 3 weeks older than Elena and about 100 times more wild. Maybe it just seems that way since Elena has many other family members helping watch her at the games when I'm chasing Claire solo. Claire and Elena's favorite thing to do with each other, eat one another's food. Claire always wants what Elena has and vice versa. Her mom and I now come prepared with plenty of snacks for both, and it keeps them occupied for a solid 3 minutes :). Here they are enjoying some watermelon.

Anna Kate Turns 4!

 Birthday Girl, Anna Kate and her mom, Tracey

 Evan riding Sunshine-notice his boots

Pinata Madness where Evan scored 2 star wars notebooks, he could not have been happier and has been drawing and writing in them all week!

Evan's friend Anna Kate had her horse themed birthday party last Friday. The kids got to ride horses, make their own snow cones, play pin the tail on the donkey, beat up a pinata, eat lots of yummy food and do all kinds of arts and crafts. It was a really cool party, although it wasn't exactly cool outside. Evan insisted on wearing his cowboy boots and hat to the party and had a blast riding the horse.