Happy 3rd Birthday Violet!

Happy National Dog Day! And happy belated 3rd birthday to Violet.

Violet turned 3 years old last month. I have been meaning to take her official "milestone" photos and with many, many, many, many, many treats I called what I got success. Violet is all puppy, even at 3. In dog years she is legal to drink----but she's got enough craziness I am not about to serve her, her first beer :)


3 years.

Preschool Graduation-2015

Tonight was Preschool Graduation.

Are you ready world? Here comes the graduating class of 2028.

I sucked in my tears throughout the entire ceremony. Whew. 

This guy has spent 5 years at the most fantastic center with people that care about him and care about his future. 

There stood his class of 9 in their blue caps, holding their diplomas, ready for their next adventure. Harrison is going to miss the friends he made especially his besties Logan and Kyle. I am a little sad for him too---I know he will make new friends, but saying goodbyes are always hard.

This evening we were surprised with a memory book from Harrison's time at school. This will be an awesome reminder of the fun times he had during his preschool years!

I can not resist sharing his Preschool Thoughts on Life.

What do you want to be when you grow up? Police Officer.

How much money will you make? A lot.

Are you going to get married? No. 

How many kids are you going to have? No.

Where will you live? At mom's house.

What kind of car will you drive? Dad's car.

Whats the best thing about school? Playing with toys.

Alright buddy... Here you are as a Preschool graduate. Congratulations.

The end of Summer.

The last week of very cool temperatures, wind and rain is a reminder summer is almost over. Tonight we met Harrison's kindergarten teacher Mrs. May while having a popsicle and playing on he school playground with his soon to be new classmates.

Until Tuesday I am going to continue to stare at these photos and try to remember every single fun thing we did with his last summer home. These past 5 years went WAY, WAY too fast.

Tomorrow begins our last week's adventure of summertime. The laundry will not get done, the house will not get cleaned, emails will not be promptly answered, nor will photos be edited. This is my last week home with my buddy.

This boy.

Sometimes is hard to carve out 1:1 time with the boys as these summer days go by way too fast... but I try my best to do something special with them at least once a week. Harrison really loves finding things, especially anything metal. The amount of rail road spikes is amounting at our house.... we added 15 more tonight while on our hunt.  He is so innovative, I am sure he has big plans for these.

 

Water, water and more water!

This kid is just awesome. Every stage a child goes through is full of awesomeness, but man 2.5 is freaking crazy, awesome---not to forget he is potty trained now, which is a mega bonus on top of his sweetness, cuteness and the real life naughtiness.

I've been really missing my Fridays home with just he and I since we dropped the kids down to 2 days a week at daycare this summer. However Harrison had a eye appointment Monday so I kept him home on Monday and we did 1:1 day (and no more glasses for him, I'll post more about that). So today was Miles turn for 1:1 day. I've been so busy this week----and haven't had much time to actually play with the kids---but with the amounting work to be done.... I made myself carved out sometime this afternoon----after all that other stuff is just stuff.