Preschool Performance

Sierra's class has been practicing for their end of year performance since January...that's a long time to keep it secret for a 4 year old!

It was adorable! Kyle, Reid and I all got to go watch and Sierra did great!!!

As they were waiting for all the parents to get there, the girls circled up for an impromptu Frozen sing-a-long!

And then Dylan crashed the girlie circle :)

They all lined up, Ms. Jill started the music and they had a different song for each month of the school year. Some were silly, some sweet and some about Jesus' story - Christmas and Easter. It was so special to get a glimpse of all the different personalities and friendships. We loved it and Sierra was a star!!!

With her sweet teachers, Ms. Jill and Ms. Jenny

Reid turned 3!!!

Bday breakfast cinnamon roll and smoothie

We told them they had to have their picture taken before they could sit for breakfast :)

Presents...Legos...!

busy building

drilling the plane together

We basically had the whole Lego store to ourselves! ...Heaven for this little guy

Such concentration

Serious about his spaceship

Boy potty training

So many differences potty training a boy versus a girl! Reid is on Day 3 and doing great! He is still working on #2, but had the peeing down!

This next one shows how he sits on the toilet...he discovered this position on his own and while it grosses me out that he touches so much of the toilet, he is able to keep all of the pee IN the toilet! Great trajectory and aim this way!! ...

Way to go big boy!

Funnies

ISierra: " It's so peaceful here."

Me: "Why is it peaceful?"

S: "because it's just you and me. Reid's not here; he's such a chatterbox. Ahhh, it's so peaceful."

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Reid, at nap time: "I just can't sleep because my sleep is stuck in my mind and I can't find it. So that's why I just have to play for a lot of minutes. But I can find my mind at night time when we read stories and then I can sleep. At night time. But not at nap time because I can't find my mind."

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As soon as we sat down at dinner, Reid looked in his bowl, then looked at Sierra with a very serious face and said "I don't like any of this food, Wife!" (They play Husband/Wife on and off all day. this moment was hilarious! We had a good hard laugh!)

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Sierra, while rambling..."God made us to have eyes and ears and arms and legs...because if we didn't, we would just be meatballs."

Hugs

Sierra has become a big hugger!! As in, she loves to give hugs, lots of hugs, all the time! It's often the only thing she needs to calm down after getting hurt or hurt feelings, etc.

This past week she has started hugging her baby brother (through my belly of course). It's really sweet. Every nap time and bedtime she gives me a hug and kiss and then gives my belly a hug and kiss and says "ok, now a hug for the baby"

She has a sweet heart and is already caring for her next little brother. What a great big sister!!

Cousins

I just love this. Each of their personalities are so precious. ... and Sierra thinks that Alex hung the moon.  :)

Performance

Tonight the kids said they had a performance for me to watch - I was the audience. I LOVE this! I remember doing tons of performances growing up and I love that now I get to be on this side of it.

The 1st round they found and put on their own costumes. Sierra is a fairy ( wings were added after the photo) and Reid is a Storm Trooper (he's never seen anything Star Wars but knows a surprising amount from his 6 yr old cousin). The fairy did a lot of dancing and twirling while the Storm Trooper walked around with a scowl on his face jabbing at bad guys.

Round 2 of performances called for a costume change. Sierra became a princess and demanded the stage to herself as she passionately belted out "Let it Go". Yes, a Frozen song. No surprise there. I wish I had gotten it on video. So much passion! Reid was a karate kid (he had help tying on his "belt"). He marched around with the same tough guy scowl, singing the "Bears, Bears" song and doing "karate" jabs.

The audience did a lot of clapping and the performers bowed each time.

I hope that memory stays with me forever. It was so cute!