Kindergarten?!?!?! Already?!

 Holy-Crap.  Our kid is IN KINDERGARTEN!!!!!! Where has the time gone?  I can't believe that it has gone by so fast.  But he is excited and he loves his new school.  Me on the other hand? It has made me feel...


old.  I can't believe it.  I can't believe he will be six in...

about two short months.  (Insert sad face here.) He just doesn't seem old enough to be so big, and smart.

 So ya, he was pretty excited to go, He went in right along with the other kids, just an annoyed look (see below) at me for taking too many pictures, and a simple "bye mom!" as he walked in the door with his new classmates.

at the farm..

My good friend Carrie invited us up to see her parents farm on Saturday.  It was so lovely there!

 They have a pond with ducks that stay there all year, and there were little ducklings waddling around.

It was such a beautiful place!  One that I would love to go back to!  Her parents are so lucky to have such a n adorable little farm.

It has been mentioned to me TWICE this week from two different people that I need to update the ole' blog. Thank you Katie, and Audrey... I am a terrible blogger...haha!

Lately things have been insane around here. It seems like most of my evenings go by so fast, and then once Brooklyn is in bed, it is homework time (which ususally turns into fall-asleep in a puddle of my own drool time).

Anywho...

It was preschool parent's day this past week! I got to go to Brooklyn's class with him and make an art project, and see everything that he has been learning! I LOVE Brooklyn's preschool. He has learned so much this year, and I can't believe that he will be starting kindergarten in the fall!!
This in our art project.

Brooklyn learned two songs and all the sign language that went with them! I was so impressed! He is learning so much, so fast!

I am so happy to have him. He couldn't be sweeter. Or cuter...

MY 5-YEAR OLD!

OUR SON IS F-I-V-E!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh my gosh. I am the luckiest mom on the planet. As I am typing this, he is upstairs in his room...four...for the very last night. (tears are flowing everywhere.) I keep sneaking a peek through the crack in the door, as if I am going to miss something. And, I am going to miss something. I already miss four. This has been a great year, full of fun, and happiness in our family, because of our little four year old. He is growing up so fast, and I know it is cliche to say this when it comes to your child growing up, but THEY GROW UP WAY TOO FAST!

At five, Brooklyn's
Favorite food is: Spaghetti with meatballs
Favorite cereal is: "Mommy's cereal" as he calls is. (Quaker Oatmeal Squares)
Favorite movie is: Anything super hero-ish
Favorite snack is: strawberries
Favorite toy is: His action figures
Favorite song is: at the moment, BINGO
Favorite game is : Candy Land

At five, Brooklyn:
is Sweet,
loves music,
is Loving,
is Gentle, and a little shy,
is Wild,
is a good listener,
is Happy,
is already hilarious,
is (uh-oh) a flirt,

And Nathan and I are so grateful EVERY DAY that we have him! Happy birthday, to my sweet little 5-year old!

Poor Kitty!

So, many of you know that we are cat people. When we see kittens while we are out-and-about, we almost always have to resist the temptation to pick them up and take them home. However, Nate was at the Ogden farmer's market and found this cute little guy. I wasn't there, but he sent me a few hundred texts, and a couple pictures and I was weak in the knees. He is SO ADORABLE...isn't he?? So Nate adopted him. Brooklyn named him Vader, and he is the sweetest thing ever.

At night, we keep the kitten in the downstairs bathroom, because he is too playful, and attacks our feet at night while we are sleeping! The other morning, (sniffle), Brooklyn woke up before anyone else and went downstairs to play with Vader, which he often does. Nothing really unusual. BUT... Brooklyn had just gotten his own fingerpaints and we had painted a bunch of pictures the night before. Sadly, he saw my box of fingernail polish in the bathroom where we keep the kitten, and yep. You know what happened. He "fingerpainted" the bathroom with 5 bottles of polish. (sniff sniff :( sniff.) And, he got it all over his hands. The kitty kept trying to run away, and so Brooklyn kept grabbing him, with nail polish-ie hands. And the kitty ended up looking like this...

It might not look too bad, but believe me, It was AWFUL! By the time Nate found him like this, the nail polish was almost dry. The kitty's ears and fur were completely stiff, and his whiskers were glued to his face in most spots. Nate didn't have time to clean him completely before he went to work, so when I came home from work that morning at about 8:30, I got to deal with it. Brooklyn's color palette consisted of pink, black, tan, silver glitter, and Sally Hansen's Hard as nails top coat. It was the saddest thing ever. I cried for the next 3 hours. Seriously. His toes were stuck together, He had cat litter stuck to the nail polish on his butt, and his eyes were getting stuck shut.

Anyway, I waited until the polish was a little more dry, called the vet for advice, and bathed him. The nail polish smell was overwhelming!) Then I cut off all his lovely kitten fuzz. (sniffle!) In some spots, the nail polish has dried to his skin, so I couldn't cut those off. After I cut the fur, I shaved the poor kitten with an electric shaver. He now is the most pittiful looking creature. So..so..sad. I couldn't shave his head, so it is just a mass of crustiness. I said to Brooklyn "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He said that he was trying to paint a picture, but he didn't have any paper.

We had a LONG talk with Brooklyn about this. Don't worry. He loves his kitty, and we all learned a lesson! He loves his little Vader! Even though he looks like a crusty rat. He is still the sweetest thing on the planet.

Where did the summer go?

Shame on me. I have been a lame blogger this summer. BUT...we have been so busy having fun that I feel like this tired little boy down here...
I will eventually get back to it.......SOON!

First year of preschool...over!

Brooklyn's first year preschool graduation was on Thursday! I can't believe it! We have LOVED his preschool, and His teacher was the greatest. He loved every day, and learned so much this year. He is so grown up already!

First, all the kids played a piano song that they learned. Brooklyn played "Starlight".

This is Brooklyn's friend Timmy. They were cute little friends this past year.
This is Brooklyn with his teacher Ms. Hill. I am sad that he wont have her for a teacher next year! She was great...and Brooklyn loved her.

Life is Dandy...

Today, Brooklyn and I took a little stroll from our house down to where Nate works to visit him. It was such a nice walk! As we were walking, I was getting frustrated with Brooklyn stopping to observe every little pebble and bug he saw. Then I thought, what am I in such a hurry for??

Now that I am on my summer break, slowing down to observe the everyday stuff is taking some practice. I am so used to running around, and not having time to do little fun things...that I am now realizing what I may have missed.

The LITTLE THINGS!!!! And sometimes, (for want of a better word) those are the FUNNEST!

Gosh...it feels good to be a kid again...even if it is just for a sec. I pledge to myself, that I will SSSSLLLOOOWWW down in the future.

Rainy-day adventures!

We had a SOGGY photo adventure on Sunday! We went exploring in the rain...in the wet-muddy grass! We went with My friend Audrey, from The Daily Wyatt, and her son...Wyatt! Brooklyn and Wyatt had a great time together. And what boy doesn't like to get dirty? They had too much fun.

I TOTALLY wore the wrong shoes. They were full of water and my feet were freezing...but it was all worth it.

Let's Go Fly A Kite...

It was the PERFECT day to fly a kite today! After I got off work, Nathan and I took Brooklyn to Romer Park, and flew his kite that he got for Easter. Brooklyn, (well and Nate too) had a blast! It was so hilarious to see how excited Brooklyn was.