Blue Wave all the way!

We received Austin's acceptance letter to PK Yonge in the mail today!!! We will officially have 2 Blue Wave students next year and couldn't be happier! Hooray...one less thing to worry about! :)

Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving at my sister's house again this year and had a wonderful feast, as usual! I will be the first to admit though that with the warmer weather(somehow it always seems to be warmer on Thanksgiving day than it does in the weeks leading up to it) it didn't really seem like Thanksgiving for some reason. The food was wonderful and the company was even better and we are so thankful that Mimi was able to join us for the day, but I just didn't have that "feeling" like I typically do on Thanksgiving. Something was off and although I can't exactly put my finger on it, I just know it was a different feeling for me this year. With that being said, we had so much fun with the kids and all of the activities at their school surrounding the holiday. One of the most special moments was Brooke helping my Mom make the Pumpkin Mincemeat Bread using Amie's recipe and I gave her Pipi's old apron(for him it was a bib) to wear. That moment was so special and reduced me to tears thinking about how much we miss having them present in our lives to share such wonderful holiday traditions with.

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VPK Thanksgiving Feast

Open Arms had their traditional Thanksgiving feast for the students and their families. The food was all prepared by the staff and it was delicious. Austin requested to look handsome that morning, so I picked out a collared shirt and pants for him to wear(ones of course I didn't fear getting dirty at school!)
To our surprise when we showed up(Granni had also joined us) for the feast Austin was wearing a tie. He had taken it out of his drawer that morning and stuck it in his pocket so I wouldn't see it. It was a tie that he had worn to my cousin's wedding in October, and apparently he really liked it:) He told us he wanted to be extra handsome for the big feast!

PKY Kindergarten Feast

Today was the PKY Kindergarten Thanksgiving Feast! All of the children and teachers worked so hard and it was so great seeing them all dressed up like Turkeys. This morning Brooke did inform me that "She's not going to have a Waddle," but as it would turn out, she did and it was one of her favorite parts.



They opened with a wonderful singing performance where they got to showcase their costumes and vocal abilities. It was quite evident that so much hard work, practicing, and preparation was put into this event! After the performance we ate dinner, which the children had all helped to prepare. Not only did they prepare it, they also did ALL of the shopping for it at Publix one day. That's one set of VERY brave teachers I tell you!! I can't handle bringing 3 kids to Publix, let alone 56 of them The food was WONDERFUL, and as we ate, Brooke told us all about her experiences preparing each dish.

My sweetie

The other day while we were on the way to school, Austin was being, well......Austin! When he drives me crazy I always preface everything with "SON!" When I said this to him(which was of course followed by some diatribe after it to complete the sentence....err....or paragraph, his response was: "Why do you always call me son?" To this I simply replied: "Because you are my son." Quick as lightning his response was: "I'm not your son, I'm your sweetie!"

Seriously....where does this kid come up with this stuff?!?! It gave me my laugh for the morning and of course a few days to follow!