School Year is Done

This past school year has been fantastic.  Jaxton finished 4th grade.  He has really enjoyed Upper Elementary and mingling with older kids that are great role models for him.  The upper elementary classrooms went on a 3 day camping trip.  They had a great time & learned a ton!

Cooper finished 3rd grade and will be going to Upper Elementary in the fall.  He was blessed to have the same 2 teachers for his whole time in Lower Elementary.  That is rare, and we are grateful.  Meghan and Lori have been so wonderful.  Cooper was getting tired of the rules that are in place in Lower, and I reminded him that Lower has 6 and 7 year olds who need rules like those.  However, he is 9 and ready for Upper and he is beyond simple necessary rules and ready to have more freedom of choice and room to grow.  He is very excited for Upper.

Kaylee finished Kindergarten and will go to Lower Elementary in the fall.  That means she is a big kid now, not a little girl or a little kindergartener.  That chapter for my little girl is over!!  But she is so excited to move on and move up.  She is so mature and so ready and so eager to learn.  She is reading like a pro and I'm so grateful for her! I look forward to all her experiences in Lower Elementary.

Dawson did a co-op preschool again this year and that was so much fun as always.  Next fall he will join his siblings at Oak Farm in the Primary program as a Pre-K student.  And he is so ready for that.  He is beyond the simple co-op stuff and is learning cursive already and learning basic reading.  Next school year will be a big one for him in reading.

My school kids are just growing up and getting bigger.  Its exciting for them and I love to follow them through the journey!

That yummy stuff called food...

Owen has started to eat real food!! He started with some green veggies, squash & avocado, then applesauce, bread, and bananas.  He is such a funny boy when he eats.  He would much rather prefer picking up bites with his hands and feeding himself than being spoon fed.  He can't seem to focus when being fed with a spoon, sometimes he won't open his mouth, or just grabs the spoon with his hands and makes a mess.  I think his personality is that he wants to be independent and do it himself. He gets satisfaction when he can do it himself.  If there are bites of avocado or bananas or bread pieces on his tray, then he will stay busy and focused for a very long time.  At first he would make silly sour faces when he had a new taste.

He definitely does not prefer green veggies.  However, he loves avocado and will eat it up so fast.  Of course he loves the sweetness of bananas and loves having bread bits for a snack.  

But now, when he's sitting on the floor or the carpet, anything he sees he thinks must be a snack to pick up and eat.  So we are in that phase where he wants to pick up crumbs or pieces of anything that he can find on the floor and stick it in his mouth.  His little pincer grasp is getting very strong.  Love you little eater!!