last day of school

Easton's last day of school.  

sad faces because school is over.

 now happy faces.

 funny faces.

it has been a good, crazy year for Easton.  he learned so much this year and (most days) loved school.

reminiscing

one of my all-time favorite teachers was retiring this year, so me and a couple of friends met up to go to her retirement open house.  it was good to see her and see our old pictures that she had displayed.  oh, the early 90s....cute hair.  

she seriously was the best.  she helped instill a love of learning for me that has never left.  

um....wow

So...I have been horrible at blogging, and not just blogging, but taking pictures in general.  Sad.

So, a quick recap.

 December....new winter hats from Oma and Opa.

 January....how we spend our time while brother is at school.  lots and lots and lots of ponies.  (or lately her obsession has been Wizards of Waverly Place on Disney.)

 Easton had a parent day at school in his Portuguese class and they got to have pizza and root beer floats.  I was lucky enough to go and spend some time with him and help him make a sock puppet, Bobby.  (they have 2 sock puppets in class, Bobby and Nina)

 February....Keagan's valentines box for preschool.  (Easton's was the same, but with teeth instead of lips...and bushy eyebrows instead of eyelashes)

 and you can't take a picture of Keagan without a funny face one.

 March....Easton turns 7!!!  We had a friend party at Nickel City - 16 little kids (all the little boys from his Portuguese class, plus 2 neighbor kids and 2 cousins).  Totally hectic, but totally worth it.  They all had so much fun.

 Then back to our house to open family gifts and have dinner with Grandma and Buddy.  He wanted Tikka Masala - his absolute favorite dinner.

 Spring soccer started.  This is Keagan's first year.  Hilarious watching the preschool league.  Parker kept saying she was going to be our soccer player, but I kept thinking, "Um, she will probably be the little girl on the field doing dances with a friend."  Parker bought her a new pink soccer ball and I found the neon pink shorts and shin guards.  She was so excited and would even go out and "practice" by herself.  I then thought maybe Parker was right.  Then the first game....she is the only girl on her team, which I think bummed her out a LOT and she is one of the oldest preschoolers, so she kept saying her team is full of "little kids".  Sigh.  She has only had one game so far, but lets hope she gets a better attitude from here on out.  She kind of just stood in the middle of the field and sulked.  

 However, she NEVER misses an opportunity to pose for the camera.

Easton also started spring soccer and has done AWESOME.  He was mad when I signed him up (this seems to be a pattern) but has since come to enjoy it and listens really well to his coach.

Well, that is a recap of 4 months.  Lets hope I do better lately....

1st day of school

the official first day of school.

big smiles.

with water splattered all over his shirt from brushing his teeth.

 this little miss was SO excited to start her second year of preschool.

one more year until Kindergarten!

 bright, bright sun!

StarTalk

Easton started school a week before the rest of the neighborhood kids because we enrolled him in the immersion program.  He does half his day in Portuguese and half in English.  He has done awesome so far and I think it has been really good for him and for us.

The first day of StarTalk (the week long Portuguese camp), I was a wreck.  See this post

I have since come to realize he is totally capable of doing this, and is excelling already.

 sitting at his desk

 At the end of the week the kids did a little program for the parents to show some of the things they had learned.  They made Rio bird hats and did some Brazilian martial arts (I know how to say it, but NO idea how to spell it....).  They sang a couple of songs and showed us a game they had learned.  It was really cute.

 This is his teacher, Professora B.

 Someone had donated enough copies of the movie, Rio, for each kid to have one at the end of the week, so they took a big picture with OBRIGADO, which means "Thank you".