VPK Graduation

The kiddos graduated from VPK on Saturday. Momma was definitely not ready for this big step in their lives. I'm pretty sure I was just holding them in the glider, rocking them back to sleep. 

 Seriously, when did they get so big?! 

The whole common area was decorated for their graduation and I loved that the entire staff made such a big deal about the kiddos graduating. 

They did an adorable show called the VPK Caterpillars. Yes, I cried. 

After their show they changed into caps and gowns and then received their diplomas. When they were walking to receive their diploma their teacher, Miss Rosemary, told us what they wanted to be when they grew up. Jill wants to be a princess (what I wanted to be in preschool as well) and Aaron wants to be a policeman. 

They also had a very special guest show up:

Scott and I were able to snag a picture with Mickey as well.

We also grabbed a photo of the kiddos with their teacher.

They love Miss Rosemary and we honestly could not have asked for a better VPK teacher. I truly believe that preschool and kindergarten teachers are the most important, they set the tone for our children for the rest of the educational careers.

We also had to grab a quick photo of them by "their tree".

Congratulations Aaron and Jillian! We are so incredibly proud of you!

End of the Year Bad Behavior?

Aaron has been in a weird phase the past few days, specifically at school. He has been acting out, mainly taking off his shoes, socks and throwing them. This is so unlike him and we are at a loss. 

One of his teachers said this is pretty common at the end of the year with kids because they feel like they are "big kids" now and can do whatever they want. He doesn't act like this at home, so we just aren't sure what is going on.

We had him write apology letters to his teachers and the little boy he scratched (again, not normal).  

I'm not totally sure what else to do. Thoughts?

First Day of School!

Today was the kiddos very first day of preschool. I have not been looking forward to this day at all. It's not that I don't think they will like school, it's just that it means they are really growing up. I seriously feel like they were just born and now, boom!, they're off to school.

Aren't they flippin' adorable!? They were so excited this morning and were even more excited when they saw that Daddy met us at school for drop off.

They went right into their classroom and didn't even look back at us. I'm not going to lie, while I didn't want them to freak out and cry, I was hoping for a little "gonna miss you Mommy".  

When I picked them up, they said they had fun and really seemed to enjoy themselves. I'm glad the first day of school got off to a great start and I know they are excited to continue on this journey, even if I'm kicking and screaming the whole way.