Good night, and good luck.

Here are a lot of pictures and a quick rundown of what we did this week, with a few details thrown in! I hope you enjoy it!

First, on Wednesday was Alex's Kindergarten Graduation! So funny! We were really worried about how Alex would do, but he did great! They said that the kids should dress nice, so of course to us that means... kilt!!! His teachers loved it and kept saying how cute he was.

They all sang songs and Alex thought that was pretty fun, but he only sang along with the last song. They did a slide show that was super cute set to music, and I did hear Alex singing along loudly when one of the songs was "Don't Worry, Be Happy." (Which by the way, Tristan has told me several times this week when I seem stressed, I guess. "Don't worry, Mom", he says. "Be happy!" )

He got upset when there was a song that they had all colored animals to go along with and I guess Alex had colored an owl. But he didn't want an owl, he wanted a tiger. Naturally. I heard him say very loudly, "I want the tiger, and I want it now!" We're so proud. It was hard for Danny to stay in his seat. But, other than that, oh,and wanting to come down from the stands and give Danny and I hugs a couple of times, he did quite well.


Oh, and he kept pushing his "graduation cap" down as far as it would go on his head, so that instead of looking like a graduation cap, it looked more like some strange jester's hat. This next picture is in his Kindergarten classroom. He picked up the phone and said, "Wallace and Gromit, at your service!"

This was his teacher, Mrs. Merkley, whom we just looved!!!!

And this is Mrs. Leslie, who has worked with Alex for the last 2 years in the Pathways classroom. She is an absolute, direct blessing from Heaven! We love her, too! I didn't get a picture of Mrs. Becky, who worked with Alex in Pathways and in his Kindergarten class. She was so great with Alex and was crying and got me crying when we said goodbye!

I have to tell you, one of my favorite parts was when they read each child's name and they came down and gave their teacher a hug and they read what the child had said they wanted to be when they grew up. My favorites were Misty, who, when she grows up, wants to be married. And Andy, who wants to be a plastic surgeon! What 5 year-old has that as their career goal?! They said that Alex wants to be a computer scientist, I'm sure because he always wanted to play on the computer. Unless he could be a "recess engineer".

This is what happens when Alaina doesn't sleep in her nap and plays instead.

Alex has discovered Parmesan cheese and really likes it. He asked me to put some in his eggs, which I did. But when my back was turned, he added some more.

Alaina, playing in the flowers. She's not really naked, but it looked like it, so I took a picture.

We took the kids to see the B-17 bomber that is at the airport for a while. The kids thought it was really cool and Tristan kept asking when he could fly the airplane. I told him when he has 20 more birthdays.

No plane is complete without a pin-up girl!! Nowadays she would be considered downright modest! On a side note, I was reading someone's blog and they were talking about this really cute swimming suit they had found. (This isn't someone I know. I was just checking out her blog. You know.) Anyway, the suit was a one-piece. And she said that her husband said that he didn't think that 24 year-olds should wear one-piece swimming suits. How odd is that? That is the polar opposite of what Danny says!!

Alaina playing in the car seat I was putting away. Notice her dolly, Grandma?

And this is what happens when Alaina doesn't want to go to sleep at night and plays instead. Her room had previously been very clean. She cleared out several drawers, and made herself right at home in one! Luckily, Danny checked on her when he saw that her light was still on. Now her light bulbs are all unscrewed, so that maybe if she can't see, she won't play as much.

In the voice of Ralphie, on the Simpsons, "I sleep in a drawer."

Danny contemplated just shutting the drawer for the night. Heehee.. I really don't think she would have noticed! She was out cold!

Today we went to visit Danny's grandparents, whom we haven't seen in a long time. It was good to see them again!

And this is what Alaina did after visiting, while we drove around on oil, looking at houses. Notice the dolly again, Grandma?

A few funny things- While in the car, Tristan was crying because Alex had something he wanted. Alex said, "Don't cry Tristan. I like you." Alex also came up to me unannounced today and put a huge band-aid on a bruise on my arm. He said, "Here, Mommy." And then he walked away.

Tonight when Danny put Tristan in bed he gave Tristan a few crackers, because Tristan always says, "My tummy is telling me I'm hungry." Tristan whined and said they would get crumbs in his bed. Danny told him, "Well then, just eat them fast." To which Tristan replied very happily, "And they will dance in my tummy!"

That's all for now folks! Good night, and good luck.