Baseball, and more baseball this month... They started doing coach-pitch for the second half of the season. Some of the kids struggled at first, but over the course of the month they progressed noticeably, in all of the skills. Began teaching the preschoolers class at church this month, which is the class Landon is in. And we went to a big 1st Birthday Party done in the Korean tradition, and ate huge amounts of amazingly delicious homemade Korean food, mmmmmmmmmmmmm. That was a first for me, and I loved it!
If you know Jimmy, you know he loves to cook and try new things with food. Well one of the ideas he has had in his head to try for quite some time is cooking a baby lamb in a style that is common in Patagonia (Southern Chile and Argentina), called Cordero al asador. The meat slow-cooks over an open fire for about six hours and ends up tender with a delicious smoked flavor. He was thrilled to be able to make it happen this month, with the help from his friend and former co-worker, Chris Carloni, who basically built (welded) this contraption together from scratch, with moving parts and all (the cross can be raised or lowered to adjust the cooking temperature). And of course Jimmy had to get into character, so he cooked with his Chilean Huaso hat on. :)
The view from the patio dining area...
During one of my days helping out in Caleb's classroom, they had a surprise visit from Clifford, who was there to tell them about the book fair and encourage them to read more. The kids thought he was so cool.
We discovered this month that papers were not making it home from Caleb's cubby, including the one that would have informed me about Caleb being Star of the Week! On the Thursday of his 'special week', he told me while we were getting him ready for school that he was Star of the Week that week. News to me! Thank goodness for 1-hour photo - I threw together a poster with pictures for him to take and show the next day.
Lunch with a Loved One at Caleb's school - Landon and I took lunch for Caleb and ate with him, then the family and siblings got to play together on the Kindergarten playground. These two boys love each other so much, and I love how they give such sweet hugs for pictures!
Landon doing what Landon loves to do - EAT, and hang out in the shoppe kitchen with Candace.
Twin Day - Caleb dressed as a twin with his buddy Cooper Powell. They did the faux-hawk hairdos, Batman hoodie, jeans, and custom-made shirts drawing attention to something they have in common... They say "My name starts with a C and my dad's name is Jimmy", since Cooper's dad's name is Jimmy also. Random, cute, fun.
Headed out to a Saturday morning game in Morada. This wagon has been the best purchase to haul all our baseball stuff and chairs, and the boys love pulling it around!
Caleb is giving Landon a new do, and as you can see he is focused very intently on what he is doing.
Landon just recently had his first x-rays at the dentist, which revealed three cavities, eeek! His sweet little face looked so funny trying to pucker up while he was still numb from the appointment!
The second discovery regarding Caleb's school papers not all making it home from the cubby was with our Spelling lists. Before Christmas we were getting a new list of words every week, and his spelling tests were coming home, too. But starting in January no spelling lists were coming home, so since the kids work at their own pace in learning each list of words, I assumed that maybe it was getting too backed up and they were taking a break from giving out new lists. Fast forward to April, and we were having dinner at a classmate's house, and I see a spelling list hanging on their fridge. The mom said they have been getting them every week, and we had not! Caleb...
Lessons learned: Don't assume anything, and remind your Kindergartener often to be sure to get all the cubby papers out every time!
Once we figure out that there were still spelling lists happening, we found a fun way to fit in practicing them, using our MagnaDoodle in the car as we drive around town. I call out the word, Caleb writes it and shows to me. (Way to multi-task, mama! Haha)
AWANA's awards night, hanging out with Caleb's friend Max, and a proud Landon showing off his new AWANA Cubbies (green) ribbon (which you can hardly see in this picture actually...)
Landon had his end of the year Preschool program this month, which is always incredibly cute and incredibly short. We're talking like 5 minutes of singing, and then maybe 5 minute of slide show pictures from the year (tears!) - they're only three and four year olds so I guess you can't expect much longer from their attention span!
Landon, our child who is so particular for so many things, including wearing collared and dress shirts of different kinds, willingly grabbed this one at Target with me one day to wear specifically for his program. If I hadn't had him pose next to a downspout, this looks like it could be a little model shot! Haha bragging mama :)
Landon stood kind of off to one side from the rest of his class because of lack of space, so they had their own little trio with Levi and Otto. They were funny to watch, with Levi eating his shirt, and Landon and Otto having mostly serious faces while they sang and did their hand motions. Its a bummer that with our good camera, the two cuter pictures were blurry, and the clearest one I got was when Landon was sort of picking his nose! (Which we specifically talking about before the show... Me: "Landon, make sure you don't pick your nose while you're up on the stage." Landon: "Ok mo, I'll just do it afterward.")
Caleb had his first Jog-a-Thon at school. Mr. Drouin, his teacher, dressed up, as usual in a ghostbusters hoodie that was hiding his cape and superman shirt. Landon was right there with Caleb, as usual, as they walked out to the field to run. The kids ran their hearts out, and Caleb ended up with something like thirteen laps.
One of my favorite things about Kindergarten has been watching Caleb's brain work as he learns how to read. It is so fun to listen to him read to us, and he does an awesome job sounding out new words. This was the longest book to date that he read start-to-finish with almost no help!
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