Alex's 1st Christmas Program

Alex had been practicing for his first Christmas program at preschool since his teacher began teaching the music...back in October. We've been listening to "Go, Tell It On the Mountain," "I'm Gonna Wrap Up Myself for Christmas" and more for months. He sings with such exuberance and joy, it literally brings tears to my eyes. The last day of class before the big day, his teacher told him he'd done a great job of practicing.

As soon as his class entered the gym during the program, we knew there was no reason to break out the video camera. Wearing his rarely-seen, scowly grumpy face as he schlepped in line with his classmates, we knew two things: 1] he was mad about something, and 2] it was highly unlikely that this stubborn and dramatic kiddo would suddenly decide to perk up and sing.

The teacher's aide, who works in Alex's class, tried to convince him to sing with his friends, but he wouldn't. So, bless her, she sat with him on her lap. After the program, we went out to lunch, and he sang his little heart out for us. Goofball.

Hopefully, we'll get footage of him singing in the spring performance.

Alex's Preschool Adventures Continue

Some additional photos of Alex's adventures in preschool:

 

Halloween 2010

For Halloween, Zach was a paleontologist and Alex repeated his stint as a firefighter. Zach had a party at school; we went to HP for the annual trick-or-treat bash, a soccer team party and a party for a friend of Zach's from school. It was awesome, and we got our money's worth out of those costumes.

 

 

 

Robot Alex

Alex's newest dance moves...he calls it his 'robot dance'. It's pretty sweet.

Alex is in Preschool

It came! Finally, the day we've been waiting for since registration in February. The day for which Alex potty trained himself. His first day of Mrs. Melby's preschool class! It was worth the wait. As though she had him specifically in mind, Mrs. Melby's room was decorated in cars theme - cars on the walls, cars on the windows, car toys, car nametags... He couldn’t wait to play with the toys he’d wanted to play with since Zach was in this class.

His first semester has gone well – he loves having music class every week, and practices with all his heart the songs Miss Chase teaches them. He’s in Tumblebees, an enrichment class, once a week – it helps to cover a scheduling overlap, and he loves running around and somersaulting for an hour. It’s cute to hear him talk about his friends, and to see all the cute project he brings home.

Happy 3rd Birthday, Firefighter Alex!

Our baby turned three at the end of March. It's hard to believe that three years have already passed since "Baby Alex" made his grand entrance into our world; at the same time, I can barely remember life before him. Alex is obsessed with firefighters, so there was no question as to what the party theme would be. Luckily, my mom even has a Cricut cartridge with a firefighter and a fire truck, so my handmade invitations tradition was not disrupted.

Auntie Coley decorated the cake to match the invitiations, and it looked great!

We had about 40-50 people stop by and hang out throughout the course of the party, most of whom were kids under the age of ten. Thanks to everyone who helped us celebrate!