Blog Marathon - Mile 20 - Play School

So I dusted off my front door photo booth again for Jayson's first day at Play School. On Tuesday we went and met Ms. Korie and toured the classroom. Today he happily put on his Buzz Lightyear shirt and carried his lunch pack. He was a sport taking photos and came up with all the original poses himself. Cutie.

We arrived at school. He looked inside and then glanced back and me and said, "uh, bye." He kindly gave me a hug per my request. Then he was off to be a big kid. He has been wanting to stay with Jessica in 1st grade all week.

I climbed in my messy minivan and looked back in the rearview mirror and all the seats were empty. Weird. My eyes got all misty. My baby is a big boy. I'm happy for his confidence and independence. I need this little break and I haven't had one for 2 1/2 years. He's been my constant side kick - and what a character he is. Congrats on your first day Goose!!!!

I packed him some blueberries (his favorite) & goldfish. He came home with his snacks untouched AND with a baggie of chocolate chip cookies. So I don't know if he's a charmer or a thief?!

Blog Marathon - Mile 19 - Cupcake Birthday Party for my Sweetie

I had lots of fun ideas for this birthday party. I purchased little white aprons and then attached rainbow ribbon to pretty them up. I baked and baked so we'd have cookies and cupcakes and one super cupcake cake for the. I also stayed up late making cupcake fridge magnets for party favors. I was so frustrated because the glass glue bubbled all over. So I stayed up another night and made a whole new batch of magnets.

Jon was the pizza chef. While I was dressing new arrivals in their aprons, he was rolling out the dough and cooking dinner all in preparation for our pizza picnic.

Only a couple girls chose to come inside to mix the cookie dough. My friend/party assistant helped the girls play cupcake bingo while I got the table ready for cupcake decorating. The girls were very focused on their creations. Some of those cupcakes had more sprinkles than frosting. I found the cutest little cake boxes to package up their goodies (of course no photos because things were way to crazy by the end of the party).

They played spontaneous games on the trampoline including duck, duck, goose.

Happy Birthday to You!!! Make a Wish Sweetie.

Cake. Ice Cream. PRESENTS!!!!!