Determined

Evelyn loves my old Sesame Street clubhouse as much as Sam did (and still does), but she gets so frustrated with this little guy when she tries to take his hat off - the hat that's molded to his head.  Such a determined little person.

With a Capital P

I am a Promise.  I am a Possibility

I am a Promise.  With a capital "P".

I am a great big bundle of Potentiality.

I can go anywhere that He wants me to go.

I can be anything He wants me to be.

I can climb the high mountains.  I can cross the wide sea.

I'm a great big promise, you see!

I am a Promise.  I am a Possibility

I am a Promise.  With a capital "P".

I am a great big bundle of Potentiality.

by Bill and Gloria Gaither

Gram sang this song to Mommy when she was a Prestonwood preschooler.

Sam sang this song at his Prestonwood preschool graduation ceremony.  

He has his diploma and is a Kindergartner now and we've said our goodbyes to teachers and friends.

Needless to say there have been many tears this past week.

Congratulations to Sam.  Prestonwood loved you and thought you were "Samtastic".  

And we think you have oodles of Promise, Possibility and Potentiality - with a capital P!

Sage

Well, this was a fairly lucky shot!  I was sitting on the patio, looking at the little sprouting seeds in Sam's veggie garden, when Evie leaned over to smell our herbs.  I had my camera in my lap and snapped as fast as I could.  I wonder if I could get her to do it again, she looks so sweet. 

Water Slide

Evelyn had the time of her life playing in her little pool yesterday.  I put her birthday slide in there and she went down that thing continuously for over an hour.  I have so many pictures of her laughing as she hit the water that it was hard to choose which ones to share.  I think this set tells the story perfectly - this is one happy kid!

Sweeping

This girl loves to sweep.  She always looks so cute, trying to get all her Cheerios and cracker crumbs in the dust pan.  She made a huge mess that day, as always, but she was happy and it kept her occupied for a bit while I finished a quilt.  Such a sweet little helper.

Dishes

Not only does she sweep, folks, she empties the diswasher, too.  The minute she hears me pull down the door, she stops whatever she's doing and makes a bee-line for the kitchen.  She gets so excited!  I pull out the steak knives, paring knives and flatware knives and she immediately starts in on the remaining silverware. She knows all the drawers and cabinets and where everything goes.  I never showed her the measuring cup drawer or the cabinet where we keep the coffee drip cone, but somehow she knows!  Such a smart and helpful little girl.  Mommy's little shadow!

Thanks, Evelyn!  What would I do without your help?

Corn

Brian grilled burgers and veggies last night and I had Sam shuck the corn.  He did all three ears, and was so serious the whole time.  It takes a lot of concentration, that corn-shuckin'.

Fish

Eating cheesey goldfish crackers is serious business, especially when you have to move them from one snack bowl to the next and back again, and back again...  

Nervousth

It's official - Sam's registered for Kindergarten.  We've been to the school three times now; twice for some mini-orientations and another to drop off registration paperwork.  He's always excited to go and in a good mood when we leave, but has also mentioned each time that he's a little "ner-vousth" about going to Kindergarten.  I'll bet that when the big day arrives that feeling will last about five minutes.  :)