Last day of Preschool 2016

Last Thursday was Peyton and Charlie's last day of school.  Since we recently moved this was their last day at The Brentwood Early Childhood Center. We are all really sad to be leaving such a great school. We loved the teachers, director and friends we made there and will miss them all very much!

At drop off in the morning, I saw our Parents as Teachers facilitator and she gave me a huge hug and got teary which made me get teary.  She has been with us since Peyton was 9 months old and was a huge support to me last year when I was pregnant with Nora and preparing for what we thought was going to be a move across the country.  As I walked out to my car I had a hard time holding back the tears.  It hit me hard that we were leaving a wonderful school and community. I know we made the right choice and will be happy in our new community but it didn't make saying goodbye any easier.  Of course the good part is that we can keep in touch with everyone and hopefully will but it won't be quite the same.  At pickup I got Charlie first and we said goodbye to his teacher.  Miss Shelley had both kids and also lived in our neighborhood.  We loved her and enjoyed seeing her so much over the past two years.  We gave her hugs and then went down the hall to get Peyton. I found her curled up on one of her teacher's lap in tears.  She understood she wouldn't be coming back to this school and was just so sad to say goodbye.  Although I question whether she would have cried even if we were going back next year.  She loves school. Her tears set off a chain reaction.  She gave her teacher, Miss Katie, a big hug and burst into more tears which made Miss Katie and me cry.  Then Miss Shelley came around the corner and Peyton gave her a big hug and started crying all over again and she was in tears too. It was much more emotional than I expected!  A friend posted a quote from one of her kid's graduation that I thought summed it up perfectly: "How lucky are we to have something that makes it so hard to say goodbye?"  We were lucky to have two years at BECC!

Charlie and Miss Shelley

Peyton and Miss Katie

Peyton, Miss Jamie and Miss Katie

Peyton and Charlie with Miss Shelley

 It's amazing how much the kids have grown and changed in the past nine months!

 

Peyton

Today at school Peyton was asked to dress up as what she wants to be when she grows up.

She wants to be a teacher and a mommy. I think she would be pretty great at both!

Radley Ct

Our first home on Radley Ct in Brentwood will always hold a special place in our hearts.  Jason and I bought that house a few months before we got married and lived there almost 7 years.  Our entire married life up to this point took place in that house and it holds so many wonderful memories for us. We painted the walls of that house and made it our own.  We learned how to take care of that house and all that comes with it. Jason put hours of work into the yard and garden at that house.  We had parties with our friends and family in the backyard of that house.  The pre-kid parties often lasting late into the night/morning and culminating with dance parties on the deck.  I found out I was pregnant all 3 times in the bathroom of that house.  I shared that news with Jason all 3 times (in different ways each time) in that house. We sat in the living room of that house waiting to go to the hospital to welcome our first child, nervous and excited.  We became a family in that house when we brought Peyton home.  We spent endless hours in our bedroom in that house just staring at her fascinated with her every move  I spent long nights rocking Peyton in her room at that house. We watched Peyton take her first steps in the basement of that house.  I spent hours bouncing on my birth ball in that house when I was pregnant with Charlie.  My water broke with Charlie in that house.  We brought Charlie home to meet his sister in that house and learned how to manage two kids. Charlie learned how to play ball in the yard of that house.  We watched Peyton and Charlie become best buddies in that house.  I cried in the bathroom in that house when I thought we were going to move to San Francisco (I was very emotional and pregnant!)  We brought Nora home to that house and watched Peyton and Charlie immediately fall in love with her.  We watched Nora grow through her first 9 months in that house.  We took countless walks through the neighborhood and to the park and library.  We started the kids in preschool in that house and found some wonderful friends in the community.  Everything we know and have to this point happened in that house.  It was very bittersweet to say goodbye to those walls that hold so much for us.  But we will take the memories with us knowing they are some of the best of our lives.  We look forward to the next chapter in our new house and making many more memories.

A few pictures from our last week at Radley Ct.

Dance Recital

Peyton was too cute in her dance recital today!  She was so excited for it.  Although she kept a serious face the whole time I think she had a lot of fun!

Charlie giving Peyton flowers after the show

Nora: 10 Months

At ten months Nora:

• Is enjoying exploring our new house.  She has adjusted really well to the move and seems to like having more space to crawl and play.  She loves to empty the cabinet with all the kids dishes!
• Loves to be outside.
• Loves her cousin Aiden.  She crawls over to him and just talks to him and wants to touch him.
• Is really steady when she stands unassisted.  She can stand for minutes at a time but she is hesitant to try to take a step.
• Likes to share popsicles with her sister!
• Has gotten a lot of comments lately that she is starting to look more like her Daddy.
• Likes to play with baby dolls
• Is a very happy very sweet little girl! 

This is what having a sibling is all about!