Kindergarten Registration

Can't believe our little guy is old enough to start kindergarten. It seems like yesterday that we were bringing him home from the hospital, but in any case it's that time of year. We were not ready to decide what school district (Burton or Brenham) we wanted to send our kids to yet, so our only option was to stay at St. Paul's at least another year.

For those of you not familiar with the insane process it's just CRAZY! The school is limited on space, class sizes are small and it's a very highly regarded christian day school so registration is on a first come first serve basis. Once you sign in for a number and secure your spot a family member must remain on the school grounds until official registration. That means no leaving even for 5 minutes.

We made the decision to send Dalton to full-day class if we had to pay for him to be there or not. I checked numbers Monday before I left the school after the Valentine's party. Four of the 15 spots were already taken. That meant there were only 11 spots left. I decided that playing the odds for too long was not in our favor. I headed home to grab a few things because it appeared that I was going to be spending the night at school in my vehicle much to my surprise. I honestly thought most of the kids would venture off to public school. When I returned to school around 4:00 pm only 7 spots remained because other insane, but devoted parents thought the same thing. Crazy thing is by 10:00 pm the full-day kindergarten class was full and registration did not begin until 7:00 am the next morning.

I am thankful for my wonderful husband who took care of the kids and picked up supper so we could enjoy Valentine's night together at school even if it was only a half hour or so. I still got to see my kids before they went to bed.

We are officially registered for the 2011-2012 school year as a Kindergartener. WOW!!!   

Valentine's Party

Party #2 - Family

After post-poning for one week Dalton celebrated his 5th Birthday with immediate family and close friends last weekend. In keeping with the baseball and ballpark theme we enjoyed hot dogs and hamburgers. 

I think the birthday boy was worn out. It did not take five minutes after everyone left and he was out.

Party #1 - Silver Wings

So maybe we did not have the best turnout due to re-scheduling, but overall Dalton thoroughly enjoyed his skating party. It was full of ups and downs and laughs and crys, but in the end we survived. #5 is in the record books.

Snow Day

So maybe we did not get as much snow as we had hoped for, but the day home from work and school was appreciated. After another round of bitter cold weather this week I'm ready for Spring! This is only our second year in the house and we have had a snow each year. Seriously, I thought I lived in Texas. Thankfully it only makes a brief stop. I know Dalton is looking foward to another one because he was dissappointed he could not make a snowman this year. Crazy I know, but he remembers making one almost as tall as him last year and when he heard the word snow he associated it with last year. If only he would understand that snow is a rare occurrence, but he is beginning to think we get it every year. Mallory obvioulsy was only a baby last year so this was her first experience. She was not quite sure what to think, but I don't know if that had to do with the snow and ice or the amount of clothes she had on. Dalton was so excited when he woke up Friday morning that he ran outside in pj's and sock. We did manage to get him in a jacket and crocs, but that was about all.

Dalton tried so hard to get the powdery stuff to stick together to make even a tiny snowman, but he couldn't.

Below are pictures from the snow last year - 2-23-10