New Fashioned Family

Today is the last day my son will ever be five. Tomorrow he will be six. He is so excited about growing up. He told when he wakes up he'll be so much taller than he is today. Kids are so sweet. They are so innocent and carefree. They don't judge and when they're young they still think their parents are really cool. I haven't really noticed until today, but today it hit me. Everyday they're getting bigger than the day before, even little Colton. Everyday if you don't pay close attention to the wonders in your world and the excitement in your little guy's eyes it'll be gone before you know it. I know, this blog sounds absolutely pitiful. I have found myself so sad at the thought of my son turning six though! I don't want to miss a moment and regret it later, but sometimes in the busyness of life it's so easy to do. Today I payed close attention to everything and realized how many things I love but take for granted. I love it that my kids still love...

I guess I lied! Shame on me. I said I was going to do more blogs and I've been so busy that I haven't followed through. I have however been taking a lot more photos, just as promised. I think I may have mentioned it before, but my little boy is in kindergarten and my little girl is doing pre k at home. I took some photos of an average day of preschool for Ella to share. We had talked about how people used to paint on cave walls with their hands or make paint brushes with things they could find. We also work on a different letter every week and work on math as well. She's fine with all of her colors and shapes, although we do incorporate those as well, we just focus on reading and math a little more though. Today we talked about the letter E and did some writing and games with that letter. I also incorporated painting with textures and things that are easily available just like the cave paintings. We used some weeds as paint brushes and Ella painted her elephant paper. After...

So, as promised, I'm back! What a day. It seems like all the kids have wanted to do is make messes today. I feel like I'm at my wits end sometimes! I guess all moms feel that way once in awhile. Graydon does so well at school and his teacher just loves him. They have a color coded behavior chart at his school and it really helps him there. I hate spanking the kids. I feel like it doesn't do much but make them cry and make them fearful. I guess I grew up in a pretty stressful house as a kid and I just don't want my kids to feel like that, so I don't know why I didn't think of it before, but I made a makeshift chart with things I had lying around for the kids craft time and so far it has really helped. I only have to tell them once and let them know this is their warning before their color is changed and they immediately run and do as they are told. I used a piece of paper cut to size and glued popsicle sticks to it, painted them green, blue, yellow, and red, and ...