Micah starts preschool

At the beginning of January I put Micah into preschool.  A friend of mine runs it from her home.  The other boys also went to her preschool from January to May of the year that they started kindergarten.  Micah was excited to go.  I was worried because I did Joy School with him the year before and he wasn't happy at all about going to that.  Thankfully he has enjoyed preschool and is usually happy to go. 

He did not want his picture taken on the first day so this is the best I got:

Micah was very excited to come home on pirate day and show me his hat and eye patch:

At preschool he got to "walk the plank":

For President's day he came home looking like this:

Brooklyn has missed her buddy.  She spent a lot of time following me around and asking if she could watch tv.  She is extremely excited to start preschool next year.  Here she is trying on Micah's hat and beard:

January

For New Years eve this year we went to the church for a while.  They always have a family dance.  They also have lots of snacks and a bounce house.  The kids thought that was fun for a while.  Then they were ready to go home.  We went home and watched a movie and played a game.  Then it was time to count down.  We did one of those Netflix countdowns and then yelled "Happy New Year".  Everyone made it till midnight.  Then we all went to bed. 

Next in January comes my birthday.  Well actually the kids go back to school, and then its my birthday.  Reed and I went out to dinner at Jakers and then we went to the movie theatre to see the new Star Wars movie.  It was a fun evening.  I told Reed that I couldn't remember the last time we did dinner and a movie. 

Reed and the boys made my birthday treat: trifle, with chocolate pudding and strawberries and whipped cream and angel food cake:

 

It was delish!:

And here are some random pictures from January.  Brooklyn got a Anna piggy bank for Christmas that she got to paint.  She had so much fun painting:

This is serious work:

Here she is concentrating on her work:

She didn't worry at all about mixing the colors:

This January we hit a milestone: we don't have any children in the nursery.  We had at least one child in the nursery almost continuously (there was a 2 month break between Conner leaving and Micah starting) for 8 and half years.  Craziness.  I was excited but a little sad too - my kids are growing up so fast!  Here is Brooklyn, all ready for church.  She has enjoyed Sunbeams for the most part although she does still miss nursery a little bit (it doesn't help that Reed and I are in the nursery):