I thought these pictures were cute. These kids are growing so fast. Each time I put them to bed at night they seem to wake up bigger. . . and smarter! Check her out reading the dictionay! That's my girl.
Damon was tucking Cru in on Christmas Eve and Damon asked if he wanted him to put some cookies and milk out for Santa. He said, "Yeah but not too much or he won't fit in the chimney."
Well when Cru was eating breakfast this morning he said, "Mom, maybe before we go out to the bus you can kiss me in here so that those boys don't see." I wanted to cry. Cru has now become aware of others and is now concerned about what they think. Oh man! A very small portion of his childhood has been washed away. So I did away with our routine kiss on the sidewalk and gave him a big hug and kiss inside and then walked him out to the bus stop where the other BIG boys were waiting. What's next? ...Mom give me the keys, I'll drive. AHHHHH! He's growing up too fast.
Well Cru started kindergarten last month. It lasts all day, unlike most kindergartens. But he seems to not know the difference. He rides the bus like a champ and gets up almost every morning eager for the day. 
His other friend is Kendall. A girl from his Sunday school class. I asked if he played with her on recess and he said "no because I didn't know her because her hair was like this..." He then made a strange face and stuck his fingers out and twirled his hands in a circle. After talking to his mom at church I found out they did rollers in her hair the night before. 
Yesterday was parent teacher conference. Our first opportunity for this splendid event. Cru was asked by his teacher to attend. We learned that Cru needs to work on his listening skills (He's a social bug as Mrs. Matekovic put it politely) Other than that his teacher let us know that he's doing great! After the conference he took us all out to the playground to show us his "playground skills". He proceeded to climb to the top of the oldest looking piece of playground equipment (you know the old metal bar ones that make me thankful we have health insurance). After climbing to the top he straddles two bars and then jumped off the top!...landing safely with a look on his face like TADAH! We played on this playground throughout the summer and he never attempted something like that. Just within a matter of weeks his playground skills have improved dramatically, that is...become more dangerous. I guess that's what happens when you get 5 or 6 kindergarten boys trying to see who can do the coolest trick. If he doesn't win for coolest trick, I give him the award for the most pea-gravel in his shoes when he gets home from school. 
