Hip Hip Hooray!!!

We've been having adventures in preschool around here. We LOVED Morgan's preschool, I mean LOVED that place. It was comforting, fun, she learned a ton, it was a Spanish immersion program with a huge emphasis on nature and science and Morgan learned such confidence there. We thought we'd be living in another part of town (but ended up really close to our old house), we thought I'd be working a more regular schedule and needed a longer day program (but I ended up quitting my job), so anyway, we enrolled Aidan in a different preschool not knowing all of the things that would have happened inside those parenthesis! Morgan was at the new school over the summer with him, which went great and we thought we'd made a good choice. Until she left to kindergarten and then our shy, little sensitive boy had a really rough time because it was a bigger school and lots of potential for A-man to get lost in the shuffle (which he did). We made a decision that you only live once, so you'd better enjoy it. So we took him out and had our old nanny Stacie come back into our lives while I transitioned out of my job and to help since I will still work a little (another reason to say hooray!). Luckily for us, Morgan's old school made a spot for us and Aidan has not only happily enrolled, but he's THRIVING! Hence the Hip, hip, hooray! I stayed the first day with him and they served a snack of roasted potatoes, spinach, cucumber, red pepper and oranges and every kid ate it. Seriously, I love this place! It's like coming home for all us, many of the younger siblings of Morgan's classmates are there and I just love this group of parents. All of the parents went out of their way to help their children welcome Aidan and I am truly grateful!

For Aidan's birthday celebration, Mema and Aidan led an art project. He was pretty excited to be the leader and Mema of course has the best ideas to share!

It's not a birthday at Garabatos without a pinata! Look at that smile! I love it. Aidan informed me tonight, "I really yike those kids at school, dey (they) are really nice!"

Checking out the ice cream cone cupcakes that only Mema could make....

The whole group. I love that they sit around this little table, this closeness is just what Aidan needed to not get lost in the shuffle. So again, hip hip hooray! Phew, now what should I worry about? (ha!)