graduated!! and then he went to kindergarten!!!

Ok this post is a bit disjointed but so be it.  Harrison graduated from preschool in June. They had a cute ceremony at his school followed by cake and then we had lunch with Cory at PF Changs. I got the best fortune ever...something about people around me being more cooperative than usual. It was a day a I definitely needed to hear that. And then, two months later, in early August he started kindergarten. I think the thing I was most bummed about when we moved to Utah was the prospect of sending Harrison to half day kindergarten since that is all they have here. Harrison LOVES school and does so well with routine that it seemed such a shame to have him actually spend less time in school than last year. A month or so in, I have to say though, that while I think he would have been great in full day kindergarten, I'm ok with it only being half a day. It's definitely more of a change than I expected and is a lot more work than preschool which has been a bit tiring. It's nice to have the afternoon free to play with friends, go to the park, play at home, and have lots of time to get his homework (which is really only reading 20 minutes and maybe a handwriting worksheet) done.  It's good preparation for first grade next year. Here's my cute big kid!!!!

Five things I love about Harrison

My firstborn can be a bit challenging at times. Sometimes I need to remind myself of some of the reasons he's AMAZING ( because he really is) 

1. Big hugs every morning when he wakes up, and at night, and pretty much all day long. 

2. He tells me he loves me to Pluto, to planets that haven't been discovered yet, and to deep space....and back. 

3. Now that he's in kindergarten we have to read 20 minutes every day, do a health/fitness goal everyday, and practice math everyday. He also sometimes brings home handwriting worksheets. This stuff is technically optional but he loves to do it. He's such a rule follower in the best way. 

4. He thinks 'stupid ' is the epitome of bad words and freaks out if it slips out. Let's hang on to that innocence, k bud? 

5. Even though he's gotten a bit more shy as he's gotten older he can still make friends anywhere and with anyone. 

Love you monkey pants!!!!

bummer with a silver lining

So I got this nice camera for Christmas and took a couple of really cute pictures of Jefferson with it on the day he was blessed (let me tell you about that day...Cory promised he scheduled it, but somehow someone forgot to tell the bishopric and it didn't happen at church. I was a bit stressed out about that, but we had our nice first counselor come over after so we could do the blessing at home and it was even better...CRISIS AVERTED).  Anyway, like any good mother who is far too aware of blank spaces on her walls, I decided we needed some new canvas prints so I went to order some online yesterday and was chagrined to find that my camera's default setting saved the pictures in super low resolution that is not appropriate to print in ANYTHING LARGER THAN FOUR BY SIX. For. Serious. WHY CANNON, WHY?????

That problem has been fixed. However, the damage is done and this blog or other places on the internets is the only place these beauties can be enjoyed. Oh well.  He's still the cutest baby ever, IMHO.

 Ok this one was taken around easter. My little bunny.

 OH my heavens that one needs to be huge and ON MY WALL (sad face)

Jefferson's inner monologue: "Excuse me, I'm about to fall off this lap, could someone help me out please, and get me some milk, and my fingers to chew on while you're at it--SCHPANKS!!!!"