Special day with Papa

Every night before bed, I talk with the boys about the things they are thankful for about their day.  With Novak, I ask him to share a good thing about his day. 

Today Novak got to spend all day with my dad. He was so excited to have "special time with Papa." 

So tonight at bedtime, he told me he wanted to share five good things.  (This was a first!)

1. School

2. Blowing bubbles with Papa

3. Playing ball with Papa

4. Watching football with Papa

5. When Papa bangs on his tummy and makes a funny noise. 

:)

Spike!

Nile wanted to spike his hair today. 

I love that he did this himself and that he gave me permission to post it. 

Last year of preschool!

Novak had his first day of preschool on Friday, September 11. This was just a one hour "open house" for the kids to meet their teachers and classmates. He is in the 5 year old pre-K class, and there are only 7 of them this year. Many of his preschool friends from last year are in the 4 year old class, which meets at the same time but in a different classroom. They share playtime, and so he was really excited to see his best friend, Lyla. He had been talking about her almost all summer. Turns out she had been talking to her mom about Novak all summer as well. 

Once those two found each other, they were inseparable for the rest of the open house. I wanted to try and take a photo, but couldn't keep up with them. Neither wanted to leave after an hour, and it was really hard to get them to go. It may have required a mention of the candy that was next to the door on the way out...

After the open house, as we were driving away, I hear from the back seat:

"Mom, I really love my school."