The Week in Pictures

Here's Charlie's preschool class. It's small, I know. Remember when you were in high school and you got to take ceramics or creative cooking? Well, the local high school here offers childhood development classes....and they actually have a preschool. I think it is FABULOUS. The best is when we're actually walking to his class in the morning. Teenage boys wearing baggy pants, earings, and puffy jackets (guys that would scare me in a dark alley) come up to Charlie, "Hey Charlie. What's up, my man?" And then Charlie gives them five.

Charlie was having a hard time one day, so I stayed for a few minutes until he calmed down. I got to see what they teach them. One of the gangster looking teenage guys gets up, "k ya'll. we're going to learn the abc's!" and then preceeds to teach them the abc's while rapping. I thought it was so funny, and Charlie thought it was the coolest.

Most preschools around here run about $200/month. But the best part about Charlie's preschool is that it cost us $75 for the entire semester. You can't beat that. Here's Charlie at the primary talent show. He had to skateboard.

When he had a wipe out, he just froze there like this until I helped him up. But then when he realized that everyone was cheering for him, he was ready for one more ride.
And here's Charlie and Kayla in the creek during Kayla's bday party.
Did you notice that there aren't any pictures of me? I look HUGE in all of them, and don't feel ready to share that on the world wide web anymore. I actually feel smaller than I look in the pictures. Hmmm.

And last of all, Happy Mother's Day! I feel SO lucky to be a mom today. Justin and Charlie both have worked really hard to make it a nice day for me. There are some days where I wonder why the heck I signed up for 'momdom'. It is the HARDEST thing I've ever done. And sometimes it's really just the most annoying thing I've ever done. (Like when Charlie gets diarrhea of the mouth and won't stop talking even when I turn the radio louder than him.)

But at the same time, it is the BEST thing I've ever done. There are few things better than kissing Charlie after he's asleep, or listening to him talk about his dreams, or snuggling with him after his nap, or watching him play baseball, or hearing him sing "Mother I Love You" during church, or watching him ride his big wheel on the high school campus with pride, or listening to him spell his own name. They're such little things, but they mean the world to me. I'm so glad that I became a mom.