Hud's Easter Party

My sweet little man had his Easter school class party at a friend's house today. It was SO-MUCH-FUN! More fun than I anticipated. Not that I was dreading it or anything, but it really was a great time. The parents are so nice and really enjoyable to be around, and it was a very well-planned and organized party. (This former Kindergarten teacher appreciates those things)! HA!!

The anticipation leading up to today was like Christmas all over again. Hudson and Harper were both very excited. What is so nice about this group is that siblings are always included and treated so sweetly. This makes Harper so very excited about school in the Fall. What is so neat about this group of kids in Hud's class is that there are about 5 or so that have 2 year old siblings that will all be in class with Harper in the Fall. It is comforting to know those sweet little faces already and their parents too

Hudson will be going to the 3 day a week 5 year old Prekindergarten school there starting in the Fall. It is amazing the people that have such strong opinions about this, but it is something we have known we were going to do with Hudson from the very beginning. Since he and Harper both are July babies we just feel there is such an advantage to having that extra year under their belts rather than sending them to school as barely 5 year olds. Plus the maturity of a 6 year old compared to a 5 year old is night and day. With my Hud...my boy is smart, but could he be at school for 7 hours in the Fall?? No way! This boy loves to play, and maturity wise he needs to play one more year. The thing that makes me cringe, and perhaps this is the teacher in me, is yes...as parents we all feel our children are fantastic and brilliant...etc, but what I can't stand is when a parent says to me is that they are sending their 'bright' (I quote that because we all feel that way about our kids) child on to school because they think if they waited that their child would be BORED in school. Talk about the parent needing a spanking with the humble stick. I can recall when I taught a parent telling me that they were fearful that their child was not being challenged enough. What an insult to a teacher. (and this was kindergarten, folks)! I guess at the end of the day when we were making the decision to send Hud and Harp with their summer bdays on to kindergarten, what sealed the deal for us was just fast-forwarding to the end of high school. Both would graduate at 17 and go off to college at barely 18. At the day in age we live in now, in my opinion, that is just too young and too fast. Why rush them off, ya know??

By no means was I intending to go off on that tangent, but I had been asked by several about our Kinder plans coming up. I also do not want to debate this topic either. Just coming from my teaching experience and my children, this is the best decision for us.

Soooooo....here are pictures from today! And what a fun day it was!!!

Harper on the hammock.

The class picture with a few brothers and sisters thrown in.

I thought this was funny. The little girl by Harper looks like, "what on earth are you doing??"

I love running action shots.

Cheese!!!

I also love the bottom in the air shots too!! So soo cute!

Goofy Hud!! His sweet teacher did Monkey eggs for the Marvelous Money class. Cute, huh?

My loves!

Handsome Hud

Hudson and his friend Kiara.

Hudson decorating his Easter basket cupcake. (I think he took an early bite in from the looks of his mouth.)