Another School Year Over!

Another school year has come to a close…

My graduation duty was a “line leader”…aka on the field facing the graduates and keeping an eye on them! Its an alright job…you get to see the kids graduate and enjoy the ceremony. Boy have times changed though…they got confetti machines, fireworks and awesome music played as they turned their tassels. I have no clue why but graduations make me emotional…just a change in all their lives!!
I feel like it was just yesterday that we were graduating…its crazy to think it was 13 years ago! HOT damn we are getting old!

Owen will have one more full year at daycare before becoming a kindergartener…how crazy is that! And even though he’s not technically IN school yet …I still make him take his first and last day of “school” picture (just like I did last year)! heehee.
                  August 2012                                                                   May 2013


I can’t believe how much this little man has grown up over this school year. When I look back at his picture from August he’s such a little dude…tan skin, sun-bleached blonde hair…He has matured so much. He is his own person now, with his own likes, dislikes, preferences for food, clothes, pj’s, shoes, shows, movies, toys, etc. I just hope and pray everyday that he’s growing up to be the amazing young man that I want him to be. I think that the foundation to that, is started at this young age…and hopefully we’re doing it “right”.

We love our Martha at “Martha’s Daycare”…and appreciate what she does for our family. Next year we’ll be keeping her busy 4 days a week…she’ll have BOTH Souza children!
This is Owen and Martha at the end of his first school year with her (in 2011) and the end of this year…

Now…I wish I could say its time to relax, sleep in, and do the typical summertime beach/pool fun stuff BUT we all know with a 4 month old, THAT’S not gonna happen…at least not as much as I’d like! haha But I’m still REALLY looking forward to an awesome summer…with our little family…awaiting our visitors from NY and Ireland in July!

Today our littlest monkey is 4 months old…next up we have shots next week hopefully the ok to start rice cereal and maybe baby food and maybe we’ll get this lady to start rolling over sometime soon?!? I don’t remember when all this stuff happens! But it doesn’t matter…since I’ll be home until August 7th…YAY!