A Peek at the Poulsens

Yeah, school has been out for almost two months....my bad haha. I got behind on blogging and allowed myself to not feel guilty, knowing I would get to it when I felt like it. So now I feel like it! Natalie couldn't have had a better first official year of public school. She had the most wonderful teacher, fun friends, learned a lot (including how to READ!), grew a lot (in all the ways), and still stayed my lovely Natsby through it all. She had so much fun, was very diligent about making sure she obeyed every rule, and always had a good story when I picked her up. Some beginning/ending comparisons: with the fabulous Miss Beck first/last day of school! They had a little Kindergarten graduation for the three classes on the last day of school. Stacy, my neighbor, was up close so she sent me lots of pictures. They sang some adorable little songs and got little diplomas and were beaming from ear to ear.  It was great to have fam...

I just looked back to double check and it's true: I never did a post about Jack turning 3!! What the heck, self?! Look how he's changed! He still loves being cozy and would probably still have a bink if we let him. Sweet sweet Jack! He felt very pleased with all the birthday attention all day, and told people about his birthday for days after. He woke up and wanted to open presents first thing! He got a spiderman shirt, spiderman bedding, a mitt/baseball, and painting supplies (and probably more that I have forgotten in the past two months. Third child problems.) Stockton was particularly excited about the spiderman comforter, and Natalie was always hovering close by, ready to help open presents. ....this mess took less than two minutes to make  Jack's favorite food is pancakes, and that's what he wanted instead of an actual cake. He got to choose frosting to decorate his pancake and he was SO excited. (Also, birthday pancakes migh...