and summer begins.

Bentley "graduated" from his first preschool class on May 10th. The kids made alphabet crowns to wear and Lauren made them their own little diplomas which she presented to them.

We have had such a great time with preschool this year. I didn't think I would love hanging out with other people's kids that much, but I did. I loved planning the lessons, teaching, and seeing the kids learn and grow. Bentley has learned so much from all of his teachers and loves going to school. Now that it is over he tells me almost everyday that he wants to go to school. While he was in school the first thing he would tell everybody he talked to was that he went to school. The other day he told me that he wanted to be a daddy so I asked him if he wanted to go to school ALL day EVERY day like his daddy. He got really excited and shouted "YES!" And he is very excited to have Gaige go to school with him next year.

So now that preschool is over I get to hang out with my kids all day everyday! Not only did Bentley graduate from preschool, he has also graduated from naps. One day last week he decided to be very very naughty so I didn't give him his binky for his nap. The next day I decided that we were done with binkies. I told Bentley that I mailed all of his binkies to Spiderman because Spiderman needed them for his new baby. I am pretty sure that Bentley now resents Spiderman for taking his binkies...Sorry, Spidey! Now that there are no more binkies there is no more nap. So all of this extra quality time with Bentley is driving me a little bit crazy. Thankfully he is sleeping in a little bit later in the morning so our days don't start at 6:15 am anymore. We get to at least sleep in till 7:20 am.

Marvin took our pictures a few weeks ago when he, Janni, Luke and Shane came to visit. My boys are so difficult to take pictures of. The won't look at the camera at the same time, make silly faces, and look down. At least Matt and I look good! www.kimble-photography.com