The Newton Family: Endings...

... of Kindergarten (and Ayden's years at Holy Cross)
and
... of the T-Ball season

Ayden's class had a "Celebrate Me" Party for the end of Kindergarten. Sadly, I had the wrong time and so we missed it :-( Yes, the bad mom award goes to me. We have been trying so hard to make sure having a baby in the house didn't affect him negatively - definite fail on that one. Believe me, many tears were shed over this (by me, not Ayden)! Both Ken and I picked him up and his teacher was sweet enough to give us a little reenactment of what they did. I was still feeling extremely guilty for missing it, so we took Ayden out to lunch at Red Robin, followed by a little Big Spoon Yogurt. Our little guy is so sweet. When I apologized for probably the thousandth time, he said, "That's ok, Mom, it was pretty boring." Well, later that night when Ken thanked him for being so sweet to me and understanding about this whole thing, he said, "Daddy, I told Mom that it was boring, but it really wasn't. It was actually really fun, but I told her that so it would make her feel better." When I heard this, the tears came again of course (stupid post-baby hormones!)......We are so lucky to have such a compassionate little man!

Ayden recieved awards for perfect attendance, running a marathon over the course of the year, and the "Super Sponge" award for always remembering everything!

Ayden with Ken in their similar shirts. When we were picking out his clothes for the week, Ayden said he wanted Ken to wear his shirt that's similar to the one we picked out for Ayden so they could match. So cute!!

Ayden and his awesome teacher, Ms. Kim. We all feel blessed to have had such a wonderful teacher this year!

Once again, I was a complete mess on Ayden's last day at Holy Cross. We are so lucky that we found such a great preschool (and Kindergarten) where we know Ayden learned so much, but was also loved so much! He is already talking about when Elyana gets to go there!

His last day at Holy Cross

A little blast from the past...his first day at Holy Cross in January 2009....the last 3 1/2 years has flown by!

That brings us to the end of the T-Ball season....we were no so sad to see this end. Ayden had a lot of fun, but the two practices and one game a week were quite the commitment. Ayden made quite a bit of progress, although focusing on the game and keeping his eye on the ball when it was in the field was still a challenge. He played pitcher for the last game and had several great "plays", which in T-Ball terms means he stopped the ball and threw it actually near first base. When we were giving him some praise about playing so well, he said, "Well, I wanted to do a really good job since it was our last game." Lesson learned - next year we make him think that every game is the last game :-)