Rulon's new preschool

In honor of Rulon turning 4 we went to see his new preschool. He has been really excited about starting school when he turned 4 and I thought we had better at least go see the place and meet his teacher to tide him over until he really starts in September. It is a cool place and the teacher is really great, plus she is from and has lots of family in and around Raymond Alberta - smaaaall world!! Her name is Mrs. Heap. Rulon thinks her name is fun to say. They will be doing letters, numbers, crafts, music, show n tell, kindergarten prep (whatever that means), playtime, and other stuff that I cannot remember. Rulon can't wait!!!! I have to admit I am a strange combination of excited and sad - this is the first real step away from me... weird.

he was just getting down from the counter because he did not want to be in the picture... got him anyway - sort of.

Rulon turns 4!!!

The night before Rulon's birthday he was up late with me mixing the colors of frosting for his Mr the King birthday cake and when he suggested to me that "it might be a good idea" if he stayed up to watch me color in The King... I just agreed!! Before going to bed he told me, "Mom, I am not sleepy or tired or resty or relaxy so I can't sleep tonight. But mom, if I don't go to sleep will I still turn 4 tomorrow?" My reply, "better not risk it, I dont think we want to take all your presents back to to store tomorrow so maybe just sleep a little."

Here's how the big day went:
1- He woke up at 6am (whew, enough said)
2- Breakfast was the Frosted Flakes he chose at the store the night before
3- Decorated the kitchen with blue & red streamers for fun while Chester was at work from 7-10am
4- When Chester got home Rulon opened several cooool presents (ambulance, Red Sox jersey, cars, hockey goal...thanks to several gift givers)
5- Sang happy bday and ate a Mr The King birthday cake and Birthday Bash ice cream
6- Played hard
7- Napped harder
8- Woke up, confirmed it WAS still his birthday, and played really hard after a cruel timeout for being mean, then Rulon got a timeout too... :)
9- Took fun calls from grandmas, aunts uncles and a few cousins too... until he was called away to address a broken arm emergency (you know, with the new ambulance and all)
10- Cooked up chicken nuggets & french fries for a dinner by Rulon's special request
11- Sacked out early from exhaustion

I still don't know for sure who loves Rulon's Red Sox clothes the most... Rulon or Chester! :) It was a super, great, wonderful, awesome day!