May Crowning at St. Charles

 This morning I went to Declan's school to take pictures of the May Crowning at Declan's school.  It was adorable and the kids took it very seriously!!!  The director asked me to come in and take photos for their website - it's so nice to be able to do this for them!!
This is just a Declan heavy selection of the pictures - I took many many more that I won't bore you with!!!

Declan's First Day of Preschool

 Today was Declan's first day of school at St. Charles Borromeo Preschool and he LOVED it!!  He was so excited last night that he could barely get to sleep and today he woke up ready to go.  He ate a few bites of French Toast and some yogurt and wanted to get his backpack and get in the car.  What a sweet little boy!  He's been waiting forever to go to school.  He's watched the big kids go to school for his whole life and he finally got to go and play on the playground, paint, sing songs, read book and have his own cubby.  This is one happy camper and he can't wait to go back on Friday!!

He seems so much older than the others when they started school - I guess he is about 6 months older and that does make a big difference at this age!  Here are Aidan, Emmy and Aoife's first day of preschool!

Declan's Preschool Orientation

The day that we have been waiting for ALL SUMMER has finally arrived!  Declan visited his classroom and met his teacher and some of his classmates today.  This may actually have been the best day in Declan's life so far, although I'll bet that in 2 days he'll have the best day of his life again when he actually gets to stay at school without me! 
He is so ready for school and I'm so excited for him!  He needs friends his age - we have a few from Stroller Strong but Declan is a guy who wants a pack of friends.  He is happiest in a big crowd - I guess that's what you get for being the youngest of four!!  We cannot WAIT until Wednesday when he has his actual first day!!