Done with 1st Grade, just like that

1^st Grade was wonderful this year.  Mrs. Almonte was great, just like Mrs. Rego said she would be. Carson literally glided through 1^st grade.

Carson’s anxiety in my opinion and how he handled himself this year went from a 10 to a 3.  Huge improvement and I think a lot of that had to do with maturity and comfort in his surroundings. 

Carson made a lot of fun friends this year and was in the top reading group of his class throughout the year.

This was his first Student of the Month which he earned for Respect.  He was presented with the Student of the Month award in front of the lower classes and we all got to go watch.  We were so proud of him and he was so excited. 

Carson also received the Silver Award for Reading Across Broward and read 25 chapter books this school year. 

During 1^st grade he also turned 7 and Hurricane Matthew disrupted any plans we had for his birthday, however, he did have a fun celebration at school where Geoff, Sydney and I went to bring him and his class cookies.

The end of 1^st grade also means the beginning of a new car line.  Carson started using the new car line at the end of the year.  He says he is very excited for the new car line for pickup and drop off. Ha! 

Mom Fail.. Easter Bunny...

I woke up, said to myself I have a little more time I can go back to sleep.  Carson won't be up for another hour, I'll hide the eggs in a little.  Next thing I know, in walks Carson and the Easter eggs are still in the fridge.  He looks outside and no eggs.  He goes in the fridge and they are still there.

I am sure I could have found a way to play it off and lied another year, but I really really would have had to pull out every trick in the book.  I knew my time was coming because last year he told me the bunny foot prints smelled like baby powder.  It really was just a matter of time.

So I sat him down and told him.  I told him what a great responsibility it is now that he knows.  He can't tell his friends and he definitely can't tell his sister. He said he understood and he won't tell anyone.

So then I said, don't look outside.  I am going to go hide the eggs and you and Sydney can go find them. And just like that it was Easter again.

Today, a very small chapter in his life closed and a new one opened.  I wasn't ready to close that chapter yet, but it really is a fact of life.  It had to happen.

At least we still have Santa and the Tooth Fairy :)

First Grade

And just like that, summer is over and the hustle of school, starts again. 1st grade, here we come, with a few tears and lots of smiles! 

About that Easter Bunny

March 25, 2016, he woke up Easter Morning, loved his basket and hunted for eggs.

For Easter, I've always taken the baby powder and made foot prints and then taken cotton balls and put them around the house. Carson has always loved it and followed the foot prints around, etc.

Later that morning, Carson, Sydney, Geoff and I were playing in Sydney's room. Carson decided to smell the "foot print" and says, the foot print smells like baby powder.  The Easter Bunny is a fake. I seriously could have cried and Geoff was laughing.  Carson starts walking around the house asking all these questions and then saying the Easter Bunny is a fake. I told him if he believes in his heart, anything can be real.

I quickly vacuumed everything up hoping to divert any more questions.  He starts talking about the baby powder again, talks to my mom on the phone about the fake Easter Bunny and I told him no more questions for the day. lol.

I said please, give me one more year of your innocence, just believe in your heart he is real. Geoff laughing in the background.

Oh, what a day!!

Dear Tooth Fairy

It had been wiggly for a few weeks, but on January 31, 2016 during lunch, Carson lost his very first
tooth!

He looked at me in shock after he bit into his sandwich, he gave me a big smile and held his tooth in his hand and then hurried to the bathroom mirror to check out his new smile.

The tooth fairy visited Carson that night and left him a crisp $5 bill for losing his first tooth.

It won't be long until the tooth fairy visits Carson again, because he already has another wiggly tooth.