Gems

I think Kindergarten or First Grade are going to be my FAVORITE stages for my kids. The reading and writing tugs at my heart strings EVERY SINGLE TIME. Rebecca is only 4, and she's a young 4, so she won't be going to Kindergarten next fall but the Fall after that. She's ready now. I kid you not - the girl is ready for Kindergarten and she has to wait one and three quarters of a year STILL before she can go. Which, really, is fine. Because she's my baby anyway and there's no hurry to get her into school to let the system start mucking her up. ;) But, I can't wait until Rebecca starts producing writing and drawings like Julia is right now. It's so much fun being a mom!

How can you look at this picture and NOT smile! Mr. Hell sure looks friendly, right? Hah! I love it... this picture is definitely in the "to save" pile that I need to figure out what I'm going to do with...