Giving The Moon

Today, the sun is shining and the sky is blue. On the walk to school, Gabby and Bella both noticed that the moon was still showing. My kids have always been fascinated with the moon, especially when they can see it during the day.

On the way back after dropping them off, Connor pointed out the moon to me, as if it was a new discovery. Then he reached over to his baby brother Cameron who was sitting in the storller, andhe rested his hand on Cameron's shoulder. With his other han, he reached into the air, pointing to the moon. "Look, Cameron!" he exclaimed, "See the moon!"

Of course, Cameron just smiled at his big brother for paying attention to him and never looked in the direction of the moon.

although at 9 months old, Cameron is too small to ask for the moon, at 3 years old, Connor is already trying to give his little brother the moon.

And it made me smile.

Family Theme

I was reading some mommy blogs and came across Andi's blog over at Poot & Cubby which had a recent post about her daughter's first day of school. In it, she mentioned that her daughter's school chose a theme for the school year. The theme is "Courage To Dream."

I absolutely love that theme, so I've randomly decided to make it my family's theme for the year. I'm going to have each of the children (and Robert and I) write down the things we really hope for this year, and we are going to have the courage to go for all of our hopes and dreams this year, even if it means givng each other the necessary push to do so.

Anyone else want to join us? I'll share the lists we come up with later this week.

Isabella's First Day Of School

Isabella had her first day of school today! She looked adorable in her school uniform. She was very excited about her first day at "big girl school," and her teacher told me she really enjoyed being read to more than anything else. (We read to her at home too, and she does really like hearing stories.)

Gabby was really excited to have Bella at her school too!