First Day of School!!!

Watch out kindergarten! Ezias has started school.....finally....like he is still in class as I type this! He has a late birthday and missed the school deadline by 16 days so he had to wait until almost 6 years of age to start. Needless to say we've all been anticipating this day. I took a long lunch to accompany him to school. He kept saying he knows where his classroom is...but I insisted on walking him into his classroom. I did not get emotional today as I dropped him off. I was just really excited for him. However, my heart strings were tugged on last night as Josh gave him a father's blessing. It was so sweet. I peeked at Ezias during the blessing and he was acutally closing his eyes and sitting reverntly. My little boy is growing up! I really hope he likes his teacher....because she didn't really impress me too much. She wasn't as animated as I would like. Isn't that a requirement for kindergarten teachers?
Ezias has been sporting a rat-tail all summer thanks to his dad. I told him he could not enter school with that thing. So it came off last night. I should have taken a picture. Ezias really wanted to keep it but I refuse to give bullies a reason to target my son. He also goes to school with his cousins so I know he will have people watching out for him. So here are just a few pics before we took him into the classroom.

Ezias was already waiting for me outside as I pulled up from work. He was so excited and all smiles!

This boys gonna be a leader one day!

My boys!

I'm very excited to talk to him after school to see how his day went. Stay tuned for kindergarten tales by Ezias Poli!

Bitter Sweet Trip Home

We made an unexpected trip home to Missouri. Josh's Auntie, Blanche Amato passed away. Josh and his brothers spent a lot of time at the Amato house growing up and I am good friends with the family so we really wanted to be there to pay our respects. We were not looking forward to the long drive with 2 kids, especially since Iosua hates his car seat. It wasn't the smoothest but we traveled to and fro safely so we can't complain. We spent a lot of time with Josh's family while we were there. It was nice to see faces we haven't seen in years but such a sad occasion to bring everyone together. I failed to take pictures but I was able to steal some from facebook postings. Thanks family! The funeral services were beautiful. We all laughed and cried and listened to some heart-warming music.

At the cemetary

Pallbearers

Mama and Papa Poli

Ezias and cousins

We spent a lot of our time here at the Amato house. The house was stuffy with all the bodies but it was nice to spend time together. There was always tons of food and visitors coming in and out.

Our last day there we spent celebrating my mom's birthday! We made monkey bread, bbq'd and of course had cake and ice cream.

This yuma-licious cake was made by my nieces. Almond Joy cake. Almond Joy is my mom's fav candy bar. They're so thoughtful!

Iosua trying out Papa's tire swing for the first time.

He liked it!

I really love going home to visit. There is never enough time. Hopefully we can make it out again soon.