Mother's day.

Kabir's class celebrated mother's day this past Thursday by hosting a tea party and a beautiful song performance for all the ladybug moms!

The teachers and the children make this day so special for the mothers. So much planning and practice goes into putting the performance together. Their love and handwork is simply touching.

The theme was Victorian Era and the kids looked adorable in their victorian outfits!

 And the performance was just so beautiful! The little ones rocked it! We have played the recording over and over and over these past few days. Can't get enough of it.

I was beyond elated to be there! Can you tell? :-)

The events at Kabir's class are extra special to me this year, since it is his last year at the preschool. He has made such great friends over the years not just with the kids but also his teachers. Hope we will all make an extra effort to keep these friendships alive.

That's Kabir with his very dear friend Mark!

As I sit to post this today, I realize I never posted the fashion show ladybugs held last year for mother's day. It was a show to watch!

On Friday, Vir brought me this beautiful card with his hand cut outs. I am always touched by the thoughts teachers put in!

Today, I received this beautiful card designed and written by Kabir...ILU and U R MIN (this boy knows how to steal my heart!). Vir wrote too. The lines you see are all him! LOVE IT!

May their hearts be always full of love and care and may we always have such loving moments and memories together.

I hope, I really hope, I can do half as good a job as a mother, as some of the role models in my life.

Thank you boys, for all your love. You're precious and I love you more than words can say.

Mama

Turkey day at pre-school!

Today, Kabir's class celebrated Thanksgiving. Feast was planned, parents were invited. There was lots of excitement!

I walked into Kabir's classroom and saw him dressed up as a turkey! He had shared with me that he was making a turkey costume in class but to see it in real was another thing. So beautiful and creative and he looked super cute wearing it!

PAC did a great job with the kids activities. Children wrote what they were thankful for, painted picture frames and made their own turkeys; a hammering activity which was so unique and such a big hit!

A parent got a polaroid camera and took pictures of children with their parents, to put in the freshly painted frames! What a great thought. A keepsake for years and years to come!

Children sang the Albuquerque is a turkey song that they had been practicing in the class! They all did such a great job! In the past, Kabir would usually be quiet but this time he was singing! It was such a joy to watch and listen to him sing with his friends!

The lyrics of the song go like this:

Albuquerque is a turkey,
And he's feathered and he's fine.
And he wobbles, and he gobbles,
And he's absolutely mine.

He's the best pet that you can get,
Better than a dog or cat.
Albuquerque, he's my turkey,
And I'm awfully proud of that.

It was a cheerful and a much enjoyable day that ended with a big feast! :)

School events this year are bittersweet for me as I know they are his last with this group. Next year Kabir will go to kindergarten. Kabir loves his pre-school and is thriving in this beautiful environment with great teachers and a wonderful set of friends who love him. So much to be thankful for!

Halloween 2015

Halloween, this year was way more exciting than it has ever been for us! In the past, it was about costumes and trick-er-treating. This year, we had decorations, a costume party at home, a visit to the haunted house and trick-er-treating! All on Kabir's request and all so much fun!

While the boys had fun picking out their costumes, dressing up and participating in parades, I enjoyed preparing spooky snacks for the get-together, which attracted a lot of our neighbors!

The boys also enjoyed the celebration and class parties at their pre-school. Kabir even participated in the pumpkin race! :)

I decorated the table with some edible spiders, ghosts, bats and a couple of varieties of food that looked like pumpkins. Too bad I couldn't capture all the food in close up shots except a few items. There were also regular looking finger food for the adults.

I had so much fun preparing the spooky snacks, so much so that, I am tempted to make this event an annual affair! :)

It was a fun Friday and Saturday for us with Sunday being a much welcomed recovery day! :) Hope everyone had a fun and spooky halloween!