The 4-5 year old class in Jonah's preschool has a tradition that could possibly be the cutest thing ever. Each year they have the children prepare a very special tea party for all of their moms. The moms are each given an invitation to arrive (sans their other children) at a special time in the middle of their class. The door is blacked out, and once they are all prepared, each child comes to the door one at a time to escort their mom to their assigned seats. Jonah repeated the teacher's promptings to me, which were something like, "Hello, mom. I'm so glad you're here. May I please escort you to your seat?" He then led me to my seat (in a room filled with lit candles and other special decor) which looked like this:
They sang songs, we shared a snack, and they even gave us gifts.
Jonah has two buddies from church that are in his preschool class. There is Andrew, pictured here with a very special family friend "Bernie". Andrews mom (a dear friend of mine) had just begun her fight against breast cancer a few days before we had this, so was unfortunately not able to come. If you think of it, pray for her. Her name is Jenny and she is doing really great, but still has quite a road ahead.
Another friend from church is Ben, here with his mom and two! week old baby brother.
It definitely was a most special day with a most special guy.
And speaking of most special guys, this year we once again continued the Father's Day tradition of Brian having an FCA camp on Father's Day. :) We surprised him this year though by bringing a kid selected lunch- tacos and a gift to camp. The kids love to do surprises like this and Brian enjoyed getting to see us earlier than he had expected in the day. He is an amazing father and deserves much more than a few tacos and a gift. We love you daddy and as far as we're concerned there isn't a more fun or wonderful dad around. Thanks for working and playing so hard!