Hayden's Crush

Hayden called me as soon as he got home from school to tell me that after school Layla handed him a note and ran off. Layla is a girl that has had a crush on Hayden since last year. She left Hayden notes on his desk that said "I love Hayden" with a greasy spot on the paper which appeared to be a kiss mark with lip gloss. This happened a few times until Hayden told his teacher because he was getting embarrassed. It's a new school year and Layla is not in Hayden's class. He's probably glad about that!  The note was too cute and probably took a lot of guts for her to give to Hayden so I felt bad when Hayden filled in the "no" box on her letter. But he did say they could still be friends!  The next morning before school I told Hayden not to forget to give the note back to Layla and tried to explain how she probably feels and to it be mean to her or anything. Hayden, being annoyed, said "why do girls have to do this? I just want to live a normal life. I don't have time for this because I'm going to busy hunting."  And so it begins!  But I'm glad it's beginning with Hayden doing the heartbreaking and not wanting anything to do with girls than having his heart broke. Just keep busy hunting buddy until you're like 30!!  Girls are yucky anyway!!

A Note Sent Home From Teacher!

I was a little shocked when we received a letter from Hayden's Teacher but it was a good note not a "in trouble" note. We also had our first parent teacher conference and it went fantastic!! Hayden is a smart little whip! He is doing great! We are so proud of him! Good job Bubba!!

First Day of Kindergarten!

My Little Bubba started big boy school, Kindergarten! I can NOT believe it! It's such a bitter sweet moment in my life. But oh how Hayden is excited to go to school everyday! He always tells me how much he loves kindergarten. I will be sure to remind him of this time in his life because I am sure he will not always feel this way about school!

I thought we would both have a tuff time on the first day of school but turned out just perfect! Hayden was not too nervous or shy and I wasn't the blubbering freak of Mommy that I thought I was going to be. I was too proud!

I am proud of my son everyday as I take him to school and he wants to stay with me until the bell rings and hold my hand instead of running and playing with the other kids and there is no whining and crying about actually going to school. It makes me so happy that he wants to give me millions of hugs and kisses once the bell rings before he walks into class. I am going to savor every moment I have like this because I know that one say this will all come to an end. But I will be sure to remind Hayden of this as well!!

Here is our BIG Kindergartner!

So proud of his new back pack!

Preschool Graduation

Our little Bubba is growing so fast! He has graduated from preschool! It is such a bitter sweet moment in my life. I am super excited for him to be growing and learning but at the same time I am sad that how fast the time is going. Hayden on the other hand, thinks he is already grown and a big boy. He seems to be excited to start "big boy school" (kindergarten) this fall. I keep trying to talk about it often because I have a feeling once it really is time to go to school he is going to have a hard time. And that will make it a double hard time for his mommy.

For the year end graduation they had a program that the teachers and kids worked so long and hard on. Hayden would come home from school and tell me that all they did is sing and dance and sing and dance. He would constantly be singing around the house the songs he was learning so I did get a little sneak peak of what was in store for all of the parents. Although I wasn't sure what to expect on how well Hayden would do up on a stage in front of a bunch of people. But to my surprise he did a great job! Wasn't shy and he played his parts very well! Hayden had several parts, he was a Pirate which he had a solo part in, he danced with a sweet little girl in Disney's Little Mermaid "Kiss the Girl" (my favorite) and another solo as the Huntsman in Snow White.

It was so cute to watch all the kids belt out their parts through the microphone and dance their little hearts out shaking their little booty's!

Hayden and Landen-Best Cousins.....sometimes!

Tevor, Hayden, and Landen
Best Buds

Hayden receives his preschool graduation certificate from Teacher.

Hayden as the Huntsman in Snow White

This was the Aladdin production and I had to throw in this picture because of the funny faces the kids were making. It's kind of hard to tell but their faces were hilarious.

Hayden singing his solo part in the Pirates Life For Me song.

And my favorite....Hayden with his cute little partner in Kiss the Girl from the Little Mermaid.
Oh it was so cute!

We were so lucky to have Hayden attend Aunt Sand's Preschool for the past two years with his two best buds Landen and Trevor. It has been a great experience for Hayden and he has grown and learned a lot from these wonderful Teachers.

Class of 2011! A note from Teachers! How Sweet!

Good Job Bubba!! We are so proud of you!

Now on to the next stages in life with lots of more growing and learning to do! Watch out big boy school because here comes Hayden Peterson!!

Preschool Birthday Celebration

Hayden's final 5th birthday celebration was on his first day back to preschool after Christmas break. He got to be the big helper for the day and boy was he excited! We were supposed to make a poster for Hayden telling his friends more about him. Well, I think Mommy went a little over board. OK, so maybe a lot over board.

Nate and I went shopping to find some things to put on his poster and when we got home a started laying everything out the big white poster didn't seem so big. I just couldn't leave any pictures out so we covered both sides of the poster. I think Teacher was probably thinking we were such dorks! Oh well, it turned out cute anyway and Hayden had a lot of fun telling his friends about the pictures we had used. In fact, Teacher asked me to tell the kids about it but Hayden took right over. It was pretty cute! I thought he was more shy but I guess when he is the shining star he coems right out of his shell.

Teacher and Hayden

Teacher was telling the class how special Hayden was and how she loves his big brown eyes and his big loves that he always wants to give her. Hayden is a very lovey boy!

One of my favorite parts of the poster! My Silly Monkey!

Halloween 2010 - Preschool Style!

Hayden had a fun Halloween celebration at preschool this year. They did such a cute program with some cute Halloween songs that Hayden has been singing all month long. In fact, he had the whole family singing the songs!! "I'm a mean old Witch with a hat... And I ride on my broom with my cat..." Those are the words that were mostly hollered out at home as we were playing!! Silly Us!!

Teacher & Hayden

The cute Kiddos followed up the singing with a little Halloween parade and some Monster Mashing! It was a cute program that we have enjoyed watching the past two years at Aunt Sand's Preschool and I think that Hayden has enjoyed all the fun Halloween activities he has done there too!! We couldn't have asked for a better Preschool/Teacher.

Hayden's First Day Of School!

Our little Bubba started his 2nd year of preschool with Aunt San's. He is now in with the big 4 year olds this year! We are so lucky to have Landen and Trevor together with Hayden for their last year of preschool.

Hayden has been so excited to go see his Teachers and to play with all of his friends. Grandma and Grandpa took Hayden school clothes shopping and bought all his new school clothes and shoes. (Thanks so much Mom and Dad!) His Daddy and I took him to pick out his own backpack and you will never guess what he picked... Transformers! When we went and he had so many to choose from but he still chose the big Bumble Bee Transformer one. That boy loves loves loves Transformers!!

As I dropped Hayden off for his first day back, he didn't even cry or latch on to me as if he were never going to see me again. Ok, so he did latch on to me for a brief moment but that was very short lived. He soon went and sat right down with the rest of the kids as Teacher was telling them stories. It kind of makes me sad but happy at the same time. He is growing up so fast but yet I am not ready for him too. He is still my little Hayda Bug and my little Bubba and always will be. (weather he likes it or not!)

Look how he has grown!!

Hayden's First Report Card!

Hayden received his very first report card from preschool! Of course it's not a report card with A's and B's but it is cute how they did it for preschoolers. It shows what Hayden needs to work on which are some numbers since that is what they have been working on so far this year. The Teachers even wrote a nice little note about our mysterious well mannered little boy that only chooses to come out while at school. I almost thought for a minute they had the wrong Hayden!

Hayden has come such a long way since he first started preschool last fall. We have had many hard school days when it's time for Mommy to leave he used to cry and cry. He then started looking forward to school all week long until it was actually time to go. But once I picked him up he was so happy and had such a fun time with his new friends and teachers. Now we are at the point where there is no crying and he is super excited for school! He actually can't wait for school day now that he wishes he could go everyday! Boy, I am sure that will change back once he actually HAS to go everyday!

Since Hayden has been doing so well on his report card, we decided to reward him with a trip to Fat Cats for some fun and bowling! We actually made it a fun family night with Grandma and Grandpa, Uncle Shaun, Aunt Jenna, and Landen too. We also invited some friends, The Johnson's and The Brace's. We had a great time playing games and winning tickets and bowling and ice cream!

Thanks Everyone for making it a great night out!

Playing Games!

Skee Ball the easy way!!

Our little Fam Damily!

Air Hockey Pro!!

Nate and Grandma

Doing some Huntin'

Bowling Time!

The Kiddos!!

Gage, Bailey, Kayson, Landen, and Hayden

More Games! Whack a Mole!