Graduation Day, Graduation Day, Graduation Day is Finally Here...

Last night we celebrated Ben's Preschool Graduation. He is officially ready for Kindergarten. Although I think it is a little crazy what they do for these preschoolers I must admit it was pretty darn cute and I did get a little teary watching him walk in wearing his cap and gown. Ben has been with John and Galina since he was 4 months old so it is bitter sweet to think that he will not be there with them next year.

John and Galina both spoke a little (once Galina stopped crying), his teachers both had a few things to say and then the kids had prepared a few songs for us to enjoy.

Ben and Leanna

Nikita, Raegan and Vivian

                                   
                                  
 Ben's buddy Wesley is in Kindergarten this year but he has continued to come to Orchard Park every day in the afternoons and Ben loved having him there. I think he would have been lost without Wes this year.



Raegan, Miss Alvira and Ben (she is a high school student who works there in the afternoons)

                                                                       Proud Parents                                      
                                    
                                              

Future High School Class of 2026!

Getting so Big

Our little guy is getting so big! Just in the last month or so he has started to babble more and say a few words. He is trying to play with his brother and sister and learning quickly to defend himself against them. He is turning into a little person with an opinion all of his own right before our eyes.

                                  Trying to walk around the house in one of Ben's Crocs

                                         Ready to join his siblings for a game of T-ball

                                       Trying so hard to get on his bike all by himself

                          Driving, oh wait that is not suppose to happen for another 14 years!

                             

On Two Wheels

Last weekend we went to the park with our neighbors and Ben just got out his bike and was ready to go. I thought maybe he had forgotten that we had taken his training wheels off last fall but he remember and was ready to try 2 wheels. He did great! I went slow with him on the way there and helped him get started but by the ride home I could no longer keep up. He practiced more on Monday and I think he has it down now, or at least until he has his first fall.

skate, skate, skate

Ben is taking some skating lessons this spring with Will Moseley down the street and Will's cousin. He just loves being on the ice and is doing really well. He now skates and balances without a hockey stick in his hand and can go in and out between the cones.

                                                                 Break Time

                                                           Back to the start he goes...

                                                        Work those cone Will!

Spring Where are you?

Spring in the Knight household cannot come soon enough. We have had a rough winter full of illness. It seems it is one right after the other. At one point this winter we had 5 weeks in row with at least one person puking in the house. In total I counted 9 rounds of the stomach flu, 5 rounds of fevers, 3 nasty colds and we topped it off with a trip to the ER for Jameson last night. Oh, how I cannot wait to open my windows and air out this joint!

Jameson woke up yesterday with a cough that progressed into some tough breathing and wheezing so when the nebulizers at home were not working we took him to the ER. After three rounds of nebs there and an oral steroid we were on our way home. He is doing much better today and is getting the hang of the whole nebulizer thing.... He is one independent little man.

 

A White Easter

The snow on the ground outside did not stop the Easter Bunny from leaving goodies at our house! This year the bunny just hid the eggs inside and the kids could hardly wait to find what the Easter Bunny had left them in their baskets and in the eggs around the house.

 Ben was so good about making sure every other egg was put in either Olivia's or Jameson's basket

 Jameson wasn't really sure what to think but he like the ones that looked like a soccer ball, baseball or football.

                               
 After church we tried to grab a few quick pictures before all the family arrived for brunch and the kids changed out of their nice Easter outfits... Lets just say we were moderately successful.

Happy Easter to all our family and friends!

Updated Kitchen

The winter project at the Knight house was giving our kitchen what I like to call the poor man's face lift so here is the end result...