Ah the smell of a fresh blog!

It was time for a change, don't you think?

I've been putting off changing my blog template because I kept seeing comments about people losing their page elements (mostly comments saying "Don't worry! You won't lose your page elements with MY templates," but still...). But today, it was time. Out with the old, in with the new! Hope you like it.

A real post about something will be coming soon. Maybe even several posts about several somethings.

Preschool "Graduation"

Matthew's preschool "graduation" was Friday, and it was too adorable. The kids walked in to "Pomp and Circumstance," sat down on the steps of the stage, and then regaled the audience with 4 cute songs (my favorite was "Bumblebee" by Laurie Berkner). Then each class (there were 3 of them) went up on the stage in turn and the kids' names were read off as they walked across, were handed a rolled up certificate and walked through a balloon arch, where they had been instructed to stop and wave at everyone. It was too stinkin' cute.

After all the classes were done, they played a slideshow of pictures taken of the kids throughout the year. That was pretty darn cute too. Afterwards, they had refreshments and an opportunity for the kids to get pictures with their teachers or classmates. Would have been nice to do some of those shots outside, but the event itself was held in the basement of the church adjacent to the school building (the school was formerly a Catholic middle school), so going outside for pictures would have been way too chaotic.

Despite the ceremonies on Friday, the kids still have 3 days of school this week, Matt won't really be done until Wednesday. Then it's off to KINDERGARTEN!

Go here for pictures (I don't feel like futzing with Blogger's photo uploader today!)

On this date in...

1621 The Dutch West India Company received a charter for New Netherlands, present-day New York City.

1808 Jefferson Davis, the first and only president of the Confederacy, was born in Christian County, Ky.

1888 The poem "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer was first published, in the San Francisco Daily Examiner.

1937 The Duke of Windsor married American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson, for whom he had abdicated the British throne.

1968 Pop artist Andy Warhol was shot and critically wounded in his New York film studio, The Factory, by actress Valerie Solanas.

1989 Chinese army troops began a sweep of Beijing to crush student-led pro-democracy demonstrations.

1989 Iran's spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, died.

2001 Mel Brooks' musical comedy "The Producers" won a record 12 Tony Awards.

2001 Jonathan Michael Foster was born, proving to his parents that prayers really are answered

2003 Matthew Adam Foster was born, giving his big brother a unique birthday gift and his parents a whole new reason to smile

In addition to each other, Jonathan and Matthew share their birthday with:
Jefferson Davis, Ransom Eli Olds, Josephine Baker, Colleen Dewhurst, Tony Curtis, Chuck Barris, Larry McMurtry, Emmitt Thomas, Deniece Williams, Scott Valentine, and Travis Hafner

Happy 8th birthday to my JonaBuggy!

Happy 5th birthday to my Matty Hoo Hoo!

(Having a ball on their birthday)