Kindergarten King and his First Day of School Feast!!

I had wanted to do something fun and special for the big milestone of starting school, well Kindergarten for each child. I think every year I will try to do a great breakfast and of course all of the other things that normally go with back to school, but this year it will be special for them. I finally settled on the Kindergarten King, and letting him get to pick anything he wanted for dinner that night. I told him I would make or we could get anything, ANYTHING.... and he chose McDonalds! Silly kid?! Even though I reminded him that it doesn't even quite taste the same here...nuggets it had to be. So we picked it up (and some kepabs for mom and dad) and headed home to enjoy our feast. I made him a special crown, which to my delight he really loves and he felt very special. He walked in the door to see it sitting on his plate, and said "oh mom! Did you make that for me??!!" happy boy= happy mommy.

Ronan just had to be part of the action. I love this one though, with his goofy grin and tongue sticking out!

I also decided to make it special by giving him a couple of little "big boy" treats...kind of like an initiation into big boyhood. I'd been wanting to work on some new skills with him, like doing more chores, and starting to earn an allowance, etc. We've tried different methods over the last year, but haven't quite stuck with any of them. So in addition to a fun new push up pencil and notepad (he loves notepads and trying to spell out words and things), I decided it was a good time to give him his first real wallet! I'm hoping this will be good motivation to start earning, saving, and learning about money and give him something to work for. We hope to be taking some trips here in the near future, and told him he can now start saving for spending money on the trips. I found a super cool wallet in his favorite color, and he really has seemed to love it! I remember my first wallet, it was white with little blue hearts on it, and blue trim. but I digress. So anyway, I don't know, and Noah thinks I am hilarious...but it seemed to say "big milestone" to me!

Either way, I think he had a fun dinner and definitely felt like it was his "special day". Love you buddy, congrats on becoming a real big boy!!