I LOVE my little Darren! He adds so much sunshine and adventure to our family. He makes me laugh almost every day with all the silly things he comes up with. His mind runs about 1000 miles per hour, and he gets pretty creative with his playing. Here is just one example of his creativity.....
Darren has had a busy last few weeks. He finished up his very first soccer season, performed in a special mother's day presentation at school, graduated preschool, gave his very first talk in primary (Kids sunday school at church), and is preparing to start tae kwon do next week! He's done a great job with all of his events, and I'm very proud of him! Here are some pictures....
For the last soccer game, the coaches invited all the parents onto the field for a kids vs. parents game. It was pretty cute, and the kids won of course. :) Here's Darren and his buddy, CJ, (right side of pic) about ready to score a goal.
Post game smiles!!
After the game, neither Matt or Darren were ready to be done, so they had their own father/son scrimmage. I love how they are both smiling as they are playing!
Goalie Darren stopped Daddy from scoring!
Darren scored!! Yippee!!
Father and son both had a great time!
One of his individual "team" pics. Gotta love the hands on his hips!
His other individual shot. He can be pretty photogenic when he wants to be.
The Mother's Day presentation at Darren's school was sooo super cute! They acted out the story "Are You My Mother?" (Darren was the boat), sang a couple songs, gave the moms a little present the kids had made, and then served us muffins and juice. I loved it, and Darren melted my heart!
Then at church, Darren gave a talk about the church of Jesus Christ being restored. He stood up there in front of all the kids with all the confidence of a pro! He was not the least bit nervous or scared. I was very proud of him!
A couple weeks later, he had preschool graduation. His class and the other preschool class at his school sang a bunch of songs, and then received their "diplomas." It was cute.
Here he is, singing away!
All the graduates. Darren's class is the whole front row.
Darren, his diploma, and his teacher, Miss Elaine.
Even though Darren just graduated preschool, Matt and I have made a tough decision.... We are going to have Darren do one more year of preschool before sending him to kindergarten. Several things played into this decision, and it most certainly was NOT made lightly. I'm not going to explain the many factors that played into our decision, except the most important one. To put it simply, we prayed about it EXTENSIVELY, and Matt and I are both totally 100% at peace about it, so we know it's right. We are going to keep him in his current preschool with the same teacher for one more year. I totally believe that in the years to come, we will look back on this decision with thankful hearts as we watch Darren grow into the confident leader I know he can become. I love Darren so much, and I am so glad that he is part of our family.
