The BIG day!

Get ready for the super cutest photos and a lot of them because I do not like slide shows! I also haven't figured out how to rearrange multiple photos so that they are listed in the order they occurred so they are all mixed up. :(

The above photo is TMac and his friends doing their GO TEAM chant. So adorable!

At the "Welcome to the Soccer team!" party after the first practice.

More party - I heard the boys saying that they were eating like soccer players!

Tot making a huge mess of his piece of cake. He does not want to be fed at all anymore. He insists on having his own fork.

After all of the work and practice the boys played freely for awhile and they all took turns wearing this puppy costume. It has nothing to do with soccer or preschool but it is cute!

Some partner soccer work. I didn't get photos of the whole scene because I was trying to keep Tot out of the way. He would not stay inside in the play room. I tried to close him in the playroom by shutting the door and he did that sad, break your heart crying like his feelings were hurt. He wanted to play with the team so bad!

Tot is actually really good at soccer and always has been. He was running around like, Yeah - I'm 4, what of it? He was not afraid of the big boys zooming around him at all and got super ticked every time I removed him from the play area. Toddler soccer team anyone? Katherine's son of the same age was doing really good as well.

Pink cheeks and a thirsty boy!

GO TEAM huddle.

The definition of cute!

Snack time break in between preschool and soccer.

The "welcome to the team" soccer cake.

Here they are! The fab 5! Us Moms are tossing around team names but one of the top choices is "The Strippling Warriors". Yeah - that's right - we're Molly. That is a benefit of running your own team. When we were done taking the soccer photos I told all of the Moms - hey, we just saved $200 a piece by doing this ourselves!

My big man. That smile just kills me. This pose was his doing completely.

Tot the great. His hair has bleached in the Summer sun to even more of a white blond. I love that my boys are not redheads! Thank you to the genes of Tracy and my Dad!

Doodle board letter writing time.

TMac in all his backpack glory.

Class photo!

Say backpack, say backpack! Use your Dora map voice!

Snack time. They were already talking about their mad soccer skills that they were planning on bustin' out. I guess boys are just born knowing how to talk locker room talk!

The very first preschool activity - find the letters to build your name.

The smallest and best behaved class I have ever worked with.

Reading time and the matching books.

Worksheet and math time. We did two pages and the rest they take home for homework and practice during the week.

Counting and pattern sequencing.

It was a great day. The boys were really attentive and good. The smiles were so cute when they were proud of their achievements. They of course each got a Thomas the Train sticker on their shirts and lots of high fives and praise from their Mommies. I really immensely enjoyed myself. It was so fun preparing all week and looking forward to it as much as TMac. I have really great girlfriends and TMac has great friends. I do miss teaching but I do not miss working and all of the bureaucracy and parent politics that come with being a public school teacher. For me this preschool is a perfect outlet. Only five students and a Mom helper for each child is amazing. We were able to get a ton of activities accomplished in just one hour! Also our other children are with us and having fun in the play room so it's great.

TMac and I finished the day by getting a Happy Meal at Wal-Mart and some desperately needed work T-shirts for Dad, swimming of course, watching a Star Wars movie and a little of the Madagascar movie together at night. What a great day! Thursdays will be fun.