Ring Around the Roses

During VBS this year, Mrs. Jan taught Ayano and Carlton to play "Ring Around the Roses." They LOVED it! My favorite parts of this video are how they know to hold hands, how they try to sing with her (Ayano says "ashie"), and how they clap and jump up and down at the end!

Ring Around the Roses with Mrs. Jan from Rebecca Orton on Vimeo.

Pic of the week - YA Second Sunday

With two of my bestest one year old friends, Nate and Carlton at the Young Adult Low Country Boil for the McAfee graduates.
Carlton insisted on not one, but two handfuls of my S'mores Cheesecake.

Pic of the week

Carlton wore his birthday present from me for the first time, so we had to take a pic together:)

the best part of my week

I arrived home late on Wednesday night, tired and exhausted as usual. On my way into our complex, I stopped to check our mail and found two of the cutest pieces of mail I have EVER received. They totally made my week and reminded me why I love my job.

Carlton is a very special baby:) Because I love him so much, I gave him a birthday present and this is what I got in return:

James had surgery recently and I visited him at the hospital. If you don't know James, you should because he is one of the cutest and smartest 2 year olds I've ever met (he knew his ABCs at 18 months).

One of my favorite things to learn about a child is what he or she loves the most about life. For James, that's trains and specifically Thomas the Tank Engine. So when I visited James in the hospital I took him the biggest Thomas balloon that I could find!

And he sent me this: