First day of school!

Well, another school year has begun and this time Sophie gets to join in the fun:) Her first day of preschool went well! She did cry just a little bit when I left, but her teacher (who gave her a great big hug at the time) said she stopped within a minute or 2. All in all, things went well:) Lily loved being there to show her the ropes and so far, she loves kindergarten- especially when it is pizza day!

This next picture is completely random but, nonetheless, is what I'll use to segue into the next of the firsts:) (Lily finally earned her 10 checks and got the face paint she's been wanting!)

First ballet/tap class! (I'll take pictures of the actual class when they have the parent observation day):

While not taking the class, my little Sophie is a budding ballerina, as well:)

Does this sound familiar? It is the first song that Sophie learned in preschool. She is quite proud of herself:)

Fun at school with Lily!

Here are a few pictures that I just pulled right off of Mrs. Vargas's school blog of a few school related special occasions. Enjoy!

Wacky Tacky day

Sweet, sour, salty taste testing:)

Here's a pic from when they made lions masks after learning the Daniel and the lion's den bible story.

Valentine's day party

St. Patrick's day (the only green shirt I could find for Lily was a 2T- hehe)

Pajama Day

(No, these jammies are not 2T's, as well- just shrunk a bit in the wash:))

Most recently, Lily and her classmates dined at an Italian restaurant (aka classroom) following completion of their little unit on Italy. They were served Mrs. Arnold's famous spaghetti and meatballs, bread, juice, and Italian cake- Yum!

Mrs. Vargas was impressed with Lily's spaghetti twirling abilities:)

Here's a close up on that twirl!

Lily's first ride on the big yellow school bus!

Mrs. Vargas (lily's teacher) posted some pictures of the big event on her pre-k class blog.
Check out this link:
http://sites.google.com/a/ccmfamily.org/school/kindergarten/mrs-vargas-2

You can only see the top of her head in one picture on the bus, but fun to look at anyway. Also, if you're interested you can read about the things Lily is learning in Mrs. Vargas' class.
Preschool is so much fun!

Preschool- week 2

Here is a brief overview of some of the activities Lily enjoyed during her second week of preschool:

Activities:

She created 2 books:



Lily's favorite activities were reportedly playing with playdough in the kitchen, playing outside at recess time, and getting to use a purple glue stick:)


Behavior:

Each day, Lily also reported very excitedly that she didn't grab and she shared. Way to go, Lily- I hope! Although. the teacher did call and say that Lily is doing great- listening, following directions, raising her hand, and playing nicely. So, maybe Lily's appraisal of herself is accurate- I just wish she would carry this wonderful behavior over to home when she is playing with Sophie!


Classmates:

She is beginning to talk about some of her classmates. This is what I've gleamed: Olivia has a new baby sister, Maia has pretty shoes, and Devon doesn't listen and had to sit in the thinking corner more than once I think- poor kid.


Singing:

She learned a few new songs:
Jesus loves me was the first song she learned. She's got the first verse down, but as for the second verse, your guess is as good as mine:)


She also says the pledge of allegiance and then sings a patriotic song after saying the pledge each day. However, when I asked her what song she sang after the pledge she replied, It sounds like "apatrician to me!" Hmmm- I scratched my head on that one for a few days until I finally asked her teacher and learned that it was "My country tis of thee". Oh now that makes sense- not! :)


Lunch:

I've packed her lunch everyday except for Friday when she got to eat Dominoe's pizza for lunch. This made her very happy! Next week she gets to have a mcdonald's happy meal in honor of classmate Tai's birthday. This will make her even happier!


Lily's school report:

Finally, I'll conclude with a discussion of what Lily has learned so far at preschool in her own words:

As we were driving home on Thursday Lily had a lot of new knowledge to impart (the following is only an excerpt to keep this post from getting too long!). She started her little report, which was a blur of words so fast that only a mother could understand some of them with, "Mommy we pushed our chairs in and were really careful and then the fire sound said bram, bram, bram! and that's how you don't get burned!"
"and mommy, Adam and Eve ate an apple from the tree, but they weren't apposed to and then God said, "why did you do that?" and they had to go away." "Mommy they can just eat an apple from a different tree." "Mommy, did they have to build a new house?"
"I suppose so."
"Mommy, did it have a kitchen?"
"Um, probably." . . . :)

Lily's first week at preschool!

Wow- Lily’s very first week of preschool has just passed and it went great! When I dropped her off on the first day she sat willingly in her seat in which a puzzle had been placed for each kid to play with before school started. She quickly went to work and soon forgot I was even there. Not exactly the scene I was expecting ;) All day I couldn’t wait to pick her up to see how her day went. When I finally returned after work, I was pleasantly surprised to hear that all of the things I was worried about were actually non-issues. I know, I know, I worry too much (it runs in the family)- I’m getting better though and I try to remember Luke 12 when I feel worry creeping back! Anyways, it turns out that Lily raised her hand to use the bathroom 3 times and did so without any help (flushing too!), was the first one to fall asleep at nap time, and didn’t want to leave when I came to pick her up!

The rest of the week went similarly. In addition, over the course of this week I transitioned Lily to underpants at bedtime too and she hasn’t wet the bed once! I think it must be psychological- now that she is in school she must feel very grown up and ready to ditch the pull ups- Yeah!!! Lily is growing up so fast. I can’t believe how time flies!

Here are pictures of Lily during her first week of preschool. I tried to capture a pic each day so that most of her uniform wardrobe is featured:)

Notice the cute lady bugs on the shorts part of the skort:)