Jacob's Preschool Adventures

It's that time of year once again! I'm loosing yet another child to school. Thankfully for me I'm only sending Jake to preschool three times a week for a few hours. As you can tell from the SMILE on his face he is SUPER excited about this FINALLY coming!

Here are the four boy cousins all attending the same preschool. (Sawyer, Logan, Isaac and Jake). The funny thing about this picture was that we kept telling the boys to look at us and SMILE but they seriously could not keep their EYES off of Miss Angie. Jake's face seems like he's a little unsure, but honestly I think they just think she's so happy and adorable they didn't want anything to do with all the mom's taking pictures. All four boys ran off with out any problems at all.

Caleb INSISTED on having a picture with Jake. The funny thing was that when we arrived to drop Jake off at Miss Angie's house, he said, "Mom I go inside!" Miss Angie was so darling and said, "Buddy you want to come with us?" Then Caleb the little guy not afraid of anything ran straight over to her with out any hesitation. She picked him up and then felt awful because he was totally okay with leaving me and going off to have fun! I am happy to report that Jake LOVED his first day, "It's so FUN mom!!! We learned about letter "M" number 4, and the rectangle!" I think the hours in the morning tomorrow will not pass fast enough for preschool to come again!

We love the Childrens Museum

Here we are off to another preschool field trip. I personally LOVE this place and I think the kids do too!

Jake and Isaac

Oh, what a pretty little flower.

What a tough guy!

*Well this is all I have from a long day at the museum...my battery died! Can you believe that...how unprepared was I! Well, good thing we have been here before. We came with my sisters and all their kids. Let's just say that going on a non-field trip day is nice because you have a little more room to move. There were about 15 or more other groups there. It was a joke! We were glad we didn't loose any of the millions of kids we brought

Another Preschool Fieldtrip

Here's to the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point. Let's just say Alayna learned a few things about fossils and trying to say all the Dinosaur names. I was able to pawn of the boys to other people so that I could go and just enjoy her. I think the highlight of this for me was actually our car ride down alone. No radio, no other kids, just she and I talking. I took the advice from a dear friend who is famous for asking her kids questions. I thought, now is a good time. So I said, "Alayna if you could change one thing about preschool what would it be?" She paused and thought for a moment, "Well, there is something a little hard for me." Oh, what is it? I asked. She said, "Well, cutting on all the lines is a little tricky for me!" I told her that is so good to know because we can practice that at home so it won't be so hard. After we discussed that I asked her what her favorite part of preschool was and she said, "Playtime...can I say that mom?" Of course! But then she said reading the books, and learning to write. She's so open and willing to share her thoughts and feelings and I just adore taking the TIME to actually visit with her. She's my special little buddy and I really enjoy just taking one on one time with her.

She's posing in front of her picture she colored. Hers is the top picture...I helped draw the outline of the picture and she colored the bodies, teeth, eyes, etc. I think she did a pretty good job. Her teacher saw this and said, "I can't wait for you to see her alphabet dictionary at the end of the year because her pictures are so detailed and darling, she takes her time and really does such a good job." I couldn't agree more this little girl can take an entire morning to work on one picture.

She's trying to scare Jake with this picture.

Now this is where we spent the majority of our time. We rolled up our sleeves and played in the sand and water. She was in heaven. She and I worked together to build our little dinosaur world. We had a great afternoon together. I love spending one on one time holding hands, teaching her little things and just praising her for how wonderful she is. These are the moments I am continually reminded how much I love being a mom.

Preschool Halloween Parade

Here is to a simple Halloween Parade. All the mom's and dad's waiting outside and the kids paraded around and then when they found their parents they threw candy at us. It was cute to see this group of kids.

Here is Alayna singing a few Halloween songs and reciting a few poems.

What a cute little witch! Then after the parents were there for a few short minutes we were kicked out so they could have a SUPER fun Halloween party!

1st Day of Preschool...

Thanks to my cousin Kari who gave me this cute idea to take pictures of the first day with a cute sign. Kari I don't have your darling writing but Alayna and I did our best!

Anyways, here she is showing off her first day of school. She is VERY proud of her hair and how long it is becoming. So she is loving showing off her "long flowing hair" with her cute head bands. She has specifically told me that she will not allow me to cut it until she's in Kindergarten. We shall see!

Okay, so this was the official first day with out mom. The first day I was able to go with her to see the classroom, paper work, meet the teachers, etc. So this day was our first drop off. It was hilarious. I am not a very sentimental mom. Sad but true, I delight in Alayna's excitement and I know she WON'T miss me so there is no need to shed tears. So on this day I she was SUPER excited and couldn't help but do everything I asked for her so she could arrive on time and be with her teacher and friends.

So this is how it happened. I pulled up to just let her run on in. I saw another mom with a camera. I thought, "Oh, I will take a picture of her going in..." I get out and let Alayna out of the car. She was standing observing all the other kids with their mom. I video taped her a little asking her where she was going, etc. Then I gave her a quick hug and off she went. At what point she was watching another little girl who was "weepy" saying, "Goodbye Mommy, I will miss you..." Alayna glanced up at me and said kind of awkwardly, like that's what the kid is supposed to do..."Mom, goodbye?" It was so FUNNY, I could just read her. She was thinking she had to say she would miss me but she new she wouldn't. So I told her, "Have a great time!" And off she went practically skipping with joy. I continued to follow her wanting to take a quick picture and she immediately stopped in her tracks and turned around looking at me, "Mom, you don't come with me today that was just yesterday. Today is just for kids NOT moms!" At that point I got the hint. She was ready to go with out her mommy! I did continue to follow her in after I clearly explained that I was going to leave her alone. Either way she had a great time and was just beaming all day long.

This smile explains it all. She is smiling for me because I asked her too, but her eyes are looking elsewhere just soaking in all her new fun friends and teacher! She has now attended for a few days and every day I hear, "Mom is today a school day?" She's in heaven.

1st Field Trip--Wheeler Farm

Here is a goat...at Wheeler Farm. We also took tons of pictures with bunnies, cows, pigs, etc.
This was Alayna's first preschool field trip. She was very happy to go with Jacob. Surprisingly enough the little gal was excited to have me there too! :)

Mr. Pig was the best part of the day for Alayna. I can't reveal why, but she thought it was pretty funny to see a pig roll around in the water and snort. When the teacher said we get "bacon" from pigs he let out a HUGE snort. So funny!


Here is our tough kid...he was stung by a bee. Yeah, so thanks to Danielle our fellow friend who is a nurse she told me about mud. So we did our best to put mud on his face. Jake was too busy itching it and swatting at his face that it didn't stay. He was so tough he just kept saying, "I okay...I okay."

Here are a few of the six girls Alayna knows in her preschool class. They were very busy feeding the geese. It was a VERY HOT fun filled day. The kids gathered in the barn and sang, Old McDonald had a Farm. As usual what is cute than preschool kids? I just love that Alayna is having so much fun.