We just sent three back to school. Emma’s in third grade, Cal’s in kindergarten,
and Lucy now in preschool. And Cov’s in
to everything – kitchen cupboards, cabinents, closets, he he!
Emma started first on a Wednesday. It was so much fun helping her pick out what
she wanted to wear for her first day, and setting everything out the night
before. That was always fun growing
up. Going back in style with all the new
gear. We also read some books together
like “The Night Before Kindergarten” and “I Love School” to get them pumped,
and had “the last meal”, a fancy family dinner we have the night before school
starts. She woke up nice and easy on the
first day. We made mini pancake stacks
for breakfast with homemade strawberry syrup, and had our little picture story,
did her hair, took some pictures, and sent her off. That day, we watched one of our friend’s
sons, and Cal had fun with Jett all day.
And the other kids, too. We
stayed busy that day, but it’s always a little sad to send them back to school,
but nice to get back into a routine. We
met Em at the bus stop, and it was so cute to see the other kids run excitedly
towards her to give her a hug. And I got
a good hug too, don’t worry! J Emma was a little unsure about her teacher,
Mrs. Erickson. She’s getting close to
retirement and has been teaching for a long time. She’s in a wheelchair a lot. But as we talked about her first day, Em’s
first reaction was “I love old ladies!”
She liked her so much, and especially enjoyed how compassionate and
caring she is for her students. She’s
always giving hugs, and that’s good for Emma’s sensitive personality. We made some "smart cookies" chocolate chip cookies for after school snacks (the one time of the year I really do something exciting for a snack, lol!) and had a special dinner to celebrate the first day of school in the books.
Cal’s first day was Friday, as they had staggered start for
kindergarteners because of placement testing.
He was so excited to get ready.
We made chocolate waffles for his first day breakfast, gelled his faux
hawk in place, took a few pics, and sent him on his way. He started with all-day kindergarten, as they
do here. His teacher is Mrs. Arment, and
she is great. She is a seasoned teacher
as well, who is always keeping up on new techniques and ways to teach and
continuing her education. Callahan loves
her and loves school! He enjoys recess,
and we’ve been able to see him out there a couple of times playing as we take
Lucy to preschool. He was so ready for
school though, as he’s almost 6 and I had to stop teaching him because he was
going to get bored in kindergarten if we did much more, as he was already
beginning reading. Everyday after
school, he immediately does his homework.
It’s nice, and I hope it stays that way. It's a full day of kindergarten here, so some days when he gets home, Cal is ready to put on his jammies and crash for the night. When Emma started going to school, Cal asked about every 10 mintues
“When is Emma coming home?” Lucy never
asked that once. I think she might enjoy
the one-on-one time!
Lucy began preschool. We have been doing preschool at home with her for a long time, but we got into a co-op preschool again. It's been great and she's loved it! It took some convincing to get her to go. She has been telling me "I don't want to go to preschool! I just want to stay home wis you!" She really clings on me when it's time to go and refuses sometimes. But once she goes and stays she loves it. She especially liked the week we had over at our house when I was the teacher. We did the letter C - cars, cats, cupcakes, rectangle, the number 3, the color yellow that week. It was a riot, and the kids were all so much fun and smart little ones. I enjoy bringing learning to life for them!
Coverton is just getting into things! Kitchen drawers, finding things and dump, the washing machine and dryer, the fireplace, you name it. He likes to get up on and into anything. He's such a little explorer now, it's fun! He's also starting to pick up on things, so he likes to "help". And then he crashes from all of his activity during the day. He does enjoy the one-on-one time we get when Lucy goes to school, but likes to make loud noises every once in a while to make him feel at home because he's not used to all of the quiet. :)
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