First Day of School

The girls were SUPER excited....

(Jada - Kindergarten, Chloe - 3rd Grade)

The boys not so much.....

(Micah - Junior, Caleb - Sophomore, Aaron - Freshman)

 



Praying for a great year for all of them!!

Jada's B's

Just so proud of this girl - she is working SO hard!!!

First Week of TK

Here is Jada - in her glory - she LOVES school - even gym (and that is where we differ!!!). She can't wait to go everyday - what a blessing! We are again blessed to have a teacher that is wonderful with Jada - God is SO good!

Will post a picture of Chloe and her teacher SOON!! :) (Her teacher was having a bad hair day today so we'll try tomorrow - too much humidity! Did I mention before that her teacher would rather it were winter EVERYDAY!?!?)

BIG Field Trip!

I was so pleased to be able to go along on Jada's field trip to the Butterfly House. I had contemplated not going, as things were quite crazy at home, until little Jada looked and me and said, "No Mom, You Said You GOING!!" I guess I did tell her that - better carry through. :) And I was so glad I did! Here is some of our fun!

All the butterflies eating!

Some Buddies!

Even the aquariums were so much fun!!

The Whole Class!!!

After lunch fun on the playground!

Someday I'll bore you with some of my hundreds of butterfly and fish pictures - but for now - this will suffice to show you what a fun day we had. And now Mom is exhausted - must be time for bed!

First Day of Preschool

It arrived - the first day of preschool - and since this is my first EVER to go to school - it about killed me!! (I'll admit it, the night before I was still wondering if this was the smartest idea in the world!!!) I took her to school and bent down on her level and said, "Jada, Mommy will be back after school is done, ok?" To which she looked at me and said, "Momma Cry?" I said, "Oh no, Momma's not going to cry!" (I was only convincing myself you know!!)

I took her inside the school, showed her her locker, and her teacher. And she spied kids playing on the other side of the room and off she went. She didn't look back - I THINK that's the way we want it, right!?!?!?

Even Chloe didn't want me to take her without her coming with us!! Chloe privately asked me, "Mom, who will talk for her when no one understands??" I didn't admit that I wondered the same thing. Chloe has the uncanny ability to always know what Jada is saying or needing - she is so sweet to Jada.

But I am thrilled she had a good day. I want her to love school and I pray that this year gives her just what she needs - whether it be speech or confidence - whatever it is God knows that she needs.

We are blessed with a wonderful teacher that knows a lot about Jada and is one of her many cheerleaders. God is so good that way - He just continues to bless us with people to love on our little ones.

So when I asked Jada what she did at school she told me, "Draw, Snack, Slide." Sounds like the perfect preschool day to me too!!

Oh, gotta run - the boys just said that it is time for the traditional "after school hugs" and I don't want to miss out on this!!!

School Time!

We made the big decision to start school this week. Our dilemma?? Well - if we travel to China during school (which it seems we will at this point) - we will lose at least two weeks of school during travel AND possibly one to two more when we get back as I'm not so sure I'll be ready to jump right back in - depending on Jada's personality and how we feel after travel. SO, to give us some "play time" - we are starting now. Yes, I hear your groans - they sound just like my boys' groans - BUT NOT CHLOE'S!!! She was jumping for joy! She just LIVES for this.
So - day one, I tell her we are going to use pattern blocks and give her the box. I told her to build me anything and let me know when she was done. Here is her masterpiece!
The boys' jaws were nearly on the floor - we all were impressed - we were thinking a simple design and she goes 3-D on us!! The girl is hilarious - and she just loves this! Last night she says to me before bed, "I don't think I am going to be able to sleep mommy." I asked her why not and she replied, "I can't stop thinking about those pattern blocks!" See why she cracks me up all the time!?!?

School is in Session

I know I win the bad mom award - I always forget to take 1st Day of School Pictures.  But I am remembering to post about Chloe's famous first words about school.  (With the boys I would not have dreamed about starting school at age 4, but Chloe has been begging to do her school - so I am giving in and doing a fun preschool curriculum with her.)  So today she tells me, "Mom, I am learning about lowercase "l" and the number "1" - they look the same so let's do something harder."  Can I just tell you that I love doing school with her?!?