Monday, August 29, 2011

1st Week of Pre-K

Well, I'm trying to stay true to my word and not get too far behind on my posts. This past week was a crazy week. The kids started pre-k last monday, had their birthday party at the house Saturday, tried to recover from the birthday party Sunday, and Kevin's birthday is.... today. Whew, I'm looking forward to this week slowing down a little!

Their first week in pre-k could not have gone better. We absolutely love their new teacher "Ms. Cissy". The kids (especially Hannah) tend to be a little shy and reserved at first around new people, so when I found out she was going to be their teacher I was thrilled. She's known Hannah and Hunter since they started going there when they were about 6 months old, so being familiar with her makes them feel a lot more comfortable. They are obsessed with the fact that they have backpacks now and want to carry them everywhere. Of course we had to model them before we left for school the first day.


Hannah's new backpack

Hunters new backpack


a few silly faces





picture with proud mom....I crouched down to get to their level, and they crouched down right beside me for some reason, in case you are wondering why we are ALL crouching down in front of the refrigerator...funny






We also discovered that they will have homework due each week on Friday. Their first homework assignment was an "All About Me" poster. If you look closely, you can see their responses. They both chose Chick-fil-A as their favorite places, hunter wishes he could sing, and hannah wishes she could go to ballet everyday. They were very proud of these, and they get to hang them on the wall outside their classroom!






















Friday they were able to celebrate their birthday at school. I brought chocolate covered oreo cake balls, and they got birthday crowns to wear all day. Here's a picture of the birthday boy and girl with Ms. Cissy.




More to come:-birthday party pics
-top 10 favorites about hannah and hunter










Sunday, August 21, 2011

Prek Preps



Well, tomorrow Hannah and Hunter will start pre-k. I can not believe they are almost 4. It seems like just yesterday we were bringing them home from the hospital, and now we are getting school supplies and backpacks. Seems so surreal to me. I have made a big deal out of them going to "real school", when in all actuality they will still be at the same school, and not too much will change other than their teacher, who we are super excited about, and the fact that they will be going everyday now. I'm so excited for them because I know it will be so good for them and know how much fun they will have, but I'm sad at the same time because I know this is part of the end of their "toddlerhood". On to a new chapter in our lives I suppose. Today they stuffed their backpacks full of their supplies and modeled them for me so I could take pictures, they were two proud kiddos. I will try to be good and post pictures of their 1st day tomorrow. I hope it goes well.....