Movin' On

Susanna had kindergarten orientation a couple of weeks ago. Her dad had to take her because I was teaching preschool. This girl is ready to move to the "big girls' classroom". She is so excited to go on the bus with everyone next year. I have loved watching her learn in preschool this year. She is very bright and is so eager to learn. Being able to go to all six sessions of my preschool every week this year has really been beneficial for both girls.

Four

Kerrie turned four last Tuesday.

Life is a little crazy around here and we wouldn't all be together at home until 9 P.M. so we had her party at 7 in the morning.

She opened some gifts,

took a spin on her new big wheel,

and ate a delicious breakfast of rice, sausages and fried eggs.

It was a beautiful day. Kerrie shared birthday treats with 2 sessions of preschool. A couple of the girls brought her gifts. Very sweet. It was sunny at recess and she had a hard time keeping her eyes open for pictures. She is still sassy with her eyes closed.

Kiley made her a yummy pink cake.

Happy Birthday Kerrie!

We love you.

Springtime and Funny Preschoolers

We have been having beautiful weather lately. These two girls love playing outside. We have this post (I don't know what it is for) in our back flowerbed. The big girls have always used it for a microphone. I looked out the window the other day and saw Kerrie and Susanna singing away. I like how seriously they are taking their performance.

They also love jumping on the trampoline.

I had two funny comments from preschoolers today. We were out for recess and one little guy was working on zipping up his jacket. I told him his kindergarten teacher would love if he could do that. I told him she would get tired if she had to zip up 25 jackets every recess. He said, "Yeah, it would be better if she only had to do 24."

I was testing everyone on what letters they know this morning. When I held up the card they could kind of see the picture on the other side. I was testing the funniest kid I know and when I held up the letter "c" (picture of a cat on the other side) he said "Meow". The best part was he said it high and squeaky like a real cat.

Teaching preschool is the best job!

Dr. Seuss

Last week was Dr. Seuss week at school. The last day was dress up as a character or Dr. Seussish. We went for Dr. Seussish.

These two do not like to ham it up at all.

We also had a Dr. Seuss day at preschool. Everyone wore pajamas, we watched a couple of Dr. Seuss movies and made these cute Dr. Seuss fish.

Valentine's Day---Finally!

This was before we went to church. What I love most in the world. You can even see Henry in the backyard.

This girl looked way too cute and felt way too sassy not to get her own shot.

After church everyone changed into their casual Valentine's Day outfits and prepared for our family party.

Every year we decorate the table with balloons, candles and Valentine tableware.

We eat heart shaped pizza and drink a red beverage.

Cute Kiley.

Happy Hannah.

Posing Paige.

Lovely Lizzie.

Sassy Susanna.

Kiss Me Kerrie.

After dinner the girls each go on a scavenger hunt for their Valentine's Day gift.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Dreaming of Summer

Once Christmas is over I am ready for summer. I am surprised every year at how long it takes to get to Spring. Lizzie and I were looking at pictures tonight of all the fun we had last summer. This picture of Lizzie was from a party we went to in McCall with my family. I hate wishing any days away, but I can't wait for the hot, lazy days of summer.

Trixie and Coco

We went to Zamzows to buy a new beta fish a couple of weekends ago and came home with that contraption. Yes, a gerbil house. Hannah can be pretty cute and convincing when she wants to be. They only order one gender at a time so that you don't end up with a load of babies. They had boys. I asked Hannah if she wanted to wait until they had girls. She said the boys would be fine because she would give them girl names and just pretend they were girls. Kind of like we name our fish girl names even though they are boys too. Lucky for Henry, the dog, we accept that he is a boy.

These guys (Trixie and Coco) are super cute. I bring their cage into preschool and the kids love watching them run around. Henry is obsessed with them. He used to bark at them, but now he just watches them for hours. I'm not exaggerating. The first thing he does in the morning when Kiley lets him out of their room is run in to see the gerbils. In fact, I can hear him right now barking to get into the room they are in. He would probably eat them if he could get to them. That dog is crazy.