Preschool Pumpkin Art!

What a day!  It has been so crazy here weather wise!  Windy and blustery to say the least.  Good news is that I still managed to get out for a walk even today. 

Was sort of a funny one with George being off and then me being on preschool duty (helping out), but without Nathan there!  He still hadn't been on antibiotics long enough for the bronchitis to come today, so I just took Sophia.  We had a fun morning and then I came home to the news that the meeting I was going to have in the afternoon was cancelled, so I wasn't exactly upset about that.

Puttered around here with the kids this afternoon while George went and did the groceries for the week!  I then went and got Kyle from school and dropped him off and kept going for my walk.  Planning on a fairly relaxing evening and some class prep for later in the week!

One of the things we did do this afternoon though was pumpkin art!  Nathan's preschool teachers were kind enough to not only let me bring home art for Nathan, but sent one for Kyle too!

This was what I spent part of the morning at the preschool doing - helping kids paint and make Jack O Lanterns, but with "sparkles" (aka glitter) of course!  Messy and fun!  Kyle had as much fun as Nathan!

Oh they're crazy!  And I love them to bits!

Hope everyone here is staying warm and dry!

Cheers,

Our Little Graduate!

What a fun afternoon!! OK, so I can't say it went quite as planned, but we had fun anyway. I was sort of rushed getting ready and a little stressed out because the dryer wasn't working and the pants I was going to wear and Nathan's outfit were wet! Then, Nathan only slept about an hour, so I was worried about him being cranky. Sophia didn't sleep too long either, which meant I was trying to get ready with 3 kids awake too!

George got home not too long before the ceremony, so he went and quickly got changed. Brian picked up Sophia early (*thanks again!) and we got ourselves organized and off we went. Kyle has an outfit that Nana bought him that he loves and there's a shirt and matching sweater. Well, Sue (his teacher) has warned us not to dress them too warmly, but he did NOT want to take off the sweater and I was afraid of upsetting him before we even got in there. It sounds like the same thing happened when Sue suggested he take it off, so he wore it in.

I was very pleased when all the kids filed in and they were smiling and wearing their caps and gowns - just sooo cute! We got very lucky and had a seat almost directly in front of where Kyle was sitting. I was excited to see that when the singing started at the beginning, he was singing away and doing the actions and everything because lately that's not been his thing. He was in a great mood!

They started to call the kid's names to come and get their scroll and stand with the teachers for a picture. Sue called his name 3rd or 4th, but when she did, he started crying! I felt so badly and didn't really know what was wrong. We got him to come and sit with us and they moved on. I stripped off the gown and his sweater because he was really hot and then he said he was "sick" which for him now means his nose is bothering him. He sat with me for a few minutes while they finished and by the time they mentioned snacks across the hall, he was all good again!! I'm wondering if it was a bad combination of hot, tired and being a little overwhelmed maybe...

Anyway, we went across the hall and got some snacks and they showed a slide show thing (though on computer of course!) of the kids throughout the year. It was great to see all the pictures and, of course, one of the ones of Kyle was him doing a funny face and posing - BIG surprise!! A very enjoyable afternoon.

We have a teacher meeting next Thursday and then that's it for preschool... onto Kindergarten in the fall. Incredibly hard to believe!

Well, better be off to bed here! I work again tomorrow...
Cheers,