First Day of School!

Jenna was in preschool last year with Mrs. Kathy.  Since Kathy and Clark Ence are leaving on a mission soon I had to find a new preschool for Jenna.  I decided on the Washington County Preschool since it is close and reasonably priced and it looks like they have a good program.  Today was her first day and she did great!  My mistake?  Letting her eat a chocolate bar right  before taking her picture! (And I didn't ask her to pose --she does that all on her own!)

Pre-School Melt-down

Today was Josh’s first day of pre-school. I dropped him off (no problems there) and then hurried over to the elementary school with Jaiden for her kindergarten SEP. When it was time to pick up Josh, I headed back over to Mrs. Kathy's with Jaiden and Jenna. Several parents were waiting for their pre-schoolers to emerge, video cameras in hand, proudly documenting their child’s first day of pre-school.

I looked around for Josh but my anticipation was soon squelched. There he was collapsing to the ground in a fit of screams and tears. Oh no! Mrs. Kathy, trying to comfort him, retorted, “He was fine until just a minute ago!” He was screaming because he apparently couldn’t find his “rainbow picture.” Mrs. Kathy said, “It is in your backpack.” I tried to show Josh his two pictures but he just howled louder screaming, “the other one!” Well, there was no other one.

Then I started to panic because I could no longer see the other little child I was also driving home. I started to shout her name in a frenzy. With all those cars leaving at the same time, it isn’t a safe place for missing children to be running around. I got Mrs. Kathy's help but then noticed Josh's little friend had just gone in my car to wait for me like a good little girl. Josh was still screaming as I heaved him over to the car feeling very frustrated. He screeched all the way home that I needed to go back and get his picture. What am I going to do with him? Will he ever get over these sudden tantrums that appear out of no-where? Will he survive pre-school? And when will he finally be completely potty trained?

Perhaps he was extra tired or maybe he knew I was more frustrated than usual with him because he actually took a nap today. Wow. I am upstairs in the little computer nook and I just noticed that it is awfully quiet. I peeked over the wall into the main level family room below to find Jaiden sound asleep too -- on the couch! Double wow! All three little ones asleep at the same time?

Maybe there is hope for this day yet!

Jaiden's Pre-school Graduation

I enjoyed Jaiden's pre-school graduation. Mrs. Kathy does such as wonderful job with these kids and you can tell that she honestly loves each and every one of them. Here is Mrs. Kathy's note to Jaiden: "How you've blossomed! I can tell a lot of amazing things are going on inside you. You are a good friend but also very independent!" So true! Jaiden sparkled and smiled and sang her heart out. The last picture shows the song: "Sometimes you've just got to yell and scream -- AAAAHHHH!" (Notice who has the biggest mouth!) When I picked up Josh up from my friend's house after the program (several houses away) she said that she could hear the kids singing (and yelling) clear from her house!!