Monday, November 26, 2012

A Little About School

(Oops - apparently forgot to post this when I wrote it.  This is from last Tuesday - November 20!)

Most everyone who knows us recalls our daycare struggles in the past. Most specifically, the previous in-home daycare that we attended before going to our current center.  I cannot express how happy I am that we are at this center.  I realize it may not always be perfect and that there will always be things that I would do different - but I feel that the girls are safe, stimulated and truly loved at our daycare.  Plus, we've made some great connections for babysitters, friends for the girls and our family while there.  And it's about 10,000 times more clean than the in-home place was.

One of the things the Pre-K classes are doing is called ' SuperBug of the Month'.  In Taylor's class, each kid gets a 'star' for doing something that is kind, polite, a good choice, etc.  The kid at the end of the month with the most stars is the 'SuperBug of the Month'.  So - guess who won October and is November's SuperBug?!  



Also - today was the annual Thanksgiving lunch at school.  I tried calling it Turkey for Tots but no one else seemed to like it. Harumph.  Since I'm on parent committee, I volunteered to help out at this event as well.  Even though I had to pick meat off of two turkey's with gloved hands, it was still better than my day job.  And then I got to eat with my girls and their friends.  

Connor's classroom teacher is excellent.  She always has the kids create pilgrim or Indian hats....Taylor did the same when she was in her class two years ago.  This year, there were a whole lotta Indian's!  It was a successful lunch, with a huge mess afterwards.  Maybe I'm glad that this is not my day job ;)

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Really late & Obligatory Halloween Post

Taylor proclaimed Halloween is her second favorite holiday.  Of course, Christmas was number one.  This year we did something entirely new, and we had so much fun.  Friends of ours had a family Halloween party at their house in town.  The kids ate Mummy-Dogs and Witches Fingers (carrots with an almond on the end), and they had spooky jello for dessert. Adults all brought appetizers and the hosts made homemade Chicken Noodles and Mashed Potatoes. (Yes, that meal deserves capitalization)  After dinner, we took the kids around their great neighborhood to trick-or-treat and a couple of adults (the host dad, Andy, and one other mom I didn't know) stayed in the driveway, enjoying grown-up beverages and passing out candy.

At home before the trick-or-treating: Owl, Dorothy...and Penny!

In action. T was pretty mad I forgot their pumpkin shaped treat bags, but she got over it once they started piling in the candy.  Reusable grocery bags for the win!

The whole crew.  A gator, an owl, 2 Dorothy's, a princess, monkey, Super Girl, Jesse, Woody, and Harry Potter.  Whew!