Monday, October 22, 2012

Pre-School Field Trip

Ethan had his first field trip today for pre-school.  I tagged along as a working parent, but most parents tend to stay for the whole field trip anyway since it's only about an hour long as opposed to school that is 2 hours each day.  Siblings couldn't come, but that was kinda nice to have some Mommy & Ethan time anyway.  And I enjoyed it a bit more without chasing Emeree around. :)

It was rainy and muddy, so we sure were glad to have our rain boots.

The kids all packed in a wagon pulled by a tractor - which was most of their favorite parts.  Or as Ethan kept telling me, it was his "favorite adventure" of the trip.  Falling in the mud was "not his favorite adventure".



He got to pick 2 Apples, dig out 2 red carrots, and 2 potatoes.  He wasn't too happy about pulling the carrots and potatoes out of the ground since that meant his hands were going to get muddy...yep, Ethan hates being dirty, but Emeree would play in the mud all day if I let her.  He also got to pick out a pumpkin to bring home with his other fruits and veggies.


He got to feed some bread to the chickens - there were a ton of chickens!



Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Ethan's First Day of Preschool

Ethan started preschool last month (yay me for blogging about now instead of in 6-8 months.)  He goes three days a week and he is loving it.  We worked really hard the month leading up to school to get him to write his name on his own (without me writing it first and him copying it below mine).  So now he can write it without any assistance.



Each kid has a job at school that rotates every 2 weeks.  His current job is the abacus.  He gets to take attendance, record the weather and count how many days they've been in school so far on a giant abacus.  The parents can stay for the beginning of school while they do this part and show and tell.  So it's been fun being able to watch him do his job. 

I asked him to show me his backpack - and he just tilted to the side a little.  :)

Just like when he went to nursery the first time at church, he never looked back - no separation problems there.  But I think I had a little trouble letting him go.  It's a co-op, so the parents are trained and take turns working in the classroom.  I just happened to be assigned the first day of school as one of my work days, so that helped me get through the first day of school.  Day 2 was my first day leaving him there.  So Emeree and I went shopping - and guess what?  She is an awesome shopper if it's just her and me.  She doesn't throw any tantrums or try to jump out of the cart head first (even if she's buckled in).  So we are getting to enjoy our "girl days."

Here's a pic of Ethan with his teacher...he was so busy looking at everything I couldn't get him to look at the camera.