First Grade Christmas Party

Some pictures from Kylie's Christmas program. She had so much fun at the party! It was fun to watch the kids have fun and enjoy themselves.

I loved the reindeer headband and rudolph nose!

Each of the kids got to open presents from Santa that were for the classroom. They had so much fun opening the presents.

Of course the main event was getting to see Santa and tell him what they wanted!

Halloween Parties!

Today I had the pleasure of attending not one, but two Halloween party's! First up, Lacey's party. They played games, decorated their candy buckets, stamped and colored pictures. Then it was time for the grand finale of the party...trick or treating! Lacey had lots of fun getting the candy. She was, however, NOT happy about the fact that she was only allowed one piece of candy! This really upset her. She finally got over her frustration of only being allowed one piece and then it was time for me to go back to work. This did NOT go over well at all. The good news is she took a great nap and was in a great mood when I picked her up!

Her and another little girl in her class were both Minnie Mouse. There were 2 Minnies, a Mickey, a Firefighter, and a Frog. They were all super cute in their costumes.

Then it was time for Kylie's party. They also had a parade of costumes, they had an afternoon snack that included: fruit, vegetables, cheese & crackers, and cookies; made finger puppets; played musical chairs; and freeze dance. They had a ton of fun. My personal favorite part was watching them play freeze dance, something about watching little kids dance just makes me smile. They are so carefree!

There are only four girls in her class, there were 2 witches, a spiderwick princess, and a ballerina. I remember there being two warewoves, Obi-Wan Kenobi, a vampire, two skeletons, thomas the train, and Darth Vader. Lots of interesting costumes!

Great times were had by all...including Mommy :)

A field trip to "The Patch"

On Tuesday the Kindergarten and First Grader's went on a field trip to The Patch. The kids had lots of fun.

They went on hayrides, picked their favorite pumpkin, learned about some the fruits and vegetables that grow at The Patch. The kids helped pick up some of the bad apples that had fallen from the apple trees and they also got to sample a GOOD apple too!

learned about some of the animals at The Patch and got to feed a few of them too!

Some of the kids schucked the corn off the cob to give to the animals outside. They fed the bunnies the carrots they picked in the garden. They also got to hold a freshly laid egg. they kids loved it!
Overall it was a great educational field trip! I along with the other parents that chaparoned had a great time too!

1st Grade

And so it begins, another year of school. I can hardly believe our oldest daughter, Kylie is starting first grade today. It seems as though it was only yesterday that we were bringing her home from the hospital. And now this morning I was dropping her off for her first day of FIRST grade!

I hope she has an amazing first day and an even more amazing year in first grade. She was very excited to start school. She knew who her teach was ahead of time. She describe Mrs F. as 'a very loving lady who gives lots of hugs and never yells'. Doesn't that description make her sound the best?! I think so, and having only met met her last week at back to school night and talking her her a little bit this morning, it seems as though Kylie's description is right on track!