What a difference a school year makes

First day of Pre-K 3

(9/7/10)

Last day of Pre-K 3

(6/21/11)

Today is Scarlett's last day in Pre-K 3 at Side by Side. 

She has had such a fantastic year. 

This program combines 3 and 4 year olds; the children who started while 4 are heading off to kindergarten and the children who started while 3 (like Scarlett) will be "moving up" to be the OLD kids in next year's room...with a new set of 3 year olds. Scarlett admired the older girls all this year because their responsibility is to help the younger kids. She is super psyched to be an old kid/helper next school year. And then after Pre-K 4 - it's kindergarten (gulp)...and that same year Holden will be starting Pre-K 3 (double gulp).

Bye, Side by Side! We'll see you in 12 weeks!

Scarlett's first field trip!

Scarlett's class has been learning about Fall recently. Scarlett had a homework assignment this week where she was asked to collect leaves that had fallen from trees, acorns, sticks and dried grass and bring them all into school so the class could discuss the textures and colors of everything. Then, yesterday, they went to investigate Fall as a class (and Scarlett's teacher was nice enough to email pictures to all the moms and dads who thought they weren't going to have pictures of this monumental "first field trip"...like me). They looked at stuff like this: This:And this:They went in a corn maze. They went on a hay ride pulled by a tractor.And, of course, picked pumpkins. And here is a picture of Scarlett's class. (Seriously. How cute.)

Yay field trips!!

Stork Club - The new daycare

Scarlett started a new daycare yesterday. As many of you know, this little girl had been in the same daycare since she was 8 weeks old. She had been attending a home daycare and while it was exactly what we wanted for her as a newborn, Joe and I decided that we wanted a bit more for her and her baby brother. Scarlett has started attending the Stork Club, which is a curriculum based daycare center. In her "Toddler Twos" class, she goes outside twice a day. She does two art projects a day. Everyday has a new theme and lesson. They keep the kids very busy. We picked Scarlett up at the end of the day and she immediately started talking about spots on a cow. Turns out, that was their lesson for the day. I was seriously impressed.

Here is a picture of Scarlett holding her new packed lunchbox getting ready to leave for her "new school."Making her game face before going into the school.Smiling (not that different from game face) before going into the school."Come on dada."Scoping out the other classrooms.Sitting in front of her cubby."Scarlett, you gonna be okay? Scarlett? Scar-lett? Mommy and daddy have to go to work. You gonna be okay? Scarlett?" Yes...I think she's going to be just fine.