Maddox's Preschool Open House

'mom....I thought there were supposed to be school supplies in here?'

'mom said to cross the left over the right....and then....'

'oh wait...maybe it was the right over the left....and then ya pull....'

'oh yah and then I finish with this snap thing...whew....this is hard work and I haven't even gotten to school yet....!!'

So most of you know that Maddox ( in addition to her normal 3 days at Kindercare) is going to be starting at a new school next week. She will be going to the Our Savior Church pre-school on Monday and Wednesday mornings. Tonight was the Open House.  I was really hoping with all Maddox's 'experience' at Kindercare that she would run in and make herself at home. But, our shy little girl showed up at the door and got a little fearful. Thank goodness Grammy is going to be here next Wednesday, her first day, so she'll be able to stay home with Kennon while I chaperon Maddox into the school. The place is literally fabulous. She will be in a classroom of only 12 children ages 2 to 3.  You have to be 3 on or before September 15th to be in the 3 yr old room. Since Maddox misses that by ONE day she'll be in the 2 year olds but I spoke with them tonight about how they handle the 'older' children and it seems they are on track.  She'll have 2 teachers in the room....one from Orion that I recognized and chatted it up with right away...!!  Old home! Gotta love my Orion roots.  Anyhow we played in her room for quite a bit with Mrs Doyle, the teacher from Orion. She seemed to be feeling at home.  Kennon got in on the action and QUICKLY found a bin of box cars...he was having a ball too!! We checked out the potties to ensure that they were quiet potties and then headed to get her picture taken.  They don't do things like they did when I was growing up.  There was a profession photographer on site to take Maddox's picture. I forgot to get the password but when I do I"ll put it on the blog ( or email you) and you can check out ( and purchase of course :) Maddox's first official pre-school picture.  Maddox is supposed to have a backpack with her name on it to make recognition easy.  Maddox doesn't know it but one is coming from Potty Barn ( my addiction) and will be wrapped up for her birthday in the next couple of weeks. In the meantime I resurrected an old one that I had gotten from Aunt Kelly. It seems to suit her well. You can tell from the pics I took before we left  tonight she is still figuring out all the snaps.  She'll need a backpack for sure. We came home with her first fabulous kid's Bible and a folder full of stuff!!  I think it is going to take me a week just to read the handbook. This is quite the church pre-school. If you are interested their website is www.oursaviorbett.org . She'll come home daily with a 'what we did type paper' all filled out letting us know what they talked about, learned, how much she pee peed/pooped ( it looked like she was one of the few in her classroom that is potty trained...again the age thing.....) what activities they did both physical, art, music, social etc. We, as parents, are able to follow along what Bible verse they are learning each week as this is all written out ahead of time and in our possession right now.  It is almost somewhat overwhelming actually.  We LOVE Kindercare but it seems Our Savior is slightly more communicative with their parents letting them know specifically the curriculum/activities.  So we'll see how she does next week. Pray for a good transition for her. We call this 'school' but we have been calling Kindercare 'school' since she started there a year ago. So I"m sure this is confusing for her. She is officially in the 3 yr old pre-school program/room at Kindercare now. Yesterday was her first day and the teachers said she had a good day. It was funny when I picked her up all the kids were sitting calmly at their tables working on puzzles, doing activities etc.  When I would pick her up in the 2 year old room it was always sort of free play time and things seemed to be a bit chaotic....but a controlled chaos.   It seems things are going to be different, for the better, in the 3's. I like structure!! It doesn't seem like her 3 year old class at Kindercare is very full as of yet so hopefully she will get some good attention these first few weeks of transition. Maddox is very in to 'being safe' nowadays. Today we were driving to the park and she said ' Mom, I will keep you safe'...... I said oh, that's very nice of you Maddox.....she said 'I'll keep you safe from the rain Mom'.  I had to smile. How cute.  There wasn't a cloud in the sky this morning.  She says so many cute things. I need to keep a notebook close by to record it all. Kennon is mister mobile man. He is so much quicker on his feet and made it to the top of the jungle gym today before I even noticed he was gone.  He is developing a little personality and when he's not happy he sure lets you know. But, he has a funny little giggle and loves to jump and wrestle on Maddox's bed. He is a little climber and mastered getting up on it in no time. They both love to jump on it. Kennon just sort of stands there and lets the bouncing bed, compliments of Maddox, jostle him around till he falls off. Luckily it is only like 2 feet off the floor!!  We had a rough weekend with Maddox, many tantrums. But, I'm learning praise does wonders...DUH LAURA!!?? And she has been relatively happy these past few days.  We are home this weekend to get some jobs done around the home.  Oh, and I signed Maddox up for a gymnastics class at the Y today.  I wanted to get her into a dance class ( after seeing her moves at the Farmer's Market in Breckenridge) but the classes didn't jive with my work and our new Our Savior schedule. Whew....too long for you busy moms sorry!!  Take care till another post.