a preschool day

In December Isabelle started preschool.  This was a long and well thought out decision.  For some, sending your kids to preschool is a no brainer...for us (maybe more so me)...it felt like a giant leap.  I will spare you my long drawn out thought process, in the end it was simple...Isabelle really loves to play with friends and really needs consistent interaction with friends to feel comfortable.  Her first day she was slightly reluctant but when I went to pick her up she was all smiles.  From that day on she has asked to go to preschool everyday.  She loves it.  She made a few friends, loves to talk about how silly the boys are, crafts and plays a lot.  So, here is what a preschool day for Isabelle looks like...

She picks out her outfit...ALL by herself...

while I chase Owen...to make sure he isn't trying to hurt himeslf

Isabelle loves to lay out her clothes for me before putting them on...often making her floor  person doing something funny...here she is waving

she dresser herself...and shows it off a bit

a little more hamming for the camera while owen practices using the toaster

she puts on her coat, hat, scarf, mittens and boots ALL by herself

here we are at school...we show off our cubby

she washes her hands... (she picked this photo...so she could show off her fancy braid)

Here is isabelle by some of their classroom artwork...they did some wet on wet painting and then their teacher asked them if they could wish upon a star what would they wish for....hers is the top right one (bolder colors)
Isabelle wished she could live closer to her family....
side note: isabelle and i talked about what we wished for...as she didn't answer in school (still working on verbal communication with teachers).

Other things she wished for were:
to have a play date with her Idaho buddy Maggie
to watch busytown (since the flu we have purged media again...)
to have ice cream for breakfast
(after my funny look) for ice cream to be a healthy food
to have a baby sister
to get more chicks
for grammy & grampy to come visit and bring that wooden barn
to wear her fairy wings to school

I don't have many pictures of isabelle in action at school but when we picked her up after lunchtime this is what she told us she did/learned:

They read a book about pyramids and mummies.

Some pyramids have eyes in the top that open up. (?)

Mummies are people that died.

There are cats in pyramids.

(there was a lot of talk then about death...a subject i'm not sure I'm hitting a home run on explaining)

She crafted with colored sand and glue, she first chose pink sand and then chose other colors.

She played in the snow outside.

She played with her friends Adrianna & Stella.

She was really excited because today was her day to bring in snack...all her friends liked the cinnamon popcorn and clementines she brought.

There were big kids at school today.

(it was MLK and some neighboring older kids came in for care as their parents still had to work).

Mr. Jeff (teacher/owner's husband) stood on the counter today.

She sat next to Adrianna & Stella at lunch.

She ate all her carrots.

She was really happy to see Owen and mama at lunch time.