Ava's Fun Run

Ava is participating in a fun run fundraiser at school where she will walk/run 35 laps.  She is doing this on Wednesday.  If you are interested in giving her a pledge to support her and her school you can do so here.  She gets a prize in PE for the amount of pledges she gets. 

https://funrun.com/a/s/lWybVdnk

She asked that we "blog on to dot com and put money" so that she can win a prize in PE. 

Thanks to those of you who have already "blogged on" she's super excited and won a "braeslip" and an invisible pen last Friday.

We apologize that you don't get anything exciting in return for your donation like a chocolate bar, magazine subscription or a raffle to win a new bike.  :)

Brynn the Coreographer

http://youtu.be/UG1BhtPhBZY

Lunch with our big Kindergartner!

We all met Ava at school for lunch today :). She was so proud of her family.  It was too cute.

Color me impressed

So at our old preschool they sent home an update each day and Steve would always lose it on the way home. Well the NEW school has an amazing system.  As soon as Steve checks Brynn out for the day we get an e-mail with an update of Brynn's day!  They also include pictures from the day and today I actually got a video of Brynn dancing during music time.  I absolutely love this and of course I'm one happy Mama!

Today was her 2nd day and she did great!  She was very excited that she also has her own new school just like her big sis Ava.  One of her teachers names is Ashley and Brynn can't say Ashley so she calls her Blacksey.  At her old school one of her teachers names was Yesenia and Brynn couldn't say that so she just called her Steve.

Here is the report we got on her today:

Brynn 

daily report - Sept. 4, 2013

Notes:

·         Feeling cheerful today

·         Brynn enjoyed sorting red noodles and red rigatoni pasta. She also liked drawing .

naps

·         1:22PM

meals

·         Lunch - some of the Tomatoes , none of the Cheese stick, all of the Oranges, all of the Bread, all of the Juice

bathroom

·         10:30AM - diaper - Dry

·         11:30AM - diaper - Dry

·         12:46PM - diaper - Dry

·         3:25PM - diaper - Wet

·         5:02PM - diaper - Wet

activities

·         language arts

We listened to the story" Froggy Goes to School" by Jonathon London. 

·         cognitive development

We used crayons to draw circles. 

·         creative art

We created a handprint mural. 

·         music/movement

We sang "If You're Happy and You Know It". 

·         motor skills

We developed gross motor skills by jumping over cones on the playground. 

·         science/nature studies

We sorted red rigatoni and red elbow noodles. 

·         social science

We practiced rule of the inside voice. 

·         special enrichment

We practiced our manners by saying "please" and "thank you" with friends. 

Here are some of the pictures they sent me from yesterday

Doing Art- This masterpiece is now hanging on my board at work

Playing House

Doing Yoga - yes they actually do some Yoga each day!

Brynn's first day at her new school

Brynn was excited until we got into her classroom full of new things and new kids.  Then she got a little teary and "mommy I wanna go with you". Sniff sniff.  I stayed for a while and showed her all of the great things she'll get to do.  She was happily playing baby dolls when I left.

Meanwhile at home

Brynn was loving being the only child at home.  My mom came over one day and she had both grandmas all to herself.  Talk about Kid heaven!

Ava's first day of Kindergarten

The day started off smooth and ended just as well.  Gigi came in for Ava's first day of school so we all walked Ava in to her classroom.  She was up early, ate all of her breakfast and got dressed without a fuss.  She wasn't even scared for us to leave her at school.

When I picked her up the car rider line took an hour!  I asked her how her day was and she said "it was GREAT!"  On Tuesday she took the bus from school to the after school program at Brynn's new daycare.  She cried because she was upset that I didn't pick her up.  She said " our house is right next to school, what took you so long?"  Today she was all smiles and was feeling super cool that she got to ride a bus.  We are considering letting her be a bus rider but I'm not sure if I'm ready for that yet!