A preschool graduate

Finley's last day of preschool came much too quickly! She has absolutely loved going to school, and it has been a great experience for her.

I love that she wanted to wear her boots--they just look so cute.

The parents were supposed to arrive a little after class had started, and the kids were all set up in their classroom waiting for us.

They each had a little graduation cap to wear.

Here is her class lined up against the wall. I'll be honest, I still don't know the names of most of the boys, but the girls left to right are Sydney J., Bristyn B., Emma, and Finley.

  She was excited to have us come and see her class.

 She got a diploma from her teacher, Ms. Darice.

Then the kids sang some songs. They were so cute, and I was completely blown away by these little 4 and 5 year olds singing 50 Nifty United States. Finley knew pretty much all the words.

Finley looks cuter in the below picture, but I put them both because in the above picture, you can just see Bristyn's face and you can't see her at all in the bottom picture. Anyway, way to go Finley! Kindergarten is just around the corner, and she is so excited to start school.

Finley's fake birthday

Finley got to have a fake birthday celebration at preschool, since her birthday is in the summer. We sent in treats--she picked brownies. And when I picked her up, she was wearing this cute birthday crown. 

 She was so cute and excited to celebrate her fake birthday!

Ballerina Hair

One morning for preschool, I did Finley's hair in a high pony tail with a bun. It was really cute, and reminded me of a ballerina. She is such a cutie!

Preschool

Finley loves going to preschool every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. I am so glad she is having such a great experience. Her teacher has the kids line up outside each day and wait for her to come out and get them. Above in the line is Emma, a boy, a boy, Bristyn, Finley, and Sydney. Finley doesn't remember the names of the boys, although she said, "I do remember Ezekial, but I don't know which one he is." There are also two more boys that were late the day I took the picture. The below picture also has her teacher, Ms. Darice.

Finley started school before I had met her teacher, and her first week I asked her what her teacher was like. She said, "Her only has hair on top of her head." I was frankly rather puzzled by this description, and was picturing perhaps a beehive. Then I met her and saw that she has a cute short haircut.
One day when Isaac was with us for dropoff, he was very surprised when Ms. Darice came out to get the kids. He said, "What?! Mr. Reese is a girl??" That was pretty funny.
Back in October, Finley told me that she said to Ms. Darice (who has a baby about a month younger than Keeley), "I don't like your baby." I was mortified! I told Finley that would make Ms. Darice feel bad, but Finley said, "Her didn't care. She said that it was good that I like my baby best."
Well, I immediately started trying to do damage control, and instructed Finley to say nice things about Ms. Darice's baby. I think she did, and it seems like Ms. Darice is a nice lady who hasn't held it against us...I hope!

Finley Starts Preschool!

Finley Lynn is a preschooler! She goes to Miss Darice's preschool in Buckeye with her best friend Sydney. Her school started the week before Sareny and Isaac's school. Here she is on her first day!













She was so excited to start school! She goes to school on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 11:30 to 2:00. I love how eager kids are to go to school at this age; every day she asks me if she has preschool that day and is quite disappointed when she doesn't.

I love the little outfit she chose to wear for her first day, and I thought her hair looked so cute!

Grammy Jo got her this Lalaloopsy backpack for school, and she loves it!

Everyday, she waits patiently at the front door for Sydney to come and pick her up.

She is learning a lot, making some new friends, and having a great first school experience!

School Events

Isaac had an end of the year preschool party with a inflatable water slide, and the kids had so much fun. Siblings were invited too, so Finley got to join in. She needed a little bit of help her first time up the ladder.

Going up.

Coming Down.

Isaac going up.

Isaac coming down.

Sareny had a spring concert the second to last week of school. The concert featured patriotic songs, and her grade was assigned to wear navy blue. Sareny was glad that all of us, including Lexi, came to see her perform.

Before the concert.

Singing Do Re Mi.

Sareny got to be a "boomwacker." She was actually listed that way in the program. Those things the kids are holding in their hands make different musical notes. Sareny wacked hers together on the "ti." I thought it was pretty cool.

After the concert. She did a great job!

Isaac's field trip

Isaac had a field trip to Peter Piper Pizza a couple of weeks ago. Not really very educational, but lots of fun! They gave us a tour of the kitchen area, which I actually found pretty facsinating. We watched how they roll out the dough into huge strips, which they actually roll onto a spool. After the tour, the kids got to make their own little pizzas.
Isaac with his friend Kami.

Putting the finishing touches on their pizzas.

Finley got to make a pizza too.

Isaac shows off the final product.

A drink and a couple of tokens per kid were included in the price, so the kids all had fun playing the games, of course. This field trip was for the letter X, and Sister Stinnett tied it in by saying we were making pizzas with eXtra cheese. :) It was actually a really fun little outing.

Preschool fieldtrip to the Farm!

Last week we went to Tolmachoff farms for Isaac's preschool fieldtrip. He is in the same class Sareny was in last year, and it has been fun seeing him learning and doing the same things she did just a year ago. We had a lot of fun at the farm. Isaac enjoyed grinding corn and feeding it to the chickens.

Finley and Isaac both loved digging around in the corn sandbox.

If it involves climbing and clambering, Finley will head for it, so of course she loved the slide.

Isaac really liked the corn maze. It was a mini-maze that only took about 5 minutes, and when we came out he asked if we could do it again, so we did. He was so cute!

We had a great time, and best of all, Isaac didn't get lost this year.

Here is his class with a couple of younger siblings thrown in. There is only one other little boy in his class, and Carter didn't make it to the fieldtrip, so he is surrounded by girls. He doesn't seem to notice or care, but I guess he's pretty used to it around our house. :)

My Buki starts preschool!

My little boy had his first day of Preschool today! He has been looking forward to going to school for weeks and was very excited. He picked out a Transformers backpack and tells everyone about it (not that they can understand him...)

I was a little bit sad dropping off my growing-up boy, but excited for him to have some fun new opportunities.

When I picked him up, I asked him what he did at preschool. The only thing I got out of him was, "Not hit." If his teacher manages to drill that one thing into his head, I think we'll call preschool a success.

Also, when I told Isaac I was putting pictures of him on the blog, he said, "'Bout the Halloween one?" I asked him which one, and he said, "The scary one!" I think he meant his "rar-rar" costume, which is what he called his Beast costume from when he was one. So, to make him happy and for your viewing pleasure, here is a little flashback.

'F' is for Farm

This is one of my catch-up posts I mentioned earlier! A couple of weeks ago Sareny's preschool had a field trip to Tolmachoff Farms. We usually go there every year to enjoy all of the fun things farm life has to offer.

The kids had fun grinding corn to feed to the baby chicks, and they even got to hold them. Isaac loved holding the chick right up near his face.

Finley was a good girl and enjoyed her car seat for the first little bit of our visit.

The farm had some really fun bike/go-cart type of things that we all had fun riding our kids around on. The kids couldn't reach the peddles, so they took turns pushing each other around on them, and Isaac just wanted me to ride him around and around.

Isaac, as we have long known, loves trains, and while I was getting Finley in the sling by the bikes he took off for the train ride. I quickly herded him back over to the group and reminded him that he needed to stay by me. Unfortunately, he has a one-track mind and doesn't mind being alone, because later while all the kids were enjoying the slide I suddenly realized he had disapeared again, leaving his shoes at the bottom of the slide. I was sure he had headed back to the train, but was unable to spot him there. Our entire preschool group began searching, and after several increasingly frantic minutes without any sign of him, I admit I was starting to get a little nervous. Suppose he had wandered into the corn maze and was now doomed to meander forever among the tall stalks. I could also see how a tragic news report would play out. (Close up of small, dusty little boy's shoes lying abandoned in the grass.) "A young boy has been kidnapped here in the West Valley today..."

Fortunately neither of those scenarios occured and a mom asked me if I was looking for a little blond boy. "Yes," I said eagerly, "Was he barefoot?" It was him all right. My next question? "Was he crying?" I'm sure you all think I was hoping that he wasn't crying, that he was okay. But no, reader, I must report that I was hoping to hear that he was crying, thereby signifying that he had realized his folly and wasn't doomed to repeat it. No such luck. So it turns out he had gone to the trains, and random strangers took him up to the store, where he also wasn't crying. It's only a matter of time until he attempts to slip away again. Time to get out the leash!

Despite our little interlude of excitement, we really had a good time.