Knight Birthday at Preschool

The Knight goes to Pre-School!

My little Knight had a big week last week! I went to the Prince's old pre-school to sign the Knight up for next year, and they had a spot for him immediately! This was such good news because he is getting so bored at home. He was so used to being on the go all of the time before the baby was born. We were at the gym 2-3 times per week, and we were constantly at the school. But after our weeklong stint in the NICU, I have been in no hurry to be out and about with the baby. This was a great blessing for us! The Knight was SO excited to put on his backpack and pack his lunch. He wanted to go every day instead of just Tuesday and Thursday.
Here he is modeling his backpack!

This was Tuesday, his first day of class!

What a treat! One of his classmates brought a birdie for show and tell!

I have to say this has been a really nice break for me too. Since the baby has been sleeping so well, I actually got to do some things on Tuesday and Thursday that are MUCH easier to do with one child. I got groceries on Tuesday with only the baby. It was AWESOME! I also worked out using my Chicometrics video Tuesday and Thursday. I have lost lots of weight so far and I want to keep it up. It was a very nice break for me and for my little Knight.

Prince's pre-school pictures!

Winding up the school year

These last few weeks have been crazy busy. Today is no exception.

This morning I will drop the Prince off for his last day of pre-school at 9:30. At 11:00 DadOf3, the Knight, and I will head back to watch his end-of-the-year program. He is so excited!!!

I received his report card on Tuesday. I hope you don't mind if I brag on him a little bit. In pre-school, the are graded "A" for Always, "M" for Most of the Time, "S" for Sometimes, "B" for Beginning, and "N" for Never.

My little Prince got "A" for always on everything! This includes

• letter recognition,
• number recognition,
• color recognition,
• shape recognition,
• sharing,
• cooperating,
• obeying the teacher,
• learning about God (it is a Christian pre-school),
• listening and following direction,
• working independently,
• Art,
• Music,
• PE,
• practicing self control,
• and the list goes on and on.

Needless to say, I am so proud of my little guy! He has had so much fun in pre-school.

The very best part of the report card is that it confirms my decision to start the Prince in Kindergarten in the fall.

I will post some pictures after the big show! If I can figure out youtube I will post some video too!

Thursday

Today we are off to see a program at the Prince's school. It is his Spring/Mother's Day program and we are picking up DadOf3 before heading out to pre-school. I will post pictures later!

I still have lots of pictures from GrandmaOf4's visit to post too!

My to-do list keeps growing and growing. I am so ready for summer - time to catch our collective breath.

The Prince Did Great!

The Prince had his very first day of pre-school and he did GREAT! He said that he loved it and is ready, willing, and able to go back on Thursday! It was a super crazy day getting him there. Because we left for Iowa two days after we signed him up for pre-school, I had no time to get some of the items needed for him to start school.

This morning I was calling his pediatrician by 7:00AM in at attempt to get his immunization records. I was hoping that they would fax them to the school, but nope! So we headed out around 8:00 to the clinic. I was able to convince them to make the copy right then and there instead of making me wait the standard 3 days. (Yippee!) Then we had to race back home because I forgot to make the Prince's lunch. After making that, we headed to his pre-school where we were 10 minutes early. After dropping him off, the Knight and I headed to Wal-mart to pick up a nap mat. Because we are not at the beginning of the school year, there were no cute little kid ones so I settled for a camping mat. The Knight and I raced back to pre-school to drop that off. I was secretly glad to have the excuse to check up on my little Prince! He was doing great! The Knight and I headed out to get groceries from there. Grocery shopping with one child was not the heavenly experience I had been dreaming of, but it was better than shopping with two! The Knight snagged a quick nap, and we headed out to get the Prince by 2:00. We were early again because I didn't want the Prince to worry. From there we headed to Princess's school to pick her up and take her to Brownies. We dropped her off at 3:00 and then headed home. We picked her up at 4:30 and headed home again, this time to make supper. Yikes! What a day!

Bottom line: The Prince did great! It was so hard to leave him, but I managed to not cry. I truly am glad that pre-school is only 2 days a week. It will be good for him to have his own thing and not be following his sister, at least in this one thing.

Tomorrow: Basketball for the Prince!

Big Day!

Today is a BIG, BIG day!

Princess got up really well with the kitties helping her.

The Prince and the Knight are still sleeping which will help them have a great day!

I need to run to the clinic this morning for the Prince's immunization records. I also need to get him a nap mat. The Knight and I may need to drop him off with his immunization records and then head to Wal-mart for the mat. They will not nap until later in the day anyway.

More later!

The Prince is heading to Pre-School in January!

DadOf3 and I visited a pre-school yesterday and signed up the Prince! He will got on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 until 2:00. They actually had room for the Knight too if we wanted to send him, but I don't think I am quite ready for that! This will give my little, middle-child, Prince something of his very own. Princess didn't get to to go pre-school, so he is kind of excited about it.

It has been super busy around here. Princess has her class party today and I am going to attend. DadOf3 is going to work from home for a little while since the party is during nap time. I will post pictures of the party this afternoon. Should be fun!

Happy Wednesday!