6/7/10...a day of firsts...

This morning was L's first day of preschool. And by day, I mean a whole 1.5 hours. :) We didn't want her to associate starting school in September with her baby brother being born so we signed her up for a little school class for the summer that's twice per week. On the other mornings, she'll have swim for 30 minutes twice per week, and playgroup the other morning. Anyhow, L did great. She was really upset when we got there and we couldn't go in because the teachers weren't ready (we were a little early). Then when they let everyone in, she walked right up to the craft table and started stamping a car cutout. I figured out that I was supposed to sign her in and then she waved to me to leave. I must admit that I totally teared up when I got in the car but I'm blaming that on pregnancy hormones. ;) A bunch a parents were waiting by the classroom when the kids all walked by holding a rope. Several kids started to cry. I signed L out and she had a slight melt down when I had to physically remove the stamp thing from her hand so that we could leave. When we were walking out she asked, "why are all those kids crying?" ;)

Not so sure about this dirt stuff under my toes...




best I got w/bribery of dum dum :D

Another first today was the introduction of peanut butter. We finally got the go ahead from her allergist and mine. So I let her have an itty bitty bit of peanut butter. Then when there was no reaction (we weren't really expecting one since she tested negative last fall, but just in case), I put some more on a spoon, but she wouldn't eat it. Then I made an itty bitty pb&j sandwich, which she wasn't really fond of either. She said she wasn't old enough yet to eat it (I'm thinking that translation is that she doesn't like it). Anyhow, I did get her to eat it, but the main thing is that there was NO reaction!!

Even though L's been potty trained for almost a year now, she's still been in diapers for naps & nighttime because she is such a sound sleeper that she doesn't wake up to pee. The doctor said not to worry about it. Anyhow, for about the last week, her naptime diaper has been dry when she woke up. Well, today, she refused to wear the diaper that I wanted her to wear (it was one from her old diaper bag that I finally cleaned out) because it didn't look like her "naptime" diapers (aka the cheapy T@rget ones) so I just didn't put her in one. I figured it would be a little test. Well, her bed was dry when she woke up from her nap! We'll see if this continues.

Two nights ago, she even woke up at like 2am to pee in the potty. Who knows...maybe some day she'll be ready to wake up to pee on a regular basis. I just don't want to have to wake up with her!

Then tonight, L had her first dance class of the summer. In two weeks, they'll have a little recital. Then she'll have a break for a few weeks and then she'll have another 4 week dance class. She just loves her dance class!

I love the little headband that she has on. It was her cousin Kenzie's. :)

Monday, 4/12/10...preschool & sayings

This morning I took L to the Christian preschool that I was thinking about putting her in for the fall. It still had one opening left in the 3 year old class and was $65 cheaper per month (& 2-3 hrs less per week) than the other Christian school that our friends have their kids in. It's also closer to our house than the one in Boulder. Anyhow, even though it was the Pre-K class this morning, we took a tour of the classroom and L joined right in our their free time play. She played with the trains and then I saw her on a teacher's lap...I think they were reading. Then she colored cutouts of a caterpillar and a butterfly and stamped letters on strips ofpaper. Needless to say, she didn't want to leave. She seemed to fit right in with the 5 year olds. Since L seemed to really like it, I signed her up for the last spot in the preschool class (the 3 year olds) for next year (Sept. 2010- May 2011). The Director of the preschool said that L seemed quite advanced for how "young" she was (since she's on the young end of her class and not yet 3). She also told me on the way out that she liked how I talked to L. :D It's always nice to get compliments about how you parent. Made me feel good!

Then we came home and I signed L up for dance, swim, and preschool for the summer. She'll be two classes up next time in swim because her last teacher for her pre-pollywog class said that she should be ready for the tadpoles class. She said the pollywog class is really the same as the pre-pollywogs but the age is a little older. She said L would be the youngest in her class but that she was a good listener and followed direction so she should be ready. I just wanted L to continue to move up so she'll actually learn how to swim. I couldn't believe how fast the summer preschool at the rec filled up. It's the first day of registration and I took the last spot in one session and, after we registered, there was only one spot left in the rest of the sessions.

L really didn't want to take her nap today and one of the things she said from the top of the stairs was "no! that doesn't sound like a good idea!" I'm not exactly sure what she was referring to because we finished our conversation on the stairs and then she climbed to the top and shouted that. It gave me a nice chuckle. :)