Ella's first day at her new preschool was today. We went to a meet the teacher "party" last Thursday and Ella has been overly excited for school to start ever since. Preschool is on Tuesday and Thursday mornings for three hours. There are three girls and two boys in her class (a good 1:5 teacher student ratio.)
I love that this school (located in the teacher's house) is a close 0.8 miles walk from our house. Today I pushed the kids in the stroller to drop Ella off, but drove to pick her up. When the weather is cooler though I hope to not ever drive there.
Ella was happy to wear a new outfit to school today. This one came from her closet...her Grandma Oregon gave it to her last year but it was way too big and now it fits. Thanks Grandma!
I love that this school (located in the teacher's house) is a close 0.8 miles walk from our house. Today I pushed the kids in the stroller to drop Ella off, but drove to pick her up. When the weather is cooler though I hope to not ever drive there.
Ella was happy to wear a new outfit to school today. This one came from her closet...her Grandma Oregon gave it to her last year but it was way too big and now it fits. Thanks Grandma!
Ella asked me about the shirt. She was concerned that it didn't cover her shoulders and thus wasn't modest. I was torn. It is extremely modest if compared to other tank tops. Plus I wore tank tops up until I got married so who am I to veto them? In the end we decided that since she is so young she could wear a mostly modest tank top, but once she goes to big kid school she will need to dress more modestly. I suppose when she is a teen we will have to negotiate again.
This is Ella and her teacher, Ms. Amber
Eli had a hard time leaving Ella in preschool today. A big part of the problem was that the classroom had the worlds best choo-choo train table and he did NOT want to leave it. Then when we got home he looked around and asked, "Where's Ella?"
So what did Eli and mom do for three hours all by ourselves? We spent the first twenty minutes walking home from dropping Ella off. When we got home from our walk we sat in the backyard and ate a Popsicle. Then we came inside and I gave him lots of loves and grubbies --Grubbies are much better if your big sister isn't trying to get some at the same time. (For those non-Williams' out there grubbies are back tickles.) Next Eli and I went to the grocery store. I had been putting this off, looking forward to just one child with me in the store, but Eli was more trouble without his big sister there and had to be confined to the top of the cart rather than in the car (the carts at our grocery store have cars in the front for toddlers to pretend to drive). After the store we had enough time to put groceries away, have a snack and set up the train track before picking Ella up.
So what did Eli and mom do for three hours all by ourselves? We spent the first twenty minutes walking home from dropping Ella off. When we got home from our walk we sat in the backyard and ate a Popsicle. Then we came inside and I gave him lots of loves and grubbies --Grubbies are much better if your big sister isn't trying to get some at the same time. (For those non-Williams' out there grubbies are back tickles.) Next Eli and I went to the grocery store. I had been putting this off, looking forward to just one child with me in the store, but Eli was more trouble without his big sister there and had to be confined to the top of the cart rather than in the car (the carts at our grocery store have cars in the front for toddlers to pretend to drive). After the store we had enough time to put groceries away, have a snack and set up the train track before picking Ella up.
Nothing could have made Eli happier than to have Ella come home and play trains with him...and she did!
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I cannot believe that Ella is already old enough to go to preschool! It goes by way too fast.
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