The Olympics

In preparation for the Winter Olympics (and in honor of the letter O!), we held our own mini Olympics in preschool a few weeks ago.



From the passing of the torch relay to the good ole' orange in a spoon race and competing in obstacle courses, we had fun parading around and earning medals.

P is for Preschool

...and painting pig noses, playing with a huge parachute, making homemade pizza with pinnapple and pepperoni, picnics, playing with pals, play doh creations, and of course, popsicles!

So many perfectly fun things to do with the letter P at preschool!

These are the days

December has been a blur. We've had lots of basketball games for Michael and Trevor, a school band concert for Michael, language Winter performances for Trevor & Hayley, Christmas caroling to a nursing home for Michael and the church youth, Christmas caroling in the neighborhood for the Cub Scouts and families for Trevor, doctors appointments, birthday parties, Don in Germany for part of the time, teaching Jake's preschool, plus the normal daily activities like gymnastics, piano, homework, etc. Add to it all, getting ready for Christmas and making special treats for friends, neighbors and teachers, and we are having a blast!


Here are a few shots of the school activities...




















SCHOOL PARTIES...Holiday Bingo, Decorating Cookies, Limbo and more!


















We have had a lot of fun memories made but it is also nice that school is now out for 2 weeks and things will slow down as we enjoy this special time of year with each other!

Being Three

How fun is it to be 3?

Besides going to the Children's Muesuem for playgroup, helping at Hayley's school, having a party at Sam's Club with 5 other kids & moms, & playing at the YMCA everyday, below are a few of Jake's other adventures this week...



TURNING THE TOLIET WATER BLUE!!! Jake was so excited to turn the toliet water blue. He couldn't wait until the others got home from school so he could run and tell them. He didn't want to use the bathroom at first, because he thought once you flushed it, the blue would disappear & the normal water would come back. He was pumped to find out it came back blue...for 2000 flushes!




PAINTING PIG NOSES AT PRESCHOOL FOR THE LETTER P. We also had fun with Playdoh, a Parachute, pictures of Policemen, and had a Picnic lunch with Pizza and Pretzels while watching the Pirate movie, Peter Pan!




CHILLING OUT AT SOCCER GAMES. Jake is a good sport on Saturdays, going from soccer game to soccer game, to football game each week. This week he and his friend Catherine made themselves a spaceship with the chairs and coolers, while kicking back and playing Star Wars.