Snip-its of School

Oh you know the way to my heart is photos, right? 

Low-key one of the reasons why I wanted Ivy to have the same Pre-k teacher as Kip was because I knew she would share photos throughout the year. I have so many great photos of Kip from his Pre-K and Kindergarten years and then last year was bone dry and super sad for me. Look, I get it. Teachers don't have time, but my goodness it swells my heart when teachers go out of their way to take photos. I mean, aren't you curious to see what they are up to all day when they are away from home? I sure am. 

Well, I got my wish and Ivy's teacher shared photos. Enjoy!!

Her class got to go on a field trip to a pumpkin patch and they rode the school bus! I didn't allow Kip to go on his field trip to the Zoo his Pre-k year because I was too worried. Second child privileges! She had a blast.

Ivy is doing SO well in Pre-K. She doesn't fuss about going every day and loves learning about her letter sounds and beginning writing. Her favorite center is "purple center" which is the arts and crafts table. She is doing super well, socially considering how shy she is naturally. 

This year the district decided to combine three and four year olds into the Pre-K classes. I don't love this but we didn't know about it ahead of time and there is nothing we can do about it. It's tough because the age gap is quite significant. Ivy has kids in her classroom who just turned five and kids who turned three over the summer. You've got kids ready to learn how to read with kids who are not yet potty trained. I can imagine that's A LOT for the teachers to handle. 

But, Ivy is fitting in well and has made friends with two little girls in her class. I'm super excited for her to have her own friends but a little bummed because both the girls are three which means Ivy will never be in the same class/grade with them again. I'm hoping as the year progresses she will make friends with some of the other kids that are her age.

Another fun fact, there are two sets of twins in her class. An identical pair and a boy-girl pair.

Trick-or-Treat

I hope you all had a fun and festive Halloween. We had a GREAT day with weather in the 80s. Can you believe that? It was hot and made for some super pleasant trick-or-treating.

The kids' school makes this a super fun day. Everyone gets to wear their costumes to school, there is an all-school costume parade around the block, class parties, and a half day. PLUS, fall break started that afternoon so no school on Friday and no school this week!!!

This year the kids picked their costumes in September. Kip actually got his costume at Storybook Land this summer and he was the only knight we saw that day. Ivy of course wanted to be a unicorn again this year. She adored her costume.

I am room mom for Ivy's class this year so I got to go to the school and join her class for the parade. Dan was waiting to snap pictures of us and Kip around the block.

 

 

Cutie little unicorn.

 

And my handsome knight in shining armor. 

For Ivy's class party we did snacks, coloring canvas trick-or-treat bags, kinetic sand and some games. Ivy's class is a mix of three and four year olds and the the whole class seemed overstimulated and like deers in the headlights. It was pretty funny, little babes. I think Ivy liked me being there? It was hard to tell.

After school it was so nice out we all got to carve our extra pumpkins in the driveway.

Late afternoon the kids got back into their costumes and we got ready to meet-up with friends to go trick-or-treating. It was SO hot out! Ivy switched out of her costume almost immediately since it was essentially a plush onesie and very warm. She switched to a unicorn cape and eventually took that off as well. Can you believe it? October 31, running around in shorts and a t-shirt.

We met-up with our friends and stayed out until dark. Because it was so warm there were a lot more kids out and it added to the festive atmosphere.

When we got home the kids sorted candy while I made our Halloween tradition dinner of mummy hot dogs and tater tots. 

I love being able to relive my own childhood memories while also creating memories for Kip and Ivy. Halloween is a fun one. It was a good day and a great way to welcome-in the holiday season.