The Johnson Family: August 2012

Monday, August 27, 2012

Little Diva!

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She loves:
Mickey Mouse
Clifford
Bubble Guppies
Curious George
Elmo
baby dolls
tea parties
puppies
bears
farm animals
zoo animals
really all animals!
(Little People)
cars, trains and dinosaurs
reading books
(Brown Bear, brown Bear and The Bear Wants More and any animal touch and feel or flap books are her favorites)
going for walks
Dancing
listening to music
(Give a Dog a Bone, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star)
Jack Johnson
swinging
Liam
shoes
pretzels
pasta
hummus
guacamole
cheese
blueberries
strawberries
apples
broccoli
cereal bars
Cliff Jr. Fruit Ropes

So hard to believe SHE is 20 months and will be 2 before I know it!

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

just for fun.

Monday, August 20, 2012

Ben goes to Preschool!

Ben was so excited to finally be able to call Owen's school "Ben's School!"I think he might have been just as excited to have his very own LUNCHBOX!

I let Danny take Owen to school today, and even though it brought tears to my eyes seeing him wave goodbye and blow kisses from Danny's car this morning, I was glad to have some pre-preschool time with Ben.

He doesn't get nearly as nervous as Owen and definitely doesn't over analyze every situation like his big brother. He's more of a "go with the flow" kind of kid and most certainly doesn't get to worked up over change (not saying he doesn't get worked up over things... that he does!)

He found these sunglasses somewhere in the car this morning... Yep, he's one cool kid!

She came along for the drop off. She kept saying "Owee?" I think she was confused to be at Owen's old preschool without Owen.

HE knew exactly what to do and was so excited it was finally his turn!

Ready....

Steady....

GO!

He pumped his hands...

hung his lunch on his little hook and took off his shoes...

posed for a picture with one of his amazingly wonderful teachers (and owner of the school)...

found a few friends...

and never looked up....

2 down. 1 to go.

*When I picked Ben up from school today, his teachers said he did great! They did mention he starting acting sleeping around 11:30am and wanted to take a nap. He hung in there though. It wouldn't have surprised me to find him sleeping in the reading corner or under a table or sitting straight up somewhere though.

Here's to a wonderful school year for both my boys and lots of baby dolls, tutu's and special time with my sweet Audrey.

OWEN's first day of Preschool

Friday, August 17, 2012

Oh the places he'll go!

On Wednesday, we visited Owen's school and met his teacher, assistant and the Student Teacher who will be working in his class until December. I had a babysitter come for an hour to watch Ben and Audrey, so Danny and I could enjoy this time with Owen.

He had a short scavenger hunt to do when we first got there and one of the things on the list was to find all the places where his name was located.

Here he is at his chair...

Once we left his classroom, we made a stop at the front of the school to get a picture in front of the school sign... I think I was starting to embarrass him :/

Last night we got everything ready to go...none of us are early birds, so I wanted to be extra prepared, which included setting 3 alarms to ensure no one over slept...

Chalkboard was ready, clothes picked out and ironed, book bag was ready to go and lunch and snack were prepared and packed.

I got Owen up at 6:30 am (he usually sleeps until 8 am or so) and the first thing he did was hug me and then he teared up a little and told me he was nervous. I just held him for a few minutes and kept telling him how much he was going to learn and how much fun he was going to have. I know how much he misses his preschool friends and I think it's been hard for him knowing none of them would be with him at his new school.

After a little time cuddling, he sat up and said, "You can get me dressed now."

He was ready!

He requested cereal for breakfast, but only took a few bites. He's like me and has a hard time eating when he's nervous.

He said it was OK for me to go ahead and take his picture...but insisted I take it on the back porch.

Ben finally got up...just in time for his cameo...

and a hug.

Owen picked out his shirt. He said he wanted to wear his "beat box" shirt. I wanted him to wear a collared shirt, so this is what we came up with.

We loaded up and drove over to the school, which is about 5 minutes from our house, parked and the WHOLE Johnson family walked Owen to his room.

He IS ready!

He put away his things...

and then his teacher told him it was time to say goodbye...

He wanted to ride the bus, but we live out of this school district and the buses do not come to our neighborhood, so until he starts intermediate/middle school, we will be taking and picking him up...which is perfectly fine by me!

I got in the car pool line around 2:20 and waited about 15 mins...

while she napped and Ben watched a movie....

and then we were greeted by this smiling face...

and HE talked non stop about how much he loved school!

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Owen goes to Kindergarten!

We went to meet his teacher today and he'll officially start this Friday. *tear*