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This is Jeff's first day of preschool. He didn't even look back. Can't believe he's my baby. He is growing up so fast and such a sweet kid. Missed him a lot those first few days. He absolutely adored his first week with Miss Jessie. All of his mad fun can be seen at houstonkindergartenprep.blogspot.com - she pretty much rocks. Here he's made a potato head family. What does it mean if I have purple eyelashes and purple lips? I absolutely love that he gave Aria a missing tooth.        In September we dog-sat. I've never wished my children hadn't learned jingle-bells. I definitely thought it should have been a different song in September.... but what's a girl to do. So I joined right along with them.... It made it hard for me to practice my song for Stake Conference though. Love you Barkley! Aria got her ears pierced. here's the before... And the after. She was s...

Week 1 (Sept. 3, 4, 5) Our first week of school was a success! Everyone had lots of fun! I just uploaded 40 pictures from our three days of class... Yikes! Rather than splitting them up day by day, I'll split them by the type of activity. Our very first morning circle was mostly spent learning about each other. The kids loved talking about themselves and learning their similarities and differences.  The days of the week song has quickly become the favorite, although we also sing other songs on a regular basis. I think they like to be the helper and tell everyone what day it is. Who doesn't love to hold a pointer? Jeff was the first helper, he already understands the quietly raise your hand idea. We used these caterpillar toys to build patterns. Each student had a turn to show his friends. We also tried to find patterns that naturally occurred. Brown hair, blond hair, brown hair, blond hair was discovered around the snack table and made everyone g...