On the way home from work, Mama picked up Janie from school. She was busy playing with Magna-Tiles and then finished up her race car with Teacher Denise.
Curriculum Night
This afternoon, Janie’s school had Curriculum Night. All the parents came by at 4:15 and joined the class for circle time. They passed around the Talking Stick and said a little something with the group.
The class had also prepared a Family Book from pictures that we had sent to school. Her other teacher, Sharla, read each student’s page from the book. I missed the beginning of Janie’s page but caught most of it on video.
https://youtu.be/-uJcHwyFvX8
Hm…this is all pretty accurate stuff!
Afterward, we got to explore the classroom and saw one of Janie’s paintings on the wall. She titled it “a butterfly”.
They are learning about bugs right now and have a big ladybug habitat in the classroom.
Janie painted black dots on her ladybug and glued googly eyes too.
She also had snack with her friends. This little girl next to her is Gabby. Mama had a conversation with her mom the other day and learned that Janie and Gabby used to go to story time at the library all the time. Her mom recognized her when Gabby first started this preschool. What a small world!
For dinner, we went to Public House and it looks like Janie still likes the taste of lemons.
https://youtu.be/XKXd_vRDMrI
She also thought it was too dark outside so she brought her dinosaur flashlight with her for the walk to and from the restaurant.
Fall Picnic
Janie had a classroom picnic today at a park in SF.
There were lots of cool things to play on including this big spinning cage that most of the kids went on together.
There was a good turnout and Mama and Dada got to meet her classmates and their parents too. We all brought food and shared.
Peanut took a nap and then got a little bit of sun when he woke up.
Here is Janie with her primary teacher, Denise.
On the way from the park to Uncle Jason’s house, Janie took a quick nap. She was so tired from all the sun and excitement.
Come in, Mama!
Janie didn’t cry at drop-off today. I was so proud of her. She just sat down at the table and started eating her breakfast. In the afternoon, it was raining so the kids were all inside.
When I arrived, she said, “OH! It’s Mama!” Then she took my hand and said, “Come in, Mama!” It’s nice to see that she’s having a good time at school.
afternoon snack
Janie and her pals were having snack when I arrived for pick-up. One of her friends at the table had noticed me and said to her “your mommy is here”. So cute.
Fun at School
This afternoon, the kids were all kicking and throwing balls. Janie is the one in the middle in the black with her back turned.
Before we headed home, she showed me all of her coloring pages.
MAMA
Janie brought home a toothpick project today.
stickers
This afternoon, all the kids (including Janie) had stickers on their foreheads. So silly!
Tia Irma
After the initial drop-off, Janie doesn’t usually need GG so he sits in Tia (Auntie) Irma’s pocket all day. At the end of the day, Janie always makes sure to go back and find GG in the pocket again.
