Last Day of School!

May 20, 2011

Trevor's Kindergarten graduation was so cute!  They sang some songs and then everyone was called up to receive their "diploma" from Mrs. Huntbrown, the Principal, and then Mrs. Stecca, Trevor's teacher, told everyone what they want to be when they grow up.  Trevor said he wants to be an Insurance Representative!  That got a laugh!  

Alyssa & Mini Alyssa

Alyssa had so much fun decorating her paper-girl to look like her. Her teacher is hanging all the little paper kids on the wall in the classroom.

1st Day of School!

Well today was the day! As we speak, Alyssa is in her Kindergarten class and Trevor in his preschool class! I've been waiting for this day all summer, yet it was not as exciting as I'd hoped it would be. I think I was more nervous for Alyssa than she was. To make a long story short, yesterday we met her teacher and it didn't go over very well. 30 seconds after walking in to the classroom Alyssa was getting repremanded for being shy and 30 seconds later we were told to leave and come back later. She would just not tolerate this "behavior" in her classroom. I stormed out of that classroom sure that I was switching teachers...I won't go into it...but she is still with this teacher for the time being. We will see how it goes. She did end up going back later in the day and did better. And she did well when we dropped her off. She looks semi-happy here in this picture, but she was VERY nervous. I'm anxious to go pick her up and see how the afternoon went. I'll keep you posted...

This little man is a whole different story. We met his teachers on Monday and they were all super nice. He didn't want to leave! When I told him it was time to go he said, "No I don't want to go...you just go." He woke up this morning and came running in to the family room where he yelled, "Preschool! Preschool!" He was impatient as we dropped Alyssa off first to get to his class, marched right in and was like, see ya!

Alyssa's Jr. K Graduation

Today Alyssa graduated from Jr. Kindergarten. This is her walking in...they each walked in one by one... (note the hand in the mouth...this is what she does now when she's in front of people, it's her attempt to try not to smile). During the Mother's Day program which was very small, just her class, in her classroom, just the moms watching, the kids just got up and sang us a few songs...her hand or arm was in her mouth the entire time, so needless to say, I was a little nervous for this graduation program, it was much bigger, more people watching (moms & dads and even grandparents) and she had to say stuff ALL by herself in to the microphone. I said a prayer before the program started that she would actually say her line. :-)

This is the morning AND afternoon class
She DID IT!!!! She said it perfectly. They were doing an animal zoo skit and she was Suzie Seal. Her line was to say, "I'm right here and willing but do you suppose, I must practice walking with a ball on my nose?" I didn't get a picture of that because Trevor would not give me my camera. This is her the 2nd time around where everyone said what they wanted to be when they grew up. She said, "I want to be an artist." (note the picture is very fuzzy and dark, something to do with Trevor playing with the camera, yeah not the best toy for him, but I was desperate to keep him entertained).
Way to go Alyssa!!! I was so proud!!