Our Second Day

Our second day was so good.  We are just getting to know each other and learning our daily schedule.  When you think about it....that is a whole lot to expect of four year old boys and girls. We are having fun while learning the rules that will guide & shape our behavior this year. 

 

 

 

It seems like such a long time until our graduation ceremony, but this year will fly by so quickly.  Little faces, making new friends and feeling comfortable in a new room with new teachers.  That is what our job is this week - to look forward to coming up the stairs to a four year old room and to wonder...."what will we learn today?"

It Is Great To Be Back!!!!

Can you believe it?  We are back at Pilgrim Community Preschool and YES....LOVING IT!  This group of boys and girls could not be more precious and I know it is going to be a wonderful year.  God is so amazing and He blesses me in ways that I don't even know and this year is no exception.  I know that I am going to learn so much about Him through this smiling faces.  (Yes, Mrs. Laura learns a lot from "four year old" and no....I am not afraid to admit that.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is such a wonderful gift to work with these children every day and who knows what they will grow up to be!  Our priority in this little class to make sure that each child knows that are specially created by God to be anything that they want to...and to know that we are here to help prepare them for that big new world of "kindergarten."  (Thank goodness we have a little time before the "kindergarten" part.)  Happy First Day of Preschool to the Class of 2014!!!!

Graduation Day

 

 

 

 

 

 It was our Spring Program & Graduation Day.  (Yes there are tears in my eyes.)  These precious children have given me so much joy and happiness this year that it is hard to say goodbye.  My family always asks me this time each year, "why are you crying?"  Because it is so hard to let this come to an end.  They are so special and sweet and have taught me so much that I feel like a mom to all 12 of them.  We did such an awesome job today even though we were crazy with excitement.  My prayers are for a safe and happy summer and a kindergarten year filled with love and learning.  Happy Days to the Class of 2013!  I will miss each of you!

Party Day

 It was our "end of the year" party day but as you can see from the pictures above, we are still working on our "brains."  We have been checking some of the puzzles in the workroom to make sure they have all of the pieces and some of them are pretty hard....BUT we are so smart!  Here we are with the most recent project!  (If your child tells you that "puzzles make your brain grow."  They are telling the truth.  I have told them many times that learning to solve puzzles helps you learn to solve problems in "real life." So yes puzzles do make your brain grow.)

 We also had our fun "party day."  We had a pinata.  Everyone took 3 swings, but in the end Mrs. Laurie had to "assist" with opening it.  We also had a "totally cute" party.  The decorations and treats were awesome.  Many thanks to the moms who put this together.

 

 

It was a great day.  Our last class party for these beautiful children.  Happy Graduation Class of 2013!!!!

It Is Here

The end of the year is really here!  I cannot believe that we have come to May so quickly.  I am so proud of the children and can honestly say that they are 100% ready for kindergarten.  Here we are practicing for our program and graduation.  It is only a matter of few days and your little ones will be graduates of Pilgrim Community Preschool.

Sushi Day

 

 

 

 

 

Sushi - in preschool? Yes, we really made sushi!  As you know Bonnie Sensei has been teaching us Japanese.  We really love it and to end our year, she came to teach us how to make sushi.  I'll admit, I was a little afraid of this with 5 year old students, but they did totally great!  They helped prepare the sushi and no one said, "gross."  And we tasted the the sushi.  I am so proud of our boys and girls.  Trying new things can be really intimidating, especially at such a young age, but they were really brave.  I think it was because they saw all of the ingredients and figured out that they like them already.  Arigatou Bonnie Sensei.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to my sister and my mom.  We are very blessed to be close.  We are one of those crazy families that pretty much do EVERYTHING together.  If my boys are not at our home, they are at "Pete's", or at my parent's.  As they grew up they lovingly called them "mama" just as much as they called me "mama."  It is such an amazing gift to be a mother and I am humbled to meet so many wonderful moms every day.  I can never thank my mom enough for all of the things she did to make my life so wonderful as I grew up.  So as I write this post, I am thanking you for your child.  They are young and have no idea how hard it is to be a mama.  They do not know the tears that we shed when they are hurt or sad or how bad it hurts us when they make bad choices.  I don't think it ever gets easier because my boys are only in middle school.  I think we worry more instead of less and say so many prayers that they will follow God's purpose for them. So I hope that you each of you found your Mother's Day card and your candle treat from your child.  We worked on them this week at school and it is always so much fun for me to hear all of their answers to the questions about "my mom."  I wish you could hear them tell their friends all about you.  So for Mother's Day....here our answers to "I love my mom because..."

Aidan said, "because she is silly so much."

 Clare said, "because she is nice."

Colton  said, "because I love her."

Eric said, "because she sleeps with me at night."

Evan said, "because she plays with me."

Gracie said, "because she is so fabulous and pretty."

Juliana said, "because she always gives me hugs and kisses."

Lauren said, "because she is beautiful and nice."

Logan said, "because she loves me."

Morrison said, "because she lets me watch special shows."

Sami said, "because she loves me and we snuggle together."

Walker said, "because she loves me so much."

Happy Mother's Day!  Your children love you so much!