Wow, where did the summer go? It is already September? I hate when summer ends, but we had a pretty great summer, and I do love Fall, so it's not all bad. With the start of September this year, Steven also started preschool! Part of me does not feel like this came out of nowhere, because he turns 5 next week, but I also don't want him to grow up so fast!
Because of when Steven's birthday falls, he will be almost 6 when Kindergarten starts. We probably could have tried to get him to start this year, but we liked the idea of him being one of the older ones in his class. That also means he could have started preschool last year, or possibly even the year before that, but I didn't want him to do more than one year of preschool. Some of our neighbors told us about the preschool they sent their daughter to last year and it sounded like it would work for us, too. We met with his teacher in July and Steven got so excited. He would tell everyone he met that he was starting preschool and that he had already met his teacher. The preschool we're sending him to is a little bit different than traditional preschools. It's actually called a Joy School they focus mostly on teaching kids about the joy in things and how to find the joy in things (the joy of obedience, the joy of the body, the joy of the Earth, etc.), but they also teach pre-academic things as well. So far we like the philosophy & think it will work well for Steven.
The last few weeks of August, and especially last week, were very busy for us. My brother got married last week and so I was really focused on that & also Steven's birthday that's coming up, and didn't really have anything special planned for the first day of school. I think traditions are fun & important, but I just didn't have time to do much. However, I tried to let Steven know that starting school is a special day and tried to make it a little special.
For breakfast I made pancakes and let Steven decide what color to make them (colored pancakes are a pretty standard tradition for special days in our house). He chose purple, but you can't really tell in these pictures. Steven has gotten into the cheesy/forced smile stage.
This one's not too bad. He looks REALLY excited with those huge eyes, though! ;)
Yummy pancakes!
Sofia following her cheesy brother's example
More natural
I didn't have time to make a sign or have Steven pose in a better lit place (for those of you who know me, know I'm usually late, especially in the morning). I tried to get him to smile before we went inside, but I think it was a little too bright.
Right when all the kids get to the preschool, the teacher has some activity out for them to do while they wait for all the kids to arrive. They were loving the playdoh! Sofia was glad she got to join in, too.
Sofia at the start of our first Mommy/Sofia time. She's sad she's not starting preschool, too, but like I said above, I didn't want either of my kids to do two years of school.
After we picked Steven up from school, we went to McDonald's for lunch as a treat. I let Steven pick & I think he chose here because he wanted to play at the play place.
Sofia loves chocolate milk!
I actually caught a fairly decent picture in between playing.
For dinner we had one of Steven's favorite meals: scones (a.k.a. fried bread). I don't have a picture from that because I had a meeting that night, but Steven loved it. :)
Hopefully now I will be a *little* bit better at posting more consistently! ;)
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