First day of Preschool

Owen started preschool today at Little Sprouts! Since I'm staying home for now, we knew we wanted Owen to have some sort of preschool experience this year since he loves the socialization and enjoys learning. So I found an awesome in-home preschool really close to home which is the perfect size with great teachers and it's very affordable. We signed him up back in June to reserve his spot for fall, and this summer he went to summer camp one day a week there which got him excited about going back to start school.

He has school on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 9am-12pm and then he goes to "Mom's Morning Out" on Wednesdays at the same time. I wanted to give him consistency in his schedule instead of having one day on and one day off, since he seems to do much better with routine. Plus, it gives me a few hours of one-on-one time with Vivian which is really nice.

Each week they do a different letter of the alphabet and on Thursdays the kids bring in an item from home that starts with that letter to share with the class. They do tracing letters, sing songs, play games, and read stories. He is in heaven. I'm excited about it because Miss Karlene only does one class per school year and then follows them until they leave for Kindergarten. She has 8 kids in the class of 3-yr olds, and next year she'll do a 4-yr old class. I can't believe he'll be starting Kindergarten in 2 years. He's growing up too fast!

Vivian's first day of school; Mom goes back to work

Today was my first day back at work. I accepted an offer to return to Patch as a sales recruiter, and the contract will last three to six months, possibly longer. I'm sad about having to be away from the kids for the majority of the day, but at the same time, I'm glad for the opportunity to return to the corporate world for the moment, and I know the kids are in good hands. The same ladies who cared for Owen when he was in the infant room at Kindercare are still there, so they will be excited to get to take care of Vivi and I know she will get lots of love and attention.

Owen loves his teachers and his classmates, so I knew the transition to full-time would be an easy one for him. I had him wear his "Big Brother" tee shirt today and when I dropped him off Miss Megan said that she would take him over to the baby room to visit Vivi during the afternoon. It was a whole lot easier dropping Vivian off for her first day at daycare than it was the first time I dropped Owen off. But I think that is just a result of being a more experienced mom. At least that is what I kept telling myself on the drive to work. :)

New friends

On Monday Owen had his first day in his new classroom at school. He was moved up to Toddler II which is the 2 & 3-yr old room. He was a little apprehensive at first, even though he had spent two weeks visiting in this classroom in the afternoons to get him ready for the change. He's been clingy and teary when I dropped him off each day this week, but his teachers say that he quickly settles down and starts playing with the other kids.

Tonight at dinner, all of a sudden Owen blurted out, "Victoria!" completely out of the blue. I grabbed the camera to document what he was telling me:



All the girls. Guess he's a bit of a ladies man in Toddler II. :)

Back 2 School

Daycare Thanksgiving party

Today at daycare Owen's class had a little Thanksgiving party. Ben and I got there late, and Owen and his friend Kai were the only two left in his room. They had made turkey hats with their teacher, Ms. Latifa. Then we had some pumpkin pie ~ yum! Owen loved it!