Kinder and Mom School

                       
Scarlett just finished her 100th day of kindergarten and she loves school, especially all her new friends. She plays with a little boy named Caden and a girl named Cashlyn every day. We hear stories of their recess adventures after school while eating lunch. It took Scarlett and I some time to adjust to the new kinder schedule. Her school starts early and it was a big adjustment for our family to start going to bed earlier and waking up earlier. But come November we got the hang of it all and have loved it every since. I love that she comes home early in the afternoon and has time to play/eat/run around before Alice takes a nap. While the babies take naps Scarlett and I read, do homework, practice sight words, and do her computer games for school. I love our quiet afternoons together! My favorite part of kindergarten is dropping her off in the morning and picking her up in the afternoon. She always gives me a kiss and leaves with the biggest smile and then does the same when I pick her up. She hops/skips to our car and jumps in just bursting to tell me all the fun stuff she did that day. Its usually followed with "so are we going to grandmas to play?'. Scarlett is a joy to raise and I am so thankful she is part of our family!

Alice and I do "mom school" every Monday and Wednesday morning while Jack naps. It is our special time to be together and we both look forward to it. We don't ever have a set planned lesson but we do make sure that 9-11 is our time together. We play games, read books, do work pages, color, and art projects. But the thing we do the most is cook! We love to make muffins together and Alice is getting to the point where she can almost make them by herself. She loves putting on her apron (that matches mine) and sitting up on the counter. While we cook she tells me funny stories or asks me a million questions. Making muffins with Alice has become the joy of my week!! On Wednesdays we go to the library for story time and to play games on the computer and do puzzles.  Alice can't write her name or count to 100 but she is very confident and social. I know all the official learning will fall into place just perfectly for her! I am so, so glad I listened to that voice in my heart and kept her home with me!