Cecily's Moving-Up Party

Cecily's PreSchool class had their Moving-Up Party.

It's funny, Parker had this same party last year, and he talked about it and practiced the songs for about a month before it happened.  Cecily never said a word about it and wasn't even too excited to be there.  It's a pretty accurate representation of their preschool experiences.

They sang the same songs & dances as last year, Cecily knew more of the words & motions than I would have expected considering the 0 minutes of practice she did at home.

She did however, enjoy the popcorn, and Parker was pretty excited about the scavenger hunt.

They get an official diploma and everything, which is pretty funny since she still has 2 1/2 weeks of school left.

Cecily's first day of Pre-K!

We had about 20 minutes after dropping Parker off, so Cecily & I had a tea party.  I think she is really going to enjoy having some one-on-one time with Mama this year.

All ready to go to room 16!

I don't think she has any friends in her class this year, so hopefully she'll make friends quickly.  She's been missing her friends from last year, but I'm sure her sparkly dress will help her make a few friends!

Back-to-school photos!

 

Who's excited for Kindergarten?

Who's excited for Pre-K?

Who's ready for school to start?!

Okay, now show your silly faces

And, since you can't ready the papers at this distance:

Although Parker has now informed me that he wants to be a Baseball Player, not Football, who can keep track?!

Back-to-school day

On Tuesday, both kids schools have an Open House to meet the teachers and see the school.

We started at Parker's school to meet Mrs. Holmes and drop off his school supplies..

We found the lunch room, library, etc. but Parker really loved the playground.  We played several pretend rounds of pickle ball and kickball.

Then we headed over to Cecily's school to check it out.  She's in the same 2 classes that Parker was in last year, so she's pretty familiar with everything.

I think both kids will have a pretty good year.

Parker has been SO excited about school, but last night he started to get nervous.  I think it's hitting both of us that he's moving into a new stage of life.  I'm excited for him, but I miss my happy little baby boy, it feels like yesterday that he was toddling around the house and how he's in Elementary School!

Last Day of School!

But before the last day of school, I have to figure out the teacher gifts.  With NINE teachers to buy for, this is not a small feat.  Since we were going to IKEA, I told Parker to pick something nice out for his teachers, and this is what he chose (yes, even for poor DC who I'm sure was super-excited about a blue-star lantern for his apartment!).  Then, for some reason (like I'm crazy), I came up with this idea for cute photo tags.  Two hours and 400 pages of paper later, I had them finished:

They've changed a bit in the last year:

Spidey was pretty excited about his last day of Pre-K too...

I tried to get a photo of Parker with his teachers (Carrie, Jo, & DC), but neither kid would do it.  So, Spidey & Anna got to be in the photo)

Speaking of Anna - Teacher Jo's Mom got those Anna & Elsa dolls off the West Seattle Buy Nothing group last year.  From the very beginning, Cecily claimed them as her own and looked for them the instant she was in the classroom.  They're not really designed to be "loved" by 40 kids a day, so on the last day of school, Teacher Jo gave Anna & Elsa to Cecily.  She has barely let them out of her sight since.

Parker's Moving-Up Party

Parker's morning pre-school class was having a "moving-up party", so I grabbed Cecily from class early and we headed over.

Note: the last week of school was also "spirit week" and Wednesday was "costume day" so that's why all the other kids were wearing costumes...Cecily considers every day costume day.

Cecily's favorite part was the snacks: popcorn, lemonade, and some sort of Australian treat made with white bread, butter, & sprinkles (!?!).  

Parker's class has been doing a session on Australia, so they sang a song about driving around Australia, where they stop at all the major cities in Australia and do silly motions & dances. (That's Parker in the Superman costume)

Then, there was the moving up song.  For weeks, Parker had been practicing, but even after weeks of practice, all I caught was "We're moving up to Kindergarden!"

It was a fun little party, and he got his official diploma.