grace's preschool adventures

this tuesday began grace's first week of preschool. she goes to school every tuesday and thursday. we signed her up with her good friend, jaxson, and they have tons of fun together. on tuesday, we arrived about 15 minutes early to help her get acquainted with her teacher, ms. barbara, and for her to get used to being here. she was a little nervous at first, but we figured that she would do fine. i had been telling her all week about her new preschool class and how mommy wouldn't be able to stay with her, it would just be her, ms. barbara, jaxson, and the rest of the kids. so, i think she was prepared. i left and when i returned at noon, she was full of excitement and couldn't wait to tell me about her day and all the things they did. the first thing she said was, 'ms. barbara looks like nana.' ms. barbara has dark skin like nana and a similar hairstyle, and i think that made her feel more comfortable, having a somewhat familiar face to look at. they read the book, 'the kissing hand', which she loved and talked about for 2 days. of course, i forgot my camera, so alison took some pictures and i will post them soon.


today, was her second day of class and she loved it as much as the first. i remembered to take some pictures of grace and raegan before we left for school. i think next week i will take some with ms. barbara. today, i stayed for about 15 minutes and watched her, and she is very quiet, but listens to ms. barbara very well. after class, we went with jaxson and alison to the playground at the preschool and had lunch and let the kids play. there was a big grasshopper on the slide. grace was so interested in it and wanted to hold it really bad. alison got it climb onto a branch, and then grace held it in her hand. she loved it, until it jumped to her leg and then she screamed. she is so silly around bugs. sometimes she loves them, sometimes she hates them.




well, i have been recently reading sense and sensibility for the first time. i usually spend most of my jane austen time with pride and prejudice, but i decided to branch out. i have never seen the movie, so i have no idea what to expect, but that willoughby is a terrible person. i just can't believe how awful he is. it makes me very sad for marianne. anyway, just wanted to vent my anger about him! hmmmm!