This year Isaiah is attending a "real" preschool, rather than the JoySchool-type we did last year. He was so quiet on the way to school his first day. I asked him what he was thinking about, "Mom, do you think I'll be able to hop on one foot farther than all the other kids in my class?" These are important things to consider when you're four. He's about 2 months into it now and is doing well. We're really pleased with the school and his teachers are a delight! The school has a real "community" feel to it--Eliza is always greeted by the teacher when we drop off Isaiah, and the teachers know Jerel's name even though they've only met him twice, and everyone is encouraged to use the awesome playground. Sometimes we go a few minutes early to pick him up and then Eliza gets to play outside with Isaiah's whole class. But we don't do that often--I try to make sure she can squeeze in a short nap between drop-off and pick-up.
Eliza's been dying to go to preschool like her brother, so this year I set up a JoySchool-type class for her. There are seven little ones (6 of them 2-years-old, 1 3-year-old) and we rotate teaching assignments and hosting duties. It's just once a week for 2 hours (which is plenty with that many diapered toddlers!) and right now we're in the middle of my teaching rotation. Isaiah either hangs out with the class or disappears into his room to play racing games on the iPad. My first day teaching was pretty disastrous since I inexplicably expected the 2-year-olds to behave like 4-year-olds, but I loosened up a bit and things are going well.
My sweet niece, Elise. I've been wanting her to visit, but she's a busy teenager so she hasn't been able to. Unfortunately her father passed away recently and she came to Oregon to attend the funeral. It's kind of a long dramatic tale, but she's a brave little girl, Jerel gave her a wonderful priesthood blessing, and prayers were answered. I'm so proud of how she's turning out!
We played with our food the other day, making cars out of different foods. It worked like a charm for Eliza--she ate the whole thing. Isaiah, naturally, ate the cheese and threw the rest away.
A friend asked me if I could watch her little one (one of Eliza's preschool buddies) while she had an appointment. Look what she showed up wearing! It made the playdate 10 times more fun!
My gym was closed one Saturday (because my coaches are insane and were running a 50-MILE race) so Isaiah and Eliza filled in. I had written down the workout and Isaiah was in charge of reading it to me (hooray for 4-year-olds who read!) We have a park really close to our house so we headed over there and the kids ran around a bit while I worked out. I felt a bit silly, especially when the park started filling up with soccer teams, but I guess that's what healthy people do?
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