B+C+B+C+B+C: PRESCHOOL

Friday, July 30, 2010

PRESCHOOL

I never planned on putting Brianna in preschool. Especially not this early. I mean - pay someone to teach her letters and numbers and do craft projects?! I can handle that on my own, thankyouverymuch. Plus my mom informed me years ago that I was her only child who never attended preschool. And obviously I turned out the smartest, most successful, and most humble. So there - no preschool needed. I would just keep my little buddy with me all day until she's old enough for kindergarten (which I've also thought about attempting to do on my own - yep, homeschool. But ultimately I know I won't do it. I'm too selfish. I want those 6 hours of daytime freedom to pursue my other ambitions!) But then our neighbor and good friend Michelle decided to start up a relatively informal preschool. It's her first time, so Brianna's somewhat of a guinea pig. There's just 3 kids, and it's only 3 days/wk, 2 hours each time. I was still a little hesitant, but then I realized I'm having twins. Two babies to take care of all by myself all day long. Brianna NEEDS to get out more than I'll be able to take her! So this is perfect. I don't have to drive anywhere or worry about anything bad happening to her.
I really never thought I'd be one of those moms who got all choked up when their "baby" went to school for the first time. But I did. And I had to document her entire journey there.
Obligatory picture by the front door wearing backpack and pigtails:

I told Brianna she would be learning about LETTERS at Michelle's house, so my quirky little child insisted on bringing her Leap Frog letter magnets in her backpack:

Excitedly walking the two blocks to preschool:

Anxiously waiting in front of Michelle's house:

Being welcomed in by Miss Michelle:

Here are a few pictures from various activities they've done. Brianna gets so excited to come home everyday and show me what she's made. Each day's activities centers around an alphabet letter. Fortunately, Michelle runs a blog called FunOnADime, so I could steal these photos off of it:

To be honest, it makes me a tiny bit sad that my little girl has so much fun without me there. It's like I'm missing a little part of her life. But that has to happen eventually, right? I mean, I can't go off to college with her... (unless she goes to BYU-Hawaii, then I'm definitely tagging along). I'm grateful we have such a fun and convenient program going on here!

7 comments:

Debbie said...: You captured something absolutely amazing! Actually, I regretted not sending you to preschool - so we went to college with you!; July 31, 2010 at 10:09 PM
Marilyn said...: Brianna looks so grown up. Sounds like a great place for her first experience in school.; August 1, 2010 at 9:22 AM
Becky and Brian said...: I know I will eventually put Dean in preschool. It looks like she is having fun!; August 1, 2010 at 3:17 PM
Unknown said...: If Addison could count correctly, then she would be counting down the days until she gets to go to preschool.
I can't believe all the hair Brianna has. It seems just like yesterday that I put a tiny little clip in her barely there hair. She is really quite cute!; August 1, 2010 at 10:52 PM
the Gardners said...: Geesh, what a great picture of me! I thought I was out of the picture. Ha, ha! My curly hair is starting to make me feel like I'm a hippi sometimes!; August 1, 2010 at 11:36 PM
Julie said...: if she goes to BYU Hawaii I'm tagging along too - my kid or not! :); August 2, 2010 at 3:58 PM
Unknown said...: I love the picture by the front door with backpack and piggy tails. I cried when I dropped Abby off at preschool for the first time. ANd it was just a joyschool program so I was her teacher the next week.; August 3, 2010 at 7:42 AM

Quotes I want to remember

"The Lord knows our bearing capacity, both as to coping and to comprehending, and He will not give us more to bear than we can manage at the moment, though to us it may seem otherwise. Just as no temptations will come to us from which we cannot escape or which we cannot bear, we will not be given more trials than we can sustain."
- Neal A. Maxwell

"It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters. We become enamored with men's theories such as the idea of preschool training outside the home for young children. Not only does this put added pressure on the budget, but it places young children in an environment away from mother's influence."
-Ezra Taft Benson

“Perhaps there has never been a time when we had greater need to pray and to teach our family members to pray. Prayer is a defense against temptation. It is through earnest and heartfelt prayer that we can receive the needed blessings and the support required to make our way in this sometimes difficult and challenging journey we call mortality.”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Live the gospel as conspicuously as you can. Keep the covenants your children know you have made. And bear your testimony! Don’t just assume your children will somehow get the drift of your beliefs on their own.
-Jeffrey R. Holland

"We hold in our arms the rising generation. They come to this earth with important responsibilities and great spiritual capacities. We cannot be casual in how we prepare them. Our challenge as parents and teachers is not to create a spiritual core in their souls but rather to fan the flame of their spiritual core already aglow with the fire of their premortal faith."
-Neil L. Andersen

"Certainly there are times when getting the family together to read the scriptures does not stack up as a spiritual experience worthy of a journal entry. But we must not be deterred. There are special times when the spirit of a son or daughter is just right and the power of these great scriptures goes down into their heart like fire. As we honor our Heavenly Father in our homes, He will honor our efforts."
-Neil L. Andersen

President Hinckley admonished both men and women to be nurturers. He said, ‘How much more beautiful would be the society in which we live if every father . . . and . . . mother regarded [their] children . . . as gifts from the God of heaven . . . and brought them up with true affection in the wisdom and admonition of the Lord.’ ”
-Susan W. Tanner

"Children are like trees. When they are young, their lives can be shaped and directed, usually with ever so little effort. Said the writer of Proverbs, 'Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it' (22:6). That training finds its roots in the home. There will be little of help from other sources. Do not depend on government to help in this darkening situation. Barbara Bush, wife of former U.S. president George Bush, spoke wisely: 'Your success as a family, our success as society, depends not on what happens at the White House, but on what happens inside your house.' "
-Gordon B. Hinckley

“I give counsel to husbands and wives. Pray for the love which allows you to see the good in your companion. Pray for the love that makes weaknesses and mistakes seem small. Pray for the love to make your companion’s joy your own. Pray for the love to want to lessen the load and soften the sorrows of your companion.”
-Henry B. Eyring

“Reverent behavior is not a natural tendency for most children. It is a quality that is taught by parents and leaders through example and training. But remember, if reverence is rooted in love, so is the teaching of it. Harshness in our training begets resentment, not reverence.”
-Margaret S. Lifferth

"There is no one perfect way to be a good mother. Each situation is unique. Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children. What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply and, in keeping with the devotion she has for God and her husband, prioritizes them above all else."
- M. Russell Ballard

“As parents, we should remember that our lives may be the book from the family library which the children most treasure. Are our examples worthy of emulation? Do we live in such a way that a son or a daughter may say, ‘I want to follow my dad,’ or ‘I want to be like my mother’?”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Security for our families comes from learning self-control, avoiding the excesses of this world, and being temperate in all things.”
-Kent D. Watson

Friday, July 30, 2010

PRESCHOOL

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