Figure Eights and Slap Shots

Over the Christmas break we went ice skating.  It was Noah’s first time to skate, and Gabriel’s first time to watch.  Noah really enjoyed himself.  It took a bit for him and Robyn to get the hang of it, but after their boots got tightened, things went much better.  By the end, Noah was practically ready for a game of hockey.  He found a method that worked great for him.  If you watch the video, you’ll see  that he ice skates like he’s riding a scooter.  Chris experienced his first time ice skating like a pro.  He only fell once, and that was at the end of the day.  I’m sure it was because his legs were so tired from zipping around the ice.  

Jingle Bells

Gabriel’s Christmas program at his school was in December.  His class sang Jingle Bells.  And they jingled jingle bells.  That was his favorite part.  Gabriel LOVES to sing.  But honestly, his favorite part was the cookie at the end.  Ms. Robyn’s class sang Jingle Bells and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.  Everyone did great!

Twas an Eerie and Spooky Night…

The Halloween contingent just left to scare up some candy around the neighborhood.  Hope you’re not too afraid…

Gabriel’s First Day of Preschool

Gabriel and I started school together last Thursday, August 26.  He enjoyed school after he got over the fact that I was dropping him off and leaving him.  I’m sure his teacher, Ms. Stephanie, was thinking I’m totally nuts.  I put a nametag on his back that had a couple of his “code” words on it.  Specifically… bunga = milk/drink and wunga = water.  I just thought that might be a good starting point for her.  Most everything else he says is distinguishable, but for some reason he’s holding on to those words.

My class (two year olds) was really good.  I had 5 girls and 3 boys.  A couple of the girls have never been to “school” before and struggled a bit with the structure of it, but I think they’ll get the hang of it.  The second day was already better.  My Teacher’s Aide is Eve, and she’s great.  She doesn’t even think I’m crazy for wanting to try and be organized.  Isn’t that wonderful?

Kindergarten

Well, we’ve gotten a week under our belt.  It’s been a good week.  School started on August 23.  We missed the bus on the first day, but it really wasn’t our fault.  The schedule said our pick up time was 7:10 –7:25.  We were outside taking pictures at 7:01.  According to the bus driver she drove by three times, the last one at 7:00.  I don’t know how we missed the bus, but it was frustrating.  So we drove Noah to school that morning and all was well.  We haven’t missed it since.  He got green smiley faces on his daily conduct report each day.  He loves kindergarten.  He doesn’t even seem to mind getting up at 6:30 (I do).

On Friday night he wore his new Fighting Panther Club t-shirt to the football game.  He got to run from end zone to end zone during pre-game with the other kids.  He was so excited.  And our team won… Go Panthers!!!

Potty!!!!

Gabriel used the potty for the first time tonight.  Yay!!!  No pictures.  I just wanted to share the exciting news.

My Big Boy is Heading to Kindergarten

We met Noah’s Kindergarten teacher tonight.  Her name is Miss Thompson and she seemed very nice.  She was a Red Raider and this is her second year teaching.  Noah is very excited to be going to school, but he’s a little worried that he can only read little words.  I keep telling him that’s what kindergarten is for, but I guess he’ll figure that out.  He was a little concerned that there weren’t as many toys in kindergarten as there were at his last school.  I’m pretty sure that more than anything, Noah is looking forward to riding the bus to school.  He’s already got the bus rules memorized, and he told me today that those rules were the most important thing to know about going to kindergarten.  There were cars parked in the bus lane at school tonight, and he immediately commented that they should not be there.

I can’t believe I have a child in kindergarten.  Man, I’m getting old…