First Day of Preschool

Today was Ansley's first day of Preschool. She has been pretty excited to go and did well at the drop off. She was easily distracted by her teacher Mrs. Moss and Jerry and I snuck off. We snuck off for lunch. With two kids at school we just couldn't resist. When we picked her up she was happy and smiling. We did find out though that she only spoke a couple of times and would not eat the snack. (This has been an ongoing problem since choking in nursery several weeks back.) She won't eat without Jerry or I close by. Overall I was pleased with the first day. She was very talkative when we picked her up. She couldn't wait to tell us about her day and show us her project. She even got to go outside and play in the sandbox. Hooray for mommy! Two happy school kids!!

My Girls

So this past week at church Ally was responsible for reciting the 9th article of faith in Primary. Normally we have a few weeks to prepare but this time we only had a week to learn it. As always Ally was determined to do as much of it without help as possible so we have practiced like crazy. I am proud to say that on Sunday she recited it with very little help at all. So today as we were driving back home from BJ's Ansley starts reciting it. Jerry and I were amazed and we praised her for doing such a good job, to which she replied, "You're doing a good job too mommy!" I love my girls!

1st Day of Kindergarten

Today was Allyson's first day of kindergarten. It is incredibly hard for me to believe but it's true and Jerry and I were extremely excited for her. She was a bit nervous so we have been talking it up for months. This morning was a bit of a struggle as Ally, only 5 years old, wants to wear whatever she wants no matter how ridiculous. For example winter clothes in the summer, clothing that is too small and my all time favorite layering all her favorite pieces to make one outfit. While this is fine for a trip to the grocery store I was in no way going to allow her to go to her first day of school looking ridiculous and had warned her of this weeks in advance. It didn't help at all though. Getting dressed was extremely tiring and there was an awful lot of crying. We made it to the bus though which was running quite late. We thought at one point we had missed it. But it arrived. Ally's principal Mrs DeLoreto was on the bus and got off to meet us and to help Ally get to her classroom. I was impressed :) Quite a nice touch. Ally got right on the bus and headed off without a tear. For those of you wondering I was tearless too! School is fun and I am happy for her. She is ready and so I am I. She came home very happy and excited about her new school and teacher. She even got a reward for helping to stack the classroom chairs. She loves to help. The bus was over 45 minutes late getting home and I don't know who was more impatient, Daddy or Ansley. There is a very nice crossing guard at our stop though and daddy did enjoy chatting with her. As for tomorrow I think we'll bring chairs!

9th Article of Faith

Ally was asked last week to be prepared to present the 9Th Article of Faith during opening exercises of Primary today. To learn it we used the children's songbook CD and sung it. Once she could sing it well we worked on just reciting it. It worked like a charm. Even Ansley has been reciting it. Allyson got right up there and recalled it with almost no help at all. I love how our church prepares the children from even the youngest ages to participate in all areas of church including speaking. Every time Allyson gets in front of the Primary she is more confident in herself. Thank you to the Primary for helping to instill some of her amazing confidence.

No camping for the Rice's

So I guess we just aren't supposed to camp. I booked our Labor day weekend site after we had to cancel our Memorial day weekend due to Ansley. Now between the new job, grandpa being in the hospital and 3 sick people in my house camping was once again not an option. I am beginning to think it's just no meant to be. With everyone being under the weather I thought it would be a good day to play school. Ally has been working really hard getting ready for kindergarten. She knows all of her uppercase letters and all but a couple of the lowercase letters. Lately we have been working on letter sounds. Today out of no where she starting sounding out words. I was so proud of her and she was so proud of herself. I love to see her beam with pride when she has worked hard and done a good job at something. She even wrote her first and last name appropriately using uppercase and lowercase in the proper place. Great Job Ally! While Ally and I were playing school Ansley was making a puzzle. Out of no where she just started sneezing over and over again. When she was finally finished she said. "Mommy,you know why you have to keep blessing me? I sick." Yes Ansley you are!

Bandaids

So this morning during breakfast I asked the girls what we should bring up to Great Poppy at the hospital. Without hesitation Ansley replied, "A band aid, He is sick and has boo boos." I guess in the eyes of a toddler band aids really do fix everything so today she brought him two scooby doo band aids.

So Blessed

So I know I have said this before but lately my husband ROCKS! I have been gone 12 out of the last 16 days and Jerry has been amazing! The house is picked up, dinner is usually waiting for me and twice last week (back to back mornings) he had to bath Ansley and change the sheets on the bunkbeds due to bedwetting accidents. He apparently goes about changing the sheets on the top bunk alittle differently than I do. He takes the whole mattress down. Obviously not an option for me as I am usually changing the beds myself. But the girls loved it and Ally has now said that daddy is the "bed master" Sounds good to me. I think Daddy has found himself a new chore. :)