Reader's Theater

We were invited to Emery's class for a Reader's theater last week.  Her student teacher got the kids all ready with a fairy tale unit and the last project was the reader's theater.  When the parents arrived they were handed a program.  That's Emery's design on the front!  I was so proud that her design was chosen!

I had such a hard time getting a good picture of Emery.  She was so excited and nervous at the same time!  She couldn't sit still!

Olivia has become a good friend of Emery's.  She is actually a twin but her sister is in another class.

Scott met us at school to catch the performance!  I brought along a snack for Elese & Eliot...hoping to keep them quiet and occupied!

Eliot couldn't resist getting over there with big sister.  He kept looking around the room asking for Eli.  He didn't understand that Eli has a different teacher.  Emery was so nervous about him walking over to her desk...such rule follower!

Emery was a part of the 3 Little Pigs fairy tale.

She did really well.  You can totally tell she's loving it by the look in her eyes.

And he finally made it up into her lap! 

Fall Festival

The fall festival was our 1st chance to get involved at Emery & Eli's school!  Life in Minnesota has been going really well.  We are keeping busy & that's why I haven't updated the blog...there never seems to be enough time!  Moving forward I am making a much better effort to blog at least once a week.

Cute sign to welcome us to the festival. 

They had this adorable fall picture back drop all set up for pictures.  Believe it or not Elese was the only one willing to pose!  Emery & Eli were too busy trying to scope out friends ;(  On a side note...as soon as Emery saw Elese sitting on the straw she ran over and told her to get up!  "That probably has gluten in it Elese!"  Wow, I didn't even think about that!

1st stop was for popcorn!

Eliot was all.about.the.lemonade!!!  Look how intently he's focusing on the drinking.  He loved the popcorn too.

Emery & Eli enjoyed a few rounds of Bingo.

Bingo winner!  Elese was the first to win a game in our family.

The fall festival was a fun event.  It was great time with family and the kids had fun seeing friends and teachers.

Elese Goes to School

Back in Septempber Elese had her 1st day of school.  We've enrolled her into a local Luthern Church for school.  She goes Monday, Wednesday & Friday afternoons.  She also goes to Lunch Bunch once a month as an extra.  She enjoyed school when we lived in Milford but only went 2 days a week.

Here she is all set to go!  She's in a "I don't want my picture taken!" stage and it's driving me crazy!

In all honesty she was very nervous about going to school.  I look back at these pictures and her face is just so sad.

On the bright side, Daddy came home from work and got to take her for the 1st day.  Scott's office is 3 miles from our home and he often comes by at lunch.  She was all smiles when she saw him pull up!

So I sent Scott with the camera and the "look"...you know,the you better take some pictures for me look!  How adorable is this picture?  Scott said that when they got there she was unsure and very clingy.

How precious is this?  My favorite picture of the year!

She finally got off his lap and joined her classmates.  Ms. Theresa & Ms. Julie are her teachers.  We are now more than a month and a half into school and Elese LOVES it!  She goes into class without a backward glance and comes bouncing out at the end of the day.  This has been a perfect fit for her and we'll see what her teachers say come conference time!  I know, a confernce for a preschooler????