special person

A couple weeks ago Blake and I were honored to be Lucy's guests at preschool. It was Lucy's turn to be the Special Person in the blue room. We got to make a "Lucy" poster with pictures of family and things she loves. She brought the snack for the class (apples and string cheese) and got to be the one to pass out the snack...how cool is that when you are four?! She got to bring her favorite story from home - Alice in Wonderland and with our help came up with a class craft to do with her classmates.

Lucy picked Blake to read her story to the class and she was so excited to bring a little bit of one of her favorite things into the room. She kept asking Blake to show her the pictures...like we haven't read this four thousand times already.

Lucy had to explain the pictures she chose for her poster and then it was a little Q & A session. Lucy was giggly and thrilled when her crush (Teagan!) had his hand up in the as the questions started. But a bit disappointed when he said "I was just stretching..."

We came up with the idea to plant tomato seeds with her class. These kids are cute! But it's so funny to see the difference between boys and girls. The boys didn't talk much and dug in quickly with the dirt and got the job done. The girls talked and talked! They asked questions, had to sit by certain friends, questioned where I bought the popsicle stick markers (and if I painted them myself or bought them that way...sheesh!) and seemed sort of competitive about the whole process. And that is one of the reasons I LOVE having a girl...

A bit dramatic...a lot of talking...and a little (or a lot: Lucy) sass!

I can't say enough about our wonderful preschool. My only regret is that Lucy didn't get to go there for two years. It is a great program. Not too structured but structured enough. She has learned so much this year and we've loved her teachers. I can't believe kindergarten registration is just around the corner. Oh, and who knew people talked about kindergarten like it's applying to college?!