Has it really been this long since I updated?
Hunt is LOVING pre-school! He started last Wed., Sept. 9th! I think it's good for him to go and be on a set routine in a class room with a teacher and class mates.
We still do work books and phonic and Montessori stuff here at home to, but being away a while will do him good to.
Hunt made cards for the teacher and assistant teacher and a Teacher's Prayer magnet.
I purchased Hunt a plastic folder for his class work papers and homework. I had him write his name on a piece of lined writing paper we had and taped it on the front.
Then I bought a really cheap...like $2.50 cheap!... back pack at JoAnn's and sewed/glued a clear vinyl pocket on the front and did a school type scrapbook theme with a picture of Hunt. I cut out and put together some school items(school bus, apple and pencil)and had him write his name again on the lined paper to put inside.
Since it's pretty cheap, I'm not sure how long it will last. But it did come together quickly and didn't cost much at all!
He did so good his first day of school! I was so very proud of him! And proud of myself! I didn't break down and cry in front of him. In all honestly I did tear up some on the way to the Tahoe. And my voiced did a little quiver and cracked a little while talking to hubs on the phone on the way back home that morning.
Maybe this will prepare me a bit for kindergarten next year! I have almost a whole year to get prepared! I should be good by then right???!!!
Here's some photos of his first day...
AWWWW...isn't he adorable...with the I LOVE YOU !!!! Hair combed so nice and neat!
At home getting ready to leave for pre-school.
He really likes wearing his backpack.
Heading into the building.
Going into the class room.
Helping find his name tag.
Finding his name on his cubbie/locker.
Giving the teachers their cards and Teacher's Prayer magnet gifts.
Later that day...picking him up from school.
Homework already...
I wanted to crochet these apple sweater/cozy/jackets(I've seen them called all three names).
I thought they would be neat to give to the teachers, but alas...I've been trying to teach myself to crochet and still my work looks strange! I'll still try in hopes of getting it down by Christmas. I wonder if there are instruction on how to do them using a knitting loom??? Hummm...I have those and have made a few things using them. Maybe I need to research to see if they do...
Here's an idea I got from a site called Chasing Cheerios...
This mama does a lot of Montessori activities and I thought this idea was great! Since we already use workbooks, why not have some that I can re-use. We put them in page protectors and then in a binder. You use an erasable marker and wipe them clean when done. Of course there are some workbook pages I want to keep with some art work and stuff...you know to look back on and think about when he was younger and weep! But this idea of re-using them is good. I have since bought a few more books to add to the binder.
Hunt and I hit a couple of thrift stores a few weeks ago and here's some of the goodies we found(and came home with)...
clothing for little sister
A wooden bowl, perfect for my bread making!
We also picked up some books of course, onesies(to tie dye with others we have), a few more clothing items for little sister, and a purple VW bug for big brother.
::PREGNANCY NEWS::
WOW...a little over a month to go!!!!
The OB visit Monday went well. Emma is about 5 lbs 12 oz(about in the 47%)!
And now I go every week! So that means that I have to do the urine collection every week to! UGHH!!! The Dr checked my cervix this time. That was fun...hahaha! Kind of painful truthfully. My next visit will be on the 21st.
I had my specialist appointment on Sept.3rd. It went well and Dr Castro doesn't need to see me until March 2010...YAY!!!! My glucose has been good and my blood work came back good to! But I still have to keep checking my blood until then. So maybe after Little Miss E is born I won't have to worry about it.
And these have been tasting really good to me. Not like a craving though, just refreshing.
I've made a few more goodies....
Some taggies squares with crinkle paper inside.
And a taggies giraffe.
Also a re-purposed tee- baby gown(see below under Green Mama)
Baby leg warmers...from women's knee high socks
Pouch slings
::GREEN MAMA::
I found this cool idea/instructions for a baby gown made from an old t-shirt that is no longer worn. I used a XL tee, but had a lot of it left over, so a med. should work well. You cut it out, sew it, add elastic and ta-da...a gown for your babe! Simple and easy. I do need to adjust my stitches or needle or something, because it pulled some. I'm always scared to sew with stretch fabric.
Re-using an old tee for baby...a good green mama thing!
And since I'm so behind, I haven't blogged about our Labor Day weekend and such.
We headed out to the lake house for a long weekend. Daddy was off 4 days so it was really nice. We also drove into Lawton, OK. There we drove and walked some through the Wichita Wildlife Refuge and drove up to the top of Mount Scot. Hunt loved seeing the prairie dogs and buffalo! I've created a slideshow of photos from that Saturday...below...
For dinner we HAD to stop in Mere's! They have super good burgers...if you want to wait in their very long line! Which we did! About an hour or a little more as a matter a fact. But it's kind of the place to go while there in Lawton, OK.
It was a nice weekend!
Oh and another First for Hunt is boxer shorts instead of undies. I bought him some(like daddy's)and he loves them! And yes I snapped a photo of him wearing them...
I was thinking of taking Hunt to a little apple orchard not too far from home. It's called Henrietta Creek Orchard and they have several different kinds of apples to pick. This is a pick your own place kind of like the strawberry farm we went to in the early summer this year. Well I checked their site and it seems that the apple are reserved for school field trips only...BOOOOO!!!! I'm not sure if it's just this year. Maybe due to the weather conditions or something. But man...I was upset upon reading that! I had visions of fresh apples, apple butter, apple sauce, maybe even apple pie! But not this year! BOOO!!!!
So I'm sure I'm leaving some stuff out that I wanted to add to this post, but I really need to get it posted...it keeps growing and growing!...
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