Bennett Preschool

A week ago I graduated from Preschool.  I am now ready for Kindergarten come fall.  We had a full night planned. 

P came up with D and C to watch my program.

We watched a short video of all the highlights of the year.  I sat with my classmates while the video played. 

Then we sang a couple songs and helped a teacher recite a story.

While a second video played showcasing all the graduates, we went out to prepare for our march down the aisle.  As you can tell from the below video, I was very excited to graduate.

Sitting quietly while we waited for our names to be called.

 When my name was called, I got to go stand up in front while my teacher read all the nice things about me.  The fact that I love art and writing and I would spend my days writing all my family member names and that I am going to be a teacher when I grow up.

Look how little I was when I started preschool back in March 2010.

Sleeping arrangements

I was  getting anxious to go camping a few weeks ago, so I begged to have a tent put in my room so I could camp out.

 Sleeping soundly all night long in the nice warm room!

 C also has different sleeping arrangements.  She was being a terror at daycare and was acting tired and irritable all day long.  M&D thought maybe it was because I kept her up at night with all my night noises.  So M took down the crib, put the mattress on the floor, piled up some pillows so C wouldn't get hurt when she rolled out of bed and put C down for the night.  The improvement in her mood was almost immediate.  So C has moved back to her own room permanently.

 

On Saturday we moved C's bed out of my room and redecorated that corner as an art area.

 C showing off her big girl bed in her own room.

 Getting ready for bed.  Notice my choice of pj's....I called it my jammie skirt!

Hopscotch

Playing hopscotch in the driveway is always a great way to spend a Saturday!

New house

Two weekends ago M&D went on a short trip by themselves and left C and myself with friends for the night.  Just as they were getting ready to leave, Uncle B stopped by with a new house for C and me.    So when M&D got back early Sunday afternoon, they raced to the house to wash the house and set it up for us before we came home.

After a good washing, the house needed to dry before it was put together.

The finished product, with a brand new bench to sit on.

M&D were so excited to bring us home and surprise us.  What they didn't realize is that I had a surprise for them at home.  Uncle B told us he had dropped off a house and I was ready to show M&D Uncle B's house in the backyard!

C and I trying out the house.....

and the bench.

Sisterly love.

 

We even had visitors that first afternoon.  C is welcoming them into the house--If you look closely, it is up on the roof.

A closer look.

As M laid on the grass enjoying the sunlight, she watched the 15 or so butterflies flying around the branches of the willow tree as we played underneath.

Gymnastics

Ever since my gymnastics class ended last year I've been begging M to let me go again.  In the fall the class times were not convenient for M as they were in the middle of the afternoon.  She finally told me that she would check down in the valley and see if something would be available on a Saturday morning.  At the end of April I was finally able to go to my new gymnastics class.  I have so much fun.  I actually get to do bars, jump on a trampoline, slide down into a pit full of foam and do all sorts of other fun things.

 

Below is one of the tumbling routines I was learning.  We even get to swing on a big rope at the end!

I won't be able to go all summer, but come fall M has already thought about maybe putting C in also.