I thought Rachel would have a tough time with Ethan being at school all day, but honestly she loves it. Don't get me wrong, she counts down the minutes until 3:15 every afternoon just like I do, but she is loving having me all to herself. This past Tuesday she had meet the teacher at preschool and we started yesterday. She has Mrs. Pam - the same teacher Ethan had at three - and she's the youngest in her class. She had a really rough start to preschool last year so this week I've been chanting "no tears in preschool" to myself (all you church of Christ folks out there are probably singing that to "No Tears in Heaven" right now...you know you are!). We talked about how there is no reason to cry because she's a big girl now and I'm right there and yadda yadda yadda. God answered prayers and she made it almost all day without getting sad. I saw her when her class was coming out of stretch-n-grow and she was sad. Later that night she told me it was because she didn't think I knew the teacher (the normal teacher was out yesterday) and she didn't know if I would be happy about that or not. Hilarious! According to her, the best part of the day was eating a cupcake for William's birthday and playing with the Dora castle. It was SO WEIRD driving up to school with just her. Ethan and I have made that drive together every Tuesday and Thursday for the past 3 years so it was quite a change - and a lot more talkative trip. Should be a fun year!
With Mrs. Pam at meet the teacher
Ready for the first day of school
First one in class (a perk or curse of being a teacher's kid)
Playing putt-putt on Labor Day
Getting some air at gymnastics last week
Sporting her first french braid pigtails (Amy - I had flashbacks of braiding your hair on Friday nights before the game!)
Playing dress-up with Tatum & Olivia
Posing - she got dressed in this outfit and walked around the house saying, "I look really good in this...really good."
Just in case any of you out there are wondering...this child has NO self-confidence problems! And she is just like Forest Gump's box of chocolates 'cause you never know what you're gonna get. Gotta love her!
ReplyDeleteoh my goodness! such a cutie patootie:) lovin' her frenchbraids!!! i actually did those for the first time on dylan a couple of weeks ago. and they actually stayed decently too. the twists i did in her hair did not though:( i bet that would be cute in rachel's hair b/c she has thick curly hair. dylan's was just too fine. oh well. maybe in a year or so!
ReplyDeletei just loved loved loved all of the pics you posted!!!
That last picture and her comment cracked me up. Yes, little one, you do look really good. (We have that same shirt.... don't you just love Target???)
ReplyDeleteI knew she'd love time alone with you! Going to be a great year for her...
ReplyDeleteLove this post...and thanks for allowing me some recognition on my assistance in teaching you (or being the model for) to be an expert braider! Your welcome!! Ha! Miss you guys! Come back and see us! Now we have a baby to play with!! :)
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