Preschool Update!

Preschool is going very well. Noah adjusted so quickly! He has never cried when I would drop him off. It makes me a proud mama! He is a very hyperactive kid and Noah's teacher is very aware. She always tells me she has to be one step ahead of him. He just gets excited when he's around other kids which comes off aggressive. There's not much I can do but give him the "no pushing, no hitting, keep your hands to yourself" talk. His teacher understands Noah completely which is a relief. (She says her son was the same way). Participating in class seems to be going well. From what I have seen, he sits in circle time, listens, sings, counts...all for the most part, just like any other 2 or 3 year old. I love watching him in class and seeing him painting, coloring, playing with other kids. It's any parent's dream to see their child love school, participating, and listening!

What I love most about this school is that the parents are 100% involved. If you don't know what a Co-Op preschool is, it is administered and maintained by the parents, taught by trained teachers, and each class has 2 working parents working at a time.  Through the year we are required to participate in 3 fundraisers, the Spring Fair, serve as a working parent, and have a year long job. We have meetings we must attend every month to talk about fundraisers, the budget, how to improve the school, etc.  My year long job is to "push back" all the furniture, tables, chairs in the 3 year old classroom. The school is located at a Presbyterian Church so every Friday I have to move everything so they can come in on the weekend for meetings. There is one other person that does the same job so we recently decided to trade off every other month. I also love that Kamryn can come to school with me and I am able to put her into the nursery while I work in Noah's class. She has an awesome caretaker who happens to be the ombudsman for the Thetis (Greg's boat). An Ombudsman is basically our communicator for the boat. Ours personally sends out email updates of what is going on in the area and on base, plans gatherings for all the spouses to get together, and is an advocate for all family members. She's amazing and extremely helpful. Not to mention Kamryn and Noah love her! ;)

Anywho, I worked in Noah's classroom today. We brought cupcakes to school for Noah's birthday which was so fun! Although, the cupcakes were pretty melted, the kids loved them! Here's some photos from the day :)

Hand prints for their "Fall Mural"

 The new kitchen...the kids were definitely fighting for a spot :) I mean come on, the stove lights up! ;)

 Decorating their journals :)

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 Snack time!

 Birthday Celebration!

And of course we did funfetti cupcakes ;)

Greg Update: He is doing great! He is learning a lot, which was overwhelming at first, but today he said things are getting better and he feels like he knows what he is doing :)