November: 50's, Scientists, and Elsa

So on to November. 

At school the celebrated the 50th day of school in early November and the kindergarteners all dressed in 50's outfits. So cute. 

Jordyn was selected to be Scientist of the week and so we practiced at home before she presents her experiment. So cute they had lab coats and everything. 

Her demonstration in class. I took some time off to be her assistant. She was a fabulous scientist. 

Later that month we celebrated a friend's birthday at Downtown Disney at the Elsa boutique. All the girls got their hair, nails, and makeup done. Such a fun time. She hadn't seen her preschool friends in some time.  So cute to see these girls together again. 

Later in the month we headed for a day at Balboa Beach and took a ride on the ferry. Horsy thought it was so cool to have the car on the boat. 

That's November minus Thansgiving. 

Halloween 2014

So I missed Halloween. I was so sad. I had a conference in San Diego and I was actually contemplating how I could drive back and forth so that I wouldn't miss Halloween. It wasn't feasible. So I missed her Halloween parade and activities. Luckily Grandma and Daddy were there and they even volunteered for the in class activities. 

Daddy sent me this photo when they dropped off our little Elsa at school. There were many Elsas. 

The had a little performance for the parents. She had sang some of the songs to me. Still bummed that I missed her first performance. 

Her class. 

Later that afternoon she met her friend for trick or treating in the Village. 

So lucky to have a hubby who took care of all this with her. She had a great Halloween. 

So there we have it October. 

The first Back to School Night

So daddy and I attended our first Back to School night. We learned about what Lil J was in store for and got to see some of her artwork that she has told us about. We really like her school and she has a well season teacher with 21 years of teaching experience, 15 of those in kindergarten. It is nice knowing she has a great teacher. 

Lil J had told me about this project and made sure to tell me to look for it on the bulletin board. I love it. 

I love her family picture. Why we only have one leg, I'm not quite sure. But I love that it is such a happy picture. I love that she is so happy. 

It will be a good year. We are learning about all this along side Lil J. I love it. 

First day of kindergarten

It's finally here! The first day of kindergarten. I can't believe we are here. 

Ready for school. 

Walking up to the school. Parking was crazy!

At drop off, the teacher welcomed each student. She have her an apple to give to me and say one last goodbye. A very thoughtful idea and a nice touch. I'm going to like this teacher.  

I handled it all pretty well, no tears just some misty, watery eyes. I took the day off and ran errands as I waited for pick up time. I was so excited to hear about how it all went. 

At pick up time. All smiles. 

It was a success. 

After school, we headed off for lunch with Papa. It was a good first day. Lil J had lots to tell us about her day. She made a new friend but didn't remember her name. She also commented that the teacher talked a lot! Haha, we're not in preschool anymore. She was happy and it was a success. A great start for the year and years to come. 

Kindergarten Corientation

We had kindergarten orientation today (or corientation as Lil J calls it. She says she calls it that because she likes corn and because it's like coronation kind of like Frozen). We got a little gift and some drawing ready for the teacher.

Lil J has been really excited about it. She woke up this morning, ran into my room, and jumped up and down. "Today is the day!" She couldn't wait to see her classroom and meet her new teacher.

We got to check out her new classroom and meet her teacher. The teacher had a little activity for the kids to complete and we found her cubbie.

Grandma came with us and from a retired teacher's eye really liked what she saw in the classroom and liked the teacher. That was nice to get her perspective. We really liked her new teacher and it really helped to alleviate my anxiety. I've been a bit anxious about this all. I know Lil J will do just fine but I just can't believe we are here. The time just flew.

We are ready for tomorrow. A snack is packed, backpack is ready, photo sign is printed.

Just a good night's sleep is in order. The teacher have the kids some "jitter glitter", a very cute idea. So we sprinkled some on Lil J's head before bed. I think it worked!

Kindergarten here we come!

Getting ready for school

The week before school started mama went back to work. Luckily, we had done all our Back to School shopping while I was off for 4 weeks. It was hard to know exactly what we would need but I bought most of the basics and figured if we didn't need it I could return it. 

We began getting letter from school. That was really exciting. Lil K really enjoyed getting a letter from her new teacher. 

 

To prepare, I made an evening routine chart for her to help make evening smoother and hopefully mornings too. She already had a morning routine so this was not too new for Lil J. 

Grandma took her shopping too. 

Between that and the clothes I bought for her too, Lil J should be pretty set up for the entire year. We are ready!

Kindergarten

It's time to register Lil J for kindergarten. It is crazy to think that in a few short months I will have a kindergartener. Yikes!!

This whole kindergarten thing has been anxiety provoking for us. Mainly me. We want Lil J to go to a school closer to my work so we have applied for an interdistrict transfer. We don't find out about that until June or July. So just in case, we made sure to register in our home district. We applied for an intradistrict transfer to another school in our district since we do not like the school that is considered our home school. We are notified of that in May. At least we covered all our basis and she will go somewhere. It's just a matter of where. 

It has been so crazy doing all this on top of it being the busiest time of the semester at work. We've done our research and went to kindergarten open houses and had all the paperwork together. All applications are in. 

So now we just wait. It is out of our hands. I know that Lil J will do just fine in whatever school she ultimately ends up going to. But we do want the best for her and value education very much. If we can at least give her the best school opportunity we can then hopefully that will pave the way to a positive future. Nothing can take the place of a good education; that is the foundation to becoming a meaningful member of society and being socially responsible. At the core of it all that is what we want for Lil J. Crossing all our fingers and praying.