Grandparents Day at preschool

What fun I had today. It was Grandparent’s Day at preschool.

The festivities began at 9am. First, they performed a little musical program consisting of 3 different songs with hand gestures. Some of the children were a bit shy, but not my Josh. He loves an audience. He is the third from the left in the pictures, next to the girls, of course (he is quite the ladies man, by the way.)

The kids had done some Thanksgiving crafts including a turkey head dress, a placemat and a turkey puppet. One thing they did that I thought was especially cute was a little turkey made using cardboard tubes from paper towels and some construction paper. There little handprints cut out of paper were the tail feathers.....cute.

There was also a craft in which the grandparents were asked to help. It was a Christmas ornament made by stringing a bell and some pony beads onto a piece of wire. We finished it off with a piece of ribbon tied into a bow at the top. Then we wrapped it around our finger to make it spiral.

This all ended with wonderful brunch made by the preschool children and their teachers. Each preschooler was asked to bring something. Josh brought crumbled bacon and banana bread. There were all kinds of muffins, egg and bacon and sausage casseroles, hash brown casserole, banana bread, coffee cakes, fruit and much more. It was very tasty.

After we ate, the preschool was dismissed and the kids were sent home with their grandparents. A good time was had by all.

Happy Thanksgiving.

I found my blog again!

My craft shows are finally finished for the season. Now maybe I can get back to this poor neglected blog. I didn’t mean to be so scarce the past couple of months, but I just couldn’t seem to get motivated to post anything.

A lot has changed since I last posted.

Josh has started preschool. He loves school. That first day he was beside himself with excitement when that big yellow bus pulled up to pick him up for school. So far he still gets on that bus with the same gusto as the first day of school. I am so happy. I just hope he keeps that attitude for another 13 years or so.

Waiting for the bus on the first day of preschool.

The bus is finally here. Time to go, but first we better take another picture.

There he goes into the big yellow bus. He is the one with the blue batman backpack.

Back home after the first day of preschool. What an exciting day!

Every other Friday, there is no preschool, so Josh comes to visit Grandma for the day so his mom and dad don’t have to pay extra daycare. We have great fun. Josh loves to help in the kitchen.

He is a good egg breaker. Not one shcll went into the cake.

Yum!

Olivia is growing like a weed. She is 4 months old now and just chatters and laughs all the time. She is such a good baby. She has been sleeping through the night since she was about 2 months old. How did my daughter ever get so lucky?

A picture of the group. My daughter Kelly and her hubbie Kevin on the right are Olivia's godparents.

Olivia in her beautiful gown.

Last Sunday, she was baptized. She was adorable in her baptismal gown and she just loved it. It was a satin under dress with an organza overlay. She would grab the skirt in her little fists and pull it up to her face and grin......so cute.

As for myself, like I said the craft shows I do are finished for the season, so now I can concentrate on other things, like getting ready for the holidays. We go to my brother-in-laws for Thanksgiving, which is a good thing. I only have to take a broccoli/rice casserole. Christmas Eve is usually a soup supper, also with my hubbies side of the family, at a location yet to be named. But Christmas Day I have my girls and their families at my house and we have a wonderful prime rib dinner followed by Christmas presents. This is my favorite thing.

I think it is time for me to get busy with the decorations.

Have a great day everyone.