1st day of 1st grade

Sami started 1st grade about 2 weeks ago, however I am slow in posting things these days. She absolutely loves 1st grade. It tool a little adapting to a full day with her teacher, Mrs. Thomas, but she is in heaven. Every day she comes home and tells me about what she ate and how good it was. I have to ask about the school work part, but I guess my priorities are different.

Already her teacher has told me that she is the top reader in her class and is a delight to have in class.

Capital Field Trip

For Sammie's preschool field trip we took the Front Runner to a bus and headed for the Utah State Capitol. I left the twins with my mom and took Eston with us. It was so cute to see all the kids lined up waiting for the train.



Eston was so excited to be on a TRAIN. It was pretty cool.



Sammie was pretty excited to just be with her school friends. Kind of funny the difference between the two kids.



We got to go all over the Capitol and see many cool things.



Here was the replica of the Liberty Bell.



This is a look at the underground area. The entire Capital is sitting on top of these shock absorber thingies. (I think that is there technical name.) It looked pretty cool.



At one point we looked over and saw a bunch of the girls laying on the floor singing songs with each other.



An hour into the field trip I got a text from my mom saying, " I don't know how you get anything done with these two." The twins were driving her nuts.
It was fun to spend time with just Sammie and Eston. That doesn't happen very often.

Sammie's big first . . .

I don't know who has been more excited for this day, Sammie or me. I have been so excited for Sammie to go to school because it is something that she has asked me about everyday for the last year. I am also excited because I have only 3 kids for that time frame which will hopefully lighten my load a little bit and give a chance to spend more one on one time with Eston.
Sammie was very specific on what her backpack needed to look like. Once that was picked out we just needed to wait for the day to arrive.

I obviously made the mistake in thinking that Sammie wouldn't have a preference of her attire. The night before I pulled something cute out of her drawers. Sammie immediately let me know that she was not wearing what I had picked. She went to her closet and pointed at her new fall clothes and told me exactly what out of that pile she would be wearing. She even had her hairstyle picked out. Unfortunately, I have 3 other kids and didn't have time to do the specified style. She was kind enough to let me do something quick.



Sammie was so excited to go out the door this morning. Eston was not so excited and kept asking me if it was time to go pick Sammie up yet.



Sammie and I headed over to Miss Jenn's house for her first day. The parents were invited to stay for the first 30 minutes or so. Sammie wanted a pictures with Miss Jenn and then told me that I was free to go home to Eston and the twins. I told her that I was going to stick around for a little while and she rolled her eyes at me.



I found it funny that a lot of kids were kicking, screaming, and crying for their parents to stay or to leave with them. Sammie kept giving me looks to let me know that I could leave and that I was embarrassing her. Little does she know that this is the beginning of many times that I get to be the embarrassing mom.



Miss Jenn gave all the kids homework to bring back with them on the first day of school. Sammie was supposed to draw a picture of herself and bring it back to class. I was very impressed with her mad skills. FYI Sammie started with the hair and then at the end added the face. Sammie dreams of having long hair like her Aunt Kim and so this is what Sammie would look like with Aunt Kimmy's hair.



Miss Jenn was nice enough to tell Eston that after preschool he can come and pick up his homework from her. Eston wore his backpack all morning. We went to the grocery store and then to school and he had his backpack on the whole time.



When Sammie came up the stairs from Preschool she was beaming. She keeps asking me if it is school day again, and when can she go back to see Miss Jenn and Miss Danielle. This is going to be a fun year for her.

Wheeler Farm Fun!!!

For Sammie's little preschool, we went to Wheeler Farm to look at all the animals and take a hay ride. I don't know who had more fun, Eston or Sammie. Eston was over the moon with excitement. He lately has been learning his animal names and sounds. For Eston to see all the animals up close and making those noises, he was stunned. He would walk up to the cow, but if it moved an inch he would run for MOM safety. He loved the chickens and the sheep wouldn't stop baaing. Sammie enjoyed being there with all of her friends.



What's a trip to the farm without a tractor picture. The kids thought that they were pretty neat stuff.

First Day of School

Yesterday was Sammie's first day of school. A group of five of us got together and decided to start a preschool for our girls that we would teach. It is great when you have a group of friends that are great when it comes to wrestling 5 little girls. The reasons for starting were simple 1) because we thought the girls could benefit from it 2) to help each other save loads of money, C) to be able to focus and have one on one time with our younger children, and Z) to be able to just unwind from kids. Even though I still have Eston at home it is so a huge difference in my day. I have heard many people say that it was really hard sending their first child off to school because it means that they are growing up. NOT ME. I love her to death, but I have been looking forward to this day since it was planned out. I was able to get so much junk done. Anyway there are five girls between 3 and 2 and they love seeing each other every week and look forward to their time together.

Every parent should do something like this if they can. It is amazing.