'C' is for Cookie

Gavin is absolutely loving preschool and I am so glad we signed him up. Although Liam's nap schedule is still somewhat sporadic, the mornings that he does nap while Gavin is at preschool are priceless! Gavin has enjoyed a fun field trip to the fire station, a Halloween party, and this past Monday they had a preschool style Thanksgiving feast!  Here are a few pictures from their trip to the fire station.  I so wish I could have volunteered and gone along, but it was the same morning Liam was going into the dentist for his lip/tongue tie revision.

I still sometimes have a hard time getting out of Gavin what they did in preschool each day, but the other day Gavin came home and asked me if I knew about the flower ship.  I wasn't sure what he was talking about until he started explaining: "You know, the flower ship, with the pilgrims that had to go to the church and didn't want to so they went on the boat to China with the Indians?"  So he may have been slightly off, but I got what he was talking about and said we needed to Skype with Grandpa Ducky to find out about one of his relatives that came over on the Mayflower. Grandpa Ducky taught him the joke, "If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring?  ...Pilgrims!"

Gavin's known all his letters and what sounds they make for a long time now, but since starting preschool, he is now beginning to pick those sounds out in words.  He'll be saying something, and randomly stop mid sentence, repeat a word a few times, then tell me, "That word begins with 'Th', or that word ends with a 'D'".  Just today we were in the kitchen looking at his listening calendar (he's had some problems with listening well in preschool so we set up a calendar where he puts a sad or happy face on each preschool day depending on how well he listens) and he was looking at the word December and trying to figure it out.  He kept sounding out the word and asked how it could be the word December, if it had no 'S' in it?  Again I know I'm slightly bias, but he's one sharp kid!  I tried to explain how the 'CE' made the 'S' sound, but that was too confusing.

Here's more pictures of Fall preschool fun!  Miss Rebecca is awesome, and I'm glad she takes pictures of the fun activities they do at preschool!

Making and eating cookies!

Apple Investigator

Counting seeds while enjoying a snack

What sticks to magnets?

M&M colour and counting chart

Thanksgiving Feast and Fun!

When we were first looking at preschools there were two options that we really liked.  They both seemed great, but because I wanted one in the mornings, we went with Miss Rebecca's preschool.  I think the other one would have been great too, but the fact that this preschool is just a three minute drive away, makes it so nice and convenient for me.  One day while it was still warm out I dropped Gavin's bike off at preschool with him, then instead of driving back over to pick him up, I jogged over with Liam in the stroller, and we jogged home while Gavin rode his bike.  It ended up being a bit too long of a bike ride for Gavin, but it was worth trying at least once!

On our way to pick Gavin up

Of course we had to take a break at the park on our way home!

Each of the kids in Gavin's class get to bring cup cakes or a treat to celebrate their Birthday, but since Gavin's is during the summer, he gets to bring a treat next week to celebrate his half Birthday!