KK's First Day of Preschool!

Today was a big day in the Hester house- KK's first day of Preschool! She has been nervous about this for a while now, and it definitely showed this morning. She told me this morning that she was scared about going and I did my best to calm her nerves- it seemed to work until we actually got inside the school. She clenched onto Adam's leg and wouldn't let go and we ended up leaving her in the classroom in full tantrum mode. Whew- that was tough!

We picked her up 2 1/2 hours later and she was so happy to see us! She just kept saying "Mom!" and then started crying (she did the same to Adam, too). She was very upset about school and said "The teacher doesn't like me.", "The teacher told me 'no' and that made me so sad!",  "The kids don't like me.". She also told us she saw Ryker on the playground and then as we pulled away from the school she started crying and yelling "I want Ryker!". She had me crying by this point, too. Breaks your heart, doesn't it? She was pretty cranky throughout the rest of the day, but towards the end when Auntie came to visit she was doing better. She told Auntie all about school and the things she did- Kels got more info out of KK than I did the entire day. I'm thinking tomorrow will be a little easier on all of us.

Since I have always been home with the kids, they've never been alone and away from me like that. I'm guessing that kids who have been in daycare have a much easier transition to school since they are used to being separated from their parents. It might take her a week or two to get used to this new phase in life, but I think she'll end up loving it!

Not having either of the kids home this morning was a very strange feeling. Adam & I went out to breakfast and then grabbed a (decaf) latte on the way home. When we got here, it was so quiet. QUIET! It was so strange and we were kind of at a loss at what we should do. It was the first time since the kids were born/home from NICU that we've been in the house without any kids. Thursday will be interesting for me because I'll be here alone since Adam will be at work. Crazy!

2nd Year of Preschool

Ryker's 1st week of preschool went great! He was super excited to get on the bus in the mornings, even though we got off to rough start on the first day. The bus didn't get here until 8:00- I even called making sure they were going to pick him up! The bus was on time the rest of the week, which made things much better!

He rocked it in communication during the 1st week- getting 95% on all of his tasks. It's funny to look back at his logs from last year and the first few weeks he was getting 0-25% consistently. So much growth in just one year. He is imitating different songs by humming or using different sounds (ga, hm, gee, etc)- his favorite right now is "Wheels on the Bus", but he also does "ABC's", "BINGO", and "Mary had a Little Lamb".

Flandrau

Yesterday morning I had a family session at Flandrau. I haven't been there in years, and it was so much fun! I decided that later in the day we would try to take the kiddos out there, since I had a day pass. Ryker wasn't too happy about being there, so Adam took him back to the car while KK and I headed down to the "beach" and the river. We took a few pictures, watched a group of kyaker's go by, and threw some rocks. We headed back to the car, where we decided I would stay home with Ryker and Adam would take KK back to Flandrau. They had so much fun- she came home covered in dirt and with a rock shaped like a heart. So sweet. :) She ended her night with a "dirt" pudding cup and fell asleep pretty quick. Such a fun evening!