Look Who is in Preschool!

I can hardly believe that my baby is starting her last year of Preschool this year! I am a little sad but excited for what is in store for Karmindy. She is such a special little girl and I am so proud to be her Momma! Karmindy's first official day of Preschool was held today. She was so excited and couldn't wait to go to school. It was hard for her to watch Kaleb start school a few weeks ago. She desperately wanted to be like her big brother. I would find Karmindy wearing her cute cupcake backpack throughout the day prior to starting school. It made me smile when she would do this. The day finally came and off to Preschool she went! Karmindy is LOVING her teacher, Ms. Gaylene and looks forward to each Monday, Wednesday and Friday so she can wear her backpack and go to school to learn about something new. She loves Show n' Tell and having her Best Friend, Emilia Pidcock, in her class. I can't wait to see what you accomplish this year Sister, you are one amazing little person!!

Last Day of Preschool!

Karmindy has truly enjoyed going to preschool this year and has enjoyed having Mrs. Heather as her teacher. She has also LOVED getting to have some of her neighborhood friends in her class. Every Tuesday and Thursday, Karmindy looked forward to going to Mrs. Heather's House to socialize and learn with her friends. It was bitter sweet for me when the last day of School rolled around. I can't believe how quickly both of my kids are growing up; especially Karmindy, since she is my youngest. It makes me very sad but excited for their futures.

Karmindy accomplished so much this year and I am excited to see what she accomplishes this upcoming year before she starts Kindergarten. This year in particular, Karmindy has grown leaps and bounds socially. Karmindy has started to come out of her shell and isn't quite as shy as she used to be. Karmindy has learned all of her colors and amazed us by telling us what sounds letters make even though she sometimes didn't know the letter.  As the year progressed, Karmindy learned several letters and started recognizing them. It was exciting to see her pick out the letter "K" for her name. She would also tell us what letters your friends names started with.

Here is Karmindy with her Preschool class: Mrs. Heather, Karmindy, Madison Jackman, Avery Hawkins, Emilia Pidcock, and Grace VanLeeuwen. Karmindy had two cute little boys in her class this year too. Colton and Peyton had already left for the day when we took this picture.

We are so proud of you sweetheart in all that you have accomplished this year and are so proud of the wonderful little person you are!!

VIP Day!!

Life was pretty crazy on Karmindy's actual birthday but the following week, I took Cupcakes into Karmindy's  Preschool class to help celebrate her birthday and for a special surprise. Mrs. Heather, Karmindy's teacher, let her choose a crown (she chose pink/purple) and made her a cute M & M necklace to help her feel special on her VIP day. There were quite a few of Karmindy's classmates who were missing the day I took cupcakes in, but her classmates that were there were thrilled to get cupcakes!! It was fun to see Karmindy get so excited for the cupcakes and be able to eat them with her class.

Karmindy's Favorites
(I wanted to jot down a few of the things that Karmindy is in to right now.)
Favorite Color(s): Purple, Pink
Favorite Toys: Anything to do with Toy Story. She is starting to show interest in dressing up in princess dresses and wearing necklaces/jewelry.
Favorite Activities: Loves to watch movies, especially, all three Toy Story Movies. She also will occasionally watch Mulan, Tinkerbell, Dora, Emperor's New Groove, and Little Einsteins. Karmindy loves to get her fingernails/toenails painted. She loves to ride her bike that she got for Easter and is getting really good. Karmindy also loves to help me bake in the kitchen and really enjoys pulling a chair up to the counter and loves helping pour all the ingredients into my mixer. Reading books with mom/dad is also a favorite. She loves music and can be heard singing/humming in her room while she plays.
Favorite Foods: Macaroni n' cheese, chicken nuggets, peanut butter sandwiches (no jam), bananas, chocolate milk, strawberries, pineapple, apples, chocolate chip cookies, cupcakes. She has a major sweet tooth. It has just been a recent thing were she has become a little bit more picky with eating, which makes me very sad. She has always been a very good eater.

As Karmindy's mom and dad, we have witnessed the special bond that she has with animals and people. Karmindy is very kind and tender hearted and has a sincere concern for others well being. She truly wants everyone around her to be happy and she is such a good friend to everyone. She hates when people get mad at her or others and loves to make everyone happy.

Pre-School Field Trip to Wheeler Farm

Karmindy's Pre-School Class went to Wheeler Farm for one last field trip before school let out for the summer. Karmindy's teacher, Mrs. Heather, plans and executes the cutest things for her class. When Karmindy learned that she was going to be going to Wheeler Farm, she was ecstatic. Karmindy has always had a special connection to animals and you can truly tell that she has love for them!!
Before the field trip, each of her classmates got to make their very own visor. Karmindy chose a pinkish-purple color for hers, which doesn't surprise me. Pink and Purple are her favorite colors at the moment. On the day of the field trip, Mrs. Heather sat them down, explained some rules and then gave each student a lanyard with a little book and pen on it so that eat child could cross off what animals and things they saw at the farm.

The kids had such a fun time site seeing and learning about each animal on the farm. A favorite of Karmindy's was when her class got to feed the ducks.

 I was able to tag along with her class and provide an extra pair of hands and it was fun for me to see Karmindy have a great time with her friends. After checking out all the sites, we headed back to the park on site and let the kids eat lunch and play. Karmindy really enjoyed going on her field trip to Wheeler Farm.

Karmindy with a few of her friends (LtR) Avery Hawkins, Karmindy, Madison Jackman, Emila Pidcok

Polar Express Christmas Party

Like I have jotted down before, Karmindy is truly loving Pre-School this year! She has a fabulous teacher and enjoys seeing her 3 little girl friends every Tuesday and Thursday! Before Pre School let out for Christmas Break, her cute teacher threw a Polar Express Christmas Party. The kids were given a Polar Express Train ticket so they could ride the pretend train to the North Pole. 

 My Sweet Girl so excited to Go to Her PreSchool Party! I sure love my little Princess!

Also, everyone was encouraged to wear their Jammies to head to the North Pole. Karmindy was truly so excited for her Christmas Party!! She had such a fun time with her class mates and enjoyed all the fun little activities with her class! They made reindeer food to Give to Santas Reindeer on Christmas Eve, drank Hot Chocolate and played games. Karmindy came home with a lot of loot from her teacher and Classmates! She had a fabulous time!

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip

Karmindy had the opportunity to visit a Pumpkin Patch with her little Preschool class today. It was her very first Field Trip and I was lucky enough to be able to go and experience it with her. The particular patch that we went to, just happens to be our very favorite patch that we visit every year as a family. Karmindy was no stranger and made her self at home. She enjoyed wheeling the wheel barrows around, sitting on the old vintage tractors, walking through the corn maze, listening to a story (told by her cute teacher- Mrs. Heather) and picking out a pumpkin with her classmates. After the kids picked out their pumpkins, we headed back to the preschool and the kids were allowed to color their individual pumpkins. It was a beautiful fall day to go on a field trip, even though it was a tad cold! The poor kids were freezing.... and so was I! Karmindy had a great time on her very first field trip!

Loving Pre-School!

 Karmindy proudly displaying her "Nake" (Snake) that she made in class.

It is hard to believe that Karmindy has been enrolled in Pre-School for over a month now. She is loving it! She truly enjoys going to school to see her friends in our neighborhood. (Avery Hawkins, Emilia Pidcock and Grace VanLeeuwen. There are also two little boys in her class. For me as her mom, it is so fun to see her growing and learning. Over the past month she has just taken off in her learning and social skills. She can pick out and say her colors and has become so much more social. with others. I enrolled Karmindy in preschool this year in hopes that she would become a little less shy- it is working!! Karmindy is also loving her teacher Mrs. Heather and talks about her constantly. She also gets really excited to wear her backpack to school, participate in Show and Tell and loves bringing home her Art projects for me to Look at and OOOO and Ahhh over!! I am really proud of my little girl!

I love how excited she gets to show me what she made when she gets home from Pre-School. Priceless.

Pre-School Adventures

Today, my baby started Preschool. I can't believe that she is 3 and in school. Where is the time going? What a blessing it is to see Karmindy start school because there was a time that I didn't know that we as her parents would be blessed to witness it or come to this milestone in her life. Even though Karmindy is only three, we decided to put her in preschool this year. Kaleb didn't go to two years of preschool but I thought by signing Karmindy up for school that it might help her over come her shyness. I think it was a great decision to put Karmindy in school because she has been so excited to start school and had a really tough time when Big Brother started a couple weeks before her. Karmindy truly has missed Kaleb while he has been away and has been a little lonely. 

Karmindy with her teacher, Mrs. Heather.

This year I bought new back packs for the kids and Karmindy has loved hers. She loves to wear her "pack-pack" to the bus stop when we drop Kaleb off in the mornings. When we woke up this morning, I told her that she got to start school today! She was so excited and when we walked up to the bus stop to drop Kaleb off, she got in line with all the big kids to get on the bus. Karmindy wasn't happy when I had to pick her up and remove her from the bus line. I had to explain to her that she was going to a different school. She sulked the whole way home. 

Karmindy's Little Class: Avery Hawkins, Karmindy, Grace VanLeeuwen, and Emilia Pidcock.

Karmindy's preschool is on Tuesdays and Thursdays this year from 12-2 and I we signed her up to attend Mrs. Heather's Preschool. My friend Heather teaches preschool out of her home and just lives around the corner from our home. Heather has taught Kindergarten and is just one of the sweetest people I know, so it was nice to know that Karmindy's first preschool experience would be a great one. I know she is in good hands.

 Today, for Karmindy's very first day we arrived at the school and we met with Mrs. Heather. Karmindy has a few friends in the neighborhood that have girls her age and so I have really been looking forward to having her be in a class with her friends. Upon arriving we went for a scavenger hunt looking for items around the classroom and then did several fun little activities. Karmindy stamped her name using rubber stamps, practiced holding a push pin so it will help develop the muscles in her hand for writing, and colored a self portrait of her self. Mrs. Heather read a story to the kids while the parents filled out paper work and sang a song. The kids all got suckers and were dismissed. Karmindy had so much fun and expressed to me that she couldn't wait to go back to school. It is going to be a great year and I can't wait to see how Karmindy grows and excels.