Daycare Life

We have been blessed to have some wonderful people take care of our kids each day over the past few years and they are both thriving because of it! 

Even though Lilly is not smiling in any of the pictures, I promise that she loves these ladies and they love her (and Brayden)!

Ms LaTonya (1 year old teacher who Lilly was ATTACHED to)

Ms Chante (gym teacher/floater...she rocks!)

Ms Brenda (1 year old teacher...love her Puerto Rican spirit!)

Lilly recently moved up to the 2 year old class (this was a hard one for me because so much transition happens in this class...potty training, dressing themselves, colors, numbers, etc, etc).  Basically, it means that I don't have a baby anymore but instead I have a little girl.

I was actually concerned about how she would transition to the new class, but she went for her 2hr visit and never looked back!  There was no transition week for Lilly.  And apparently, she is now "in charge" in the classroom.  Small and mighty, I tell you!  She knows what she wants and knows what to do to get it!  She is also fiercely independent!

Within 2 weeks of moving to the new class, Lilly decided that she was ready for potty training so off to Target we went to buy Minnie Mouse and Princess panties.  She is doing OK with it, but still has at least 1 accident daily (mainly #2 or because she can't get her pants down far enough not to pee on them when she sits on the potty). 

I can't figure out to turn this thing (but this is Lilly's score card for the 1st day of potty training :)

Brayden has also been doing very well in his new class.  He moved up in early August to the Pre-K 2 class (rising kindergartners)!  They have "homework" 1-2 nights a week which I am fine with as long as it isn't mandatory just yet :)  Most nights we do the homework and he enjoys doing it because he loves to write, draw, cut, etc and that is what the homework is.  His 1st assignment a few weeks ago, was to write 5 words that start with each letter :D, E, and F.  Brayden came up with the list on the ride home and immediatly went to work writing the words out.  Of course, I had to help him spell them, but he did a great job! 

Tonight's assignment was to practice writing big "G", little "g", big "H", and little "H".  Brayden jumped right on that too, and went a step more and wanted to write a bunch of G and H words out!

     Duck, Dog, Daddy, Deer, Dare, Ethan, Egg, Eye, Ears, Eat, Football, Foot, Feather, Family, Friends

I love his enthusiasm for doing his "homework" right now!  I just hope it continues next year when we start school!