Letty started school this week. It was a three day week since they take off Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) here. So far she really likes it. It sounds like her teacher is a bit strict but I'm sure it will be good for Letty. She has been very excited to get up in the morning and help me make her lunch. Eating at school has been what she has looked forward to, although she isn't finishing when her class gets excused and has to go to the "slow" table. She doesn't really like that so I think she'll learn to eat faster (I think they only give them about 20 min.). Here is a first grade lesson for you. After we got home from picking up Letty she wanted a snack so I had her go and get her lunch box so she could finish up anything left in there. I picked it up to find it dripping... "what is dripping from your lunch Letty?" I say "my juice box" she replies. So we had a lesson on how we can't keep things like that in there that have been opened. It seems so obvious to us but if you've never taken your lunch anywhere on your own I could see how that could happen. She informed me that she didn't want to waste it, which is admirable but messy :)
She also now has a second loose tooth. I can't believe the one is still hanging on but she wants it to come out pain free.
As for Gracie...we have been potty training. She has been doing great except for the last couple of days where she is refusing to sit on the potty so we'll keep at it and hopefully she'll decide it's a good thing.
This weekend we had a couple of outings. First we went to the music festival which turned out to be a bust, at least in our opinion. We got there and all of the kids booths were tardy in opening. Once they got going, the bubble booth had made their own bubble solutions out of dish soap and when those big bubbles burst they sprayed and landed in several children's eyes including Gracie. Poor girl, it irritated her eye so much it looked like someone had punched her. They also had three band stands playing at the same time which equaled NOISE. So we left there and headed to the Great Swap which is a wildlife refuge. They were celebrating their 50th year anniversary by having a festival which included free food, crafts, live animal exhibits, face painting, a puppet show and bird releasing. The kids loved it and it was much more peaceful there.
First Day of School
Outside of her side of the building. They have to line up outside and the teacher takes them in. The school doesn't like a lot of parents in the building, safety I guess.
A trip to the zoo last weekend. They have a bird exhibit where you can feed them holding feeder sticks, they loved it!
At the great swap festival looking at snake skins and "stuffed" animals.
A dragonfly and a butterfly
Apple Picking
Hay Ride
Fall Festival complete with free pony ride
