Scavenger Hunt

This morning we went on a scavenger hunt walk. I have been compiling a list of activities we can do this summer. I found this one and thought it would be fun.

I made up a paper with different things to look for, we printed it out and headed out on our walk. We really needed it because Ben just would not stay asleep at home.

Our "list" of things to find.

 

The squirrels we found

 

Emily and the dandelion

The girls and the stop sign they found

 

And Ben finally stayed asleep

They also thought of a lot of new things we can put on the next list we make. It was a lot of fun!

Sister sister

I have been trying to go through all my pictures and make yearly books for our family and got caught up looking at all the pictures of my girls together. I have a separate folder on the computer specifically named "Emily and Allyson".  I love looking back at their short (almost) 3 years together. They really love each other and I really hope it stays that way.

 

They aren't sorted so they are all ages but they're fun to look at.

3 months

Time seems to be flying by.

Ben is 3 months old today. He is really starting to look less like any ol' newborn, to becoming himself. It's fun seeing his little features come out.

 

3 months

 2 months

 

I love this picture. This was at Disneyland last weekend. You can tell he is going to have a little dimple.

 

And I took this this morning. What a big boy sitting up in his Bumbo!

 

Preschool Open House

Last night was Emily's Preschool Open House.
We weren't really sure if we were going to put her in preschool last year, as they can be pretty expensive but I found this one that I really like. It's actually an ROP class for high school students. There are two directors and the high school students take the class and learn how to lesson plan, work with the kids and it is good for both ages of kids. And it was also the cheapest we had seen for Monday-Thursday. Emily really loved going and was able to work closely with three different "Big Friends" (high school students) as there were three periods that the class would meet.
I think it's a great idea and the director said last night that the ones that had taken one year (the one year seniors) could be an aide in a preschool class and ones that had taken two years could be a preschool teacher (with another teacher) and earn 3 college credits with some colleges that they were working with.

This is Emily looking at her "Me Book". I plan on keeping that one for a long time.

 All the preschoolers.

Emily was in the afternoon class, which had significantly less kids. At first I wanted the morning class but I was too late signing up but the afternoon class really worked out for us. I was able to put Allyson down for her nap during that time (when she was still napping) and we could still do things in the morning.

 

 Emily's horse that she made.

 

 And our big girl with her certificate.

Preschool--come and gone

Today is Emily's last day of preschool. It's crazy that it's already over.

We have loved having her in preschool. She loves it and it gave her something to look forward to.
I thought it would be fun to take a picture of her first day and last day. She's grown a lot in that short time.

First day

 

 Last day