Thursday, October 7, 2010

2nd Day of Preschool


Today was Noah's 2nd day of preschool at Oak Tree Academy. He was very excited to go to school. I took Noah to go pee pee in his classroom as soon as we got there to familarize him again with his environment. He did great, and had no trouble settling down to start their first art project of the day while the other kids were entering the room. He said, "Bye Mommy," and I gave him a kiss after watching him a few minutes longer. I told the owners that I was going to go, and they said, "Call as many times as you need." I felt comforted by that, and only called to check on him once, and they said he was doing just fine. I came about 30 minutes before school was out to just observe. Noah was laughing, smiling, and eating lunch with his peers. Evidently he saw me a few times, and then he didn't, and that caused some tearfulness. Sorry, Angel. Mama's fault. It was time to go, and Noah was tearful when I came in. I reassured him everything was o.k. His teacher said that he did have a poo poo accident today, but that he went pee pee on the potty every time she took him. What did make me sad was when she told me that every time she took him to go potty, Noah kept tearfully asking, "Mommy do it." But he did let his teacher help him. She said, "But he was just sad about that." I told Michael that we will need to keep reiterating to Noah that at home Mommy & Daddy help him go potty, but at school his teacher will help him. Oh, it's hard letting go! We'll get through it, though, and it'll teach Noah to be more flexible, and that's a good thing. His teacher said that he did perfect the rest of the day. Had no troubles transitioning, walking in line, or anything. She said he even sat down and listened during circle time, which neither one of us thought he would do yet. So, all in all, a successful 2nd day. Good job Noah.



Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Turn Tyler Pink 2010

Noah's first day of preschool was followed by an evening of Turning Tyler Pink, as tonight was the 2nd Annual Turn Tyler Pink event. I'm so bummed that my camera battery was dead. We tried charging it to my computer but it didn't work, so these are all the pics we have, taken with Michael's phone. Noah was very excited to see the pink fire truck! It was really good for me to see that the fire truck that Tyler donated last year had been painted pink and named "Tonya," in memory of the Tyler firefighter's late wife. I've stayed in touch with Wes and he is doing really well. I always find it interesting how tragedy can bind certain relationships. I introduced Noah to Tonya's now, 5 y/o little girl, Lissie. Lissie showed me where she signed a message to her mom inside the truck. It's amazing the power of good that can come out of such tragedy, as this event so poignantly demonstrates. So glad to be a part of it.


Noah's 1st lunch at preschool

10/5/10- Here are pictures from Noah's 1st lunch with his class at Oak Tree Academy. I'm SO proud of him! Noah isn't used to sitting for this long of a period, but he did great! Go Noah! You're getting sooooo big! Mommy loves you & I'm so glad I got to be a part of your 1st day of preschool.




Music class during preschool

Noah's 1st Day of Preschool at Oak Tree Academy~ October 5, 2010
It's no surprise that my little music lover LOVED music time! He had so much fun playing the instruments and doing the songs and dances! He wasn't shy at all; just jumped right in! He is so cute!






Cupcakes after lunch





We picked a great 1st day to start preschool! One of Noah's classmates celebrated a birthday today, so we had special birthday cupcakes to top off a great first day!



Sunday, October 3, 2010

My happy tiger

Here's a great picture of my happy Noah tiger! Love that smile:)