School Daze...

I've been a bad blogger. But, doesn't it just seem like September went by at WARP speed? I can't be the only one who feels that way, lol.

My little Avie-bug started preschool back on Sept. 12th. She has two teachers, Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Knight, and she's attending St. Paul's Lutheran Preschool, the same school that Aiden went to last year. We've been so pleased with this school, the teachers are so wonderful and caring and it is a great little community. I've been really fortunate to have made some amazing friends from the preschool, and it felt so nice to come back this year and not be "new."

Ava is really loving school. Her teachers say she is very disciplined and the best "rule follower" in the class. Mrs. Johnson also told me that Ava is the only kid in her class (of 13) that can write her name (though, to be fair, it IS only 3 letters, lol). At home we are working hard on learning all of our ABC's, she's definitely been slower to catch onto the alphabet than Aiden was, but she's just such a different child. They are both so unique and I wouldn't change them for anything.

Aiden is loving Kindergarten. I am really impressed with his teacher and the amount of learning that is involved in a meager 2 hours and 45 minutes of Kindergarten a day. That's not a lot of time! I supplement that at home with a lot of reading, sight words, writing exercises, etc, but he's just been a little sponge this month, soaking it all in. He's reading beginner reader books with minimal help and he's starting to get less frustrated with unknown words and learning to take his time to sound out the letters and build the word.

I'm a proud mama--they are both doing great and (knock on wood) I have absolutely nothing to complain about!

Here are some pics from Ava's first day of school. Enjoy!