Well, I suppose I should do a little updating on the month of May since June is already here!! Jenna finished up preschool and is ready for kindergarten now! They had a few field trips that I was able to go with to end out the year. We went to Pinehaven farm and got to see all the animals and ride on the tractor/wagon. Then, her class visited a kindergarten class at McKinley. Jenna was very nervous and did not want me to leave her side. I took some pictures to make her a social story book about going to kindergarten. I still need to get that done, but will hopefully be soon and then will share it with another family and the preschool teacher. I'm hoping it will help prepare her and not be as scared. We visited the Adventures Plus program one morning as well (Jesse and I took her). She'll go there the Tuesdays and Thursdays that I work before school. Jesse will drop off the other two at daycare and then bring her up there. We were really impressed by the program and are excited for her to be able to meet other kids. The spring program at Acorn was fun....except that Jesse had to miss it because he had to quick go out of town for work. It was a little crazy taking all three kids by myself, but we made it through. Jenna did a great job singing all the songs. I tried taking some pictures, but they didn't really turn out since I was holding Ellie! Good thing we bought the DVD :). I have loved having Jenna in preschool, but it has been nice not having to wake up Ellie from her naps to go pick Jenna up. Jenna and Nolan are going to attend the VBS program at Oak Haven the end of June and then also the August summer school session at Acorn. That will be fun for them! Jenna is definitely getting older...and apparently that comes with a little attitude! I'm really trying to figure out how to parent this little girl. She is sometimes so helpful and thoughtful and then the next day is just awful about helping and talking back way too much.
Nolan has been a good boy for the most part, tagging along with field trips and finishing up ECFE. We won't be able to sign up for ECFE next year because he'll be in preschool on MW and Jenna will have school and I work on T/TH. We could go on Friday, but Jenna will be in kindergarten, so she can't come with us on the days she doesn't have school. We'll be busy enough I think! Nolan is excited about starting preschool and we are excited to see how he'll do. He's a lot different playing outside this year....not caring about having his shoes on now! He has enjoyed helping Jesse build the shed and watching him as well. The dirt pile next to the shed has been the most fun though! We planted our garden finally and he was somewhat interested in that. Just wait until we can pick the vegetables!
Ellie is getting bigger, hard to believe she is almost one!! She is still just a little peanut...I should weigh her tomorrow to see if she's gained any weight! Just in the past week, she has gotten braver with her motor skills, doing more cruising, walking with her hands held, and now, crawling up one step!! The baby gate got put up today at the bottom of the stairs! Today, as I was folding laundry, she crawled over to the basket, stood up, and pulled out a towel and rubbed it on her face. I'm thinking she was imitating washing it...super cute!
