Surprise Baby Shower at Little Blessings!

After lunch, I stayed in the lunch room to clean up and stack chairs,

then walked down the hallway, as Jennifer was standing outside of the big room. 

I followed her into the room, to see the entire preschool, 

all three classes sitting on the floor, with teachers standing by, 

as they all shouted "SURPRISE!!!"

Sort of lost it, okay I lost it, and had to keep leaving the room for a second to get it together...

while saying "I am way too pregnant to handle this!!" ;)

Was just so stinking precious seeing all those little faces light up, 

and seem so excited to surprise me! 

Ah! I could just cry again. 

To think about all the teachers and parents planning this for me. 

So sweet. SO sweet.

They had me sit on the stage, 

as all those precious babies gathered around and watch me open all of the beautiful gifts from 

the amazing ladies I work with, and the wonderful parents. 

Adley and I felt so special, and I just feel overwhelmingly blessed to be a part of this preschool. 

I love those sweet babies, and my co-workers SO MUCH. 

Will miss working with them next year, to stay home with our newest addition! 

Thank you, thank you! 

 

Little Blessings Christmas Party

 

 

Little Blessings had their Christmas Party,
Tuesday, December 17th,

always a little chaotic but so much fun!

All the kids were so adorable singing their Christmas songs,

some of them wearing random Santa hats and elf hats.

So cute to see who gets shy and who belts it out in front of all the parents!

Case didn't have an ounce of stage fright this year,

Rhett didn't either, but Rhett doesn't sit still.

I have a quick video on Facebook of the boys singing,

and I happened to catch the .9 seconds Rhett stayed on stage singing...
he was trying to find his Momma the whole time!

The cute thing was that he actually knew the words and was doing the motions just like big brother!

Then it was on to making crafts and decorating cookies,
the parents in charge did a great job, the boys got lots of goodies from their sweet teachers!

Had a blast!
Can't believe it's already time for our big Christmas break!

Little Blessings 2014

After an amazing experience with Little Blessings Preschool last year,

we were thrilled to sign Case up for another year.

This will be his last year before the big, huge, ENORMOUS jump into kindergarten.

(Can you tell I might still be in shock?)

 

We went back and forth about what to do with the Rhetter man.

After a late summer text from Ms. Jennifer,

curious about our decision,

Matt and I decided that yes, we would send Rhett this year, but for only one day a week.

 

Um, Hi Mommy break.

 

So it was getting closer to the school year,

we had a vacation coming up at the end of August,

and at that point, I had planned to be their full time sub,

and the boys were getting excited about starting school soon.

 

Until Jennifer asked me if I would be interested in working on Tuesdays.

Hmmm.

At first I said something like,

"Eek! That's the day we were sending Rhett,

and to be honest I was really looking forward to that small break in the week."

To which she responded something like this,

"How about you work Tuesdays, and Rhett can come on Thursdays too!"

 

Um. Are you serious?

 

I couldn't pick the phone up quick enough to call Matt,

I was so excited.

How can you turn that down?

I get to work with sweet kiddos again, my kids get to go to preschool,

Rhett getting to go 2 days a week now, and I still get a break?

I think yes.

 

So I came in and helped with the few weeks before school started,

I mentioned I could help with art, etc.,

and it didn't take long before I had a lot of projects to work on! :) 

Which just lifted my soul, I love having art projects.

 

So after a few days of this,

Jennifer mentioned a few kids that had recently paid tuition,

raising the numbers.

 

"Hey Liz, would you want to work both days?"

 

Hmm.

Now I forgot to mention they started an optional day this year,

a Wednesday 9-12 for an additional cost upon monthly tuition for those interested.

I think she could see the "but my Mommy break..." question running through my brain,

and she quickly said,

"How about Case and Rhett both come Tuesdays & Thursdays, and you can drop them every Wednesday, I want to make sure you get that break!"

 

It took my a couple of days to think about it,

not sure why now, because after deciding to accept the job,

I couldn't be happier!

I will be the Assistant Teacher in the 3 yr old room,

(Rhett's in the 2 yr old room, and Case is in Pre K,

it's perfect!) 

 

Have I mentioned that I love the entire staff at Little Blessings?

(Jennifer, Susan, Bonny, Jamey & Melissa)

There are 3 classes this year, and the numbers from last year have practically doubled in size.

Every single teacher that works there loves their job.

They love those kids.

They take so much time and effort to plan out their lesson plans,

I love love love being a part of this team! So much. SO so much.

Excited for a fun year!

 

& of course the mandatory

First Day of Preschool pictures...

;)

 

 



Last Day of Preschool

Although I can hardly believe it, 

this year of preschool has come to an end! 

This was the first year for Little Blessings, 

and it has been an awesome year.

Amazing teachers, fun field trips, 

& adorable parties

He's made some sweet friends along the way.

and we are in awe of how much he has learned this year! 

Our teachers enclosed a few papers,
showing off their progress from September, January to May
in writing their name.

How precious, and so fun to see the difference!

The last day, we came in at 10am for a party and reception.
(My friend Kelly watched the Rhetter man for me, 
since we all know he wouldn't have sat still for 1 minute :)

We arrived, and the kiddos went to their classrooms,
and the parents went into the little theater room & waited.
Then they all walked in, all in their Sunday best,
and sang a few precious songs to us!
It's so sweet to see their shy, sweet faces up there on stage!

After a few songs, they were each called up to receive their
Preschool Certificate!

 

Then is was lights out,
and a PRECIOUS slideshow of pictures taken throughout the year.

Followed by treats and Good-Byes, and plans for pool dates.

We are so thankful and blessed to have wonderful teachers,
Ms. Jennifer & Ms. Susan
were just absolutely amazing.
I'm also thankful that I was able to help, and sub some this year,
I loved working with these sweet ladies.
(Including Ms.Heather & Ms.Jamie in the 3 year old room)

So after some deliberation, and advice from our teachers,
we have decided to send Case one more year,
as opposed to sending him on to kindergarten this fall.
(Oh my word, how he is old enough to be talking about all of this?)

I know Case will miss his friends this summer,
and I know Momma will miss her days with just one kid for errands. ;)
We are looking forward to summer fun though,
and hopefully have lots of play dates at pools and parks with our school friends!

See you again this fall Little Blessings! 

Case's Preschool Party!

I was really looking forward to Case's preschool Christmas party, 

and even more excited when I found out that Daddy was going to be able to come too! 

My friend Kelli graciously watched the Rhetter man for us, 

preschool parties can get pretty chaotic if you can imagine. ;) 

I could hardly keep up with Rhett during the Halloween party, 

so it was nice to actually be able to sit down! 

They sang their Christmas songs on stage down the hall first, 

they were all so shy and precious! 

Case has been singing the songs non stop while we were in the car, 

I was surprised how reserved he was when it came time to sing them in front of an audience! 

After the adorable songs, 

it was back to the classroom for snacks, cookie making...

and meeting...

SANTA! 

 Ohh my goodness, the three and four year old classes were so precious! 

   Some were a little nervous around the guy in the big red suit, 

but most of them went right up on his lap to reveal their Christmas wish lists. 

Including our Case. 

His whole little face LIT up, and he couldn't hold back the smiles 

as he marched right up and sat on his lap. 

Case told Santa he wanted a BIG race car, then Santa reminded him not to forget 

to leave out cookies & milk for him. 

Case made sure we heard that part, reminded us of that for days after. ;)

 After meeting Santa, they did their book exchange. So sweet. 

Daddy left right after Santa, but we got the priceless pictures of Case with Santa, 

that we had been craving. 

So stinkin' cute!