Preschool is for big boys

Technically we started preschool last week but since it was at our house and i was teaching i felt like Kolby's 1st official day of preschool was yesterday. He was so excited especially when i told him that i would drop him off and Olivia and I would go back home. He felt like such a big boy. He bragged to Olivia how he had a pbj sandwich in his backpack and that he was going to eat it at preschool. Olivia cried the whole way there that she wanted to go to preschool and that she wanted to eat a pbj sandwich too. Poor baby girl. I told her she had to wait til she was bigger. She told me that she was a big girl! Olivia was trying so hard to be part of everything, even the pic. And when it was time to go pic kolby up she was super excited!

....and thus begins the school days and growing up of my children. Here's the set up at our house last week:

The curriculum came with super cute posters and charts. This is the map and the little helper chart.

Here's the "grocery store" poster, (the kids use play money and follow the poster to buy items for the right price) and our calendar and weather chart on the easel.

Of course i had to empty the library shelves and stock up on rainforest and frog books.

and here is our pet frog "rosie" (since rosie was kind enough to catch him for me) The kids loved being able to pet him and then watch him leap to freedom:) Here's the cuties. I can't help but be sad that Olivia feels so left out. She totally thought she was a part of their gang. Look at her trying to be just like all the big kids.