Pre-K Day 1

Wednesday September 8: First Day of School, Sierra Vista Preschool

Please enjoy the following interview with Tater Davidson, 4-year-old student in Mrs. Allen's Pre-K class:

(In the car on the way home) "So babe, tell me about yor first day at school!"

"Hmmm... no I don't really want to talk about it now."

(Later that evening) "How about now? Want to tell me what you did at school?"

"Um yeah - we played a lot and my teacher taught me all about centers. There's a writing center and a book center, I mean reading center... that's the big tent thing in the corner. And there's a dramatic play center with all the costumes. And the blocks center. It has blocks. And there's an art center."

"Cool! What's in the art center?"

"It's just art, Mom."

"Oh. Well what about that cool table with beans you can scoop?"

"That's the bean center. Well, she didn't tell me that. She didn't tell me about the beans at all - that's just what I want to call it. There's also a motor box."

"What's that?"

"The motor box has all the toys. Like a bookshelf but with toys. And that's all the centers"

"Did you learn any rules of the classroom?"

"Yeah, but I can just remember one - don't pull the curtains in the reading center. Or it will fall down in a million pieces. Oh yeah, and we have to share."

To conclude the interview, Tater would like to make the following public service announcement:

"This is the school that is at the back of Sierra Vista. If you see a classroom that has a reading center, that is the place. Call 555-4968-688329 if you want to come visit."

Snow My Goodness!

For the first time in... I can't remember how long, San Angelo got a SNOW DAY!!! I watched the news from 5:30 on, waiting for them to say something, and then, at 6:15, there it was. No classes for SAISD today. I had to rewind the tv to play it back. And then jump up and down and scream silently, because Tater and Randy were still sleeping. But snow it did, and much fun was had.

Love that West Texas snow...

We spent lots of time running around, making snow angels, throwing snowballs, playing Freeze Tag (how appropriate), putting Tater's mittens back on for the 50th time, and then he decided to eat some snow. This was his method of choice; laying on his tummy in the driveway and sticking his face in the snow to eat it like a little puppy. Goober child...

Mama's snow angel

Mama's other snow angel

Our awesome snowman: We planned to make a bigger one later, but it melted too fast.

The fort became a snow fort.

The snowballs, they were a-flyin'

Tater's little mitten-prints in the snow on the slide

Short lived, but we'll take it any way we can get it. This morning, about 10:

And this afternoon at 4:30

All in all, a great day. We played a Wii tournament, lots of playdoh and games. We consumed way too much hot chocolate. I cleaned nothing. Tomorrow - life as usual, but today? Today was a memory I will treasure.