Fire Clowns

We took the Kindergarten classes to the civic center today to watch the fire clowns. The kids love their skit. They ask a teacher if she will send 3 or 4 or her students down to help out during the program and they asked Bryson's teacher Mrs. Puckett this year to pick some kids from her class. She picked Bryson and 3 other kids to go down. He got to go down to the floor and they asked him his name in the microphone and he said,"Bryson Ray Yeager". They asked him where he went to school and he said,"Hilldale Lower Elementary." and they asked him what grade he was in and he said,"Kindergarten College." It was precious. That is what we call it at Hilldale, Kindergarten College. The kids love that. Then he got to show everyone what he would do if his clothes caught on fire. So, he stopped, dropped, and rolled for everyone. He did great! He is usually a little stand-offish if he is going to be the center of attention like that, but today he loved every minute of it. He saw me watching him in the stands and waved at me and started blowing me kisses. I am so proud of him. He is doing awesome in school. We want our Kindergarteners to leave us at the end of the year reading on a level 4. Bryson is reading on a level 8 or 9 right now. He is unbelieveable! He's such a sweet kid, a total blessing.

Madelyn's 1st real food

Not sure what to think about these sweet peas. She just kept it all over her face at first and kept looking at me with a very strange look on her face. She warmed up to it after a few tries though.
This would be what happened after she realized that she did like this stuff, and I wasn't getting it to her fast enough. She would smile when I gave her a bite, then immediately start to cry when I took the spoon out of her mouth to get her more. It was so funny to watch.
Once again, we aren't quite sure what just happened. We aren't even sure if we enjoyed it or not. As you can tell, we don't miss any meals at our house, so I am sure she will eventually take a liking to the sweet peas or whatever else comes to the table! Bryson even fed her a few bites tonight which was funny to watch. He really enjoys helping me out!

1st day of Kindergarten!

Well, we survived the first day back to school. It was a very hard day for me. Brian had to take Madelyn to the babysitter for me and then take Bryson to his first day of Kindergarten. All while I was being a Kindergarten teacher myself to 24 Kindergarteners all day all by myself!!! Yes, it was a very emotionally challenging day. Bryson loved school of course, Madelyn didn't even know I was gone apparently, and I survived my crazy and hectic day. I truly do love my job, but it is sooooo hard at the beginning of the year. You forget how little they know at the beginning and just how much you actually do teach them. I forget when I say line up at the door, they have no idea what I am talking about and I have to actually put them in line physically at first. It is amazing what all they learn in this one year of life! It is so much fun having Bryson down the hall from me everyday and we get to come to school together and leave together. He says that is his favorite part about Kindergarten. On the first day when we were on the playground I kept hearing someone yelling "Mom" over and over and I finally saw Bryson waving at me! I completely forgot that I am mom at school now too. Then he heard the other kids calling me Mrs. Yeager and so the next day he passed me in the hall and he said, "Hi Mrs. Yeager, how are you today?" I couldn't stop laughing, it just made my day. This is going to be a fun year.