School's out for the summer....

Well, for Hailey that is!  Wednesday May 11th, 2011 marks the end of Hailey's first year in school (preschool that is).  What a year it has been.  She started off the year clinging to Daddy every class day, not wanting to play with anyone, and not really sticking up for herself...to... still not wanting others in her space too much, but enjoyed playing side-by-side with some of  her friends, not needing Daddy there every day, and learning how to use her words to tell her friends that she didn't want them doing something..  She LOVED her teacher, and is excited that she will have Teacher Cat again next year!

I took Wednesday off of work so that I was able to go to school with Hailey for her last day.  What a fun day it was (although it appeared to be a full moon in the room because of some off-behavior of some kids, lol)  I witnessed Hailey getting messy with the paints (butterflies) and dauber "art".  She got her last job of the year-bell ringer (which signals the whole class it's time to clean up...I think this might just be one of her favorite jobs).  I sat in on circle time at the beginning of school for story time, and then at the end for music time, where we sang 2 of Hailey's favorites: the Doughnut Song, and I Wanna Be A Dog (which I got a short video of). During circle time I was able to see just how compassionate Hailey really is (I knew this already, but it was nice to see outside of home).  One of Hailey's friends wasn't coming to circle time for music (which I guess isn't unusual for him).  Her teacher had given the boy a warning that if he didn't come to circle, that he wouldn't get a chance to pick a "doughnut" (foamy circle for the song) or wouldn't get to do the doggy song.  Multiple parents had attempted to get this boy to join circle time to no avail. At that point, Hailey looked at me and asked if she could go and ask him to come with her (which was HUGE since this is a boy that is usually in her face, so she doesn't like to do much with him).  She proceeded to go over and ask...twice, "wouldn't you like to come to circle with me??"  He ignored her and kept playing, so she returned informing me that "apparently, he just doesn't want to come today!" LOL  What a sweet girl I have :-)

I can't believe my little girl has already completed a year of school...only 15+more to go, lol
Enjoy some of the pictures from her last day!

Ready to go to school-Last day 5/11/11

doing the butterfly art project

dauber art with Hailey, Grace, and Leah

ringing the clean-up bell

with her foam tail, for the Dog Song in music class

Oh, I Wanna Be A Dog....

Puzzle time with her friend Cole

Heading to the car..preschool is over!

"I'm on Summer vacation!"

Sound quality, etc. may not be great on this video...but the kids sure are cute being dogs...and YES, that is my child howling the loudest at the end (and not at the right time, too! lol)

Day off-Part 2:
Obviously, Hailey's school didn't last the whole day. So...the rest of the day was spent driving to Seattle with my friend Stacy to visit our other friend Jenny and her newborn baby, Heidi. What a fun afternoon it was, too! It was great to relax and talk, and not have to worry about who was getting write-ups, who cut who in line, etc. And Baby Heidi...well, she is such a good little baby-she slept most of the time too!! Oh to hold a newborn again, just took me back-part of me really misses that stage, but the preschooler age is pretty fun too! I got a couple of pictures-though they weren't the best of angles or anything (my pictures just don't do Heidi any justice at all!)..but I know Stacy and Jenny both got pictures too. Since it was starting to get close to dinner time, we decided we should probably head home and trudge through the traffic...but I can't wait to go back and visit again!! :-)

Baby Heidi and her mommy, Jenny