under the magnolia tree

George's preschool is a co-op so I get a lot of chances to volunteer in his classroom.  On this particular day we were celebrating Georgie's birthday and George was off of work so we all got to go to school with him.  This was the first time ever that George saw his preschool.  He really enjoyed it!

George does his Show and Share bag.  Being the day after his birthday it was filled with mostly shark stuff and the bug vacuum.

 We brought in a birthday treat.  I made carrot cake sandwich cookies with shark fins on top.

George has grown to love his school.  The first semester was a bit rough with a lot of tearful good byes.  Now he cheerfully marches up to school, gives me our secret handshake/hug/kiss goodbye, and goes right into his class.  I was worried about him going to Magnolia's school next year for the pre-kindergarten program but I think he'll do just fine!

Star of the Week

 Magnolia waited all year to be Star of the Week.  She got to do a show and tell every day.  Some of her items included a real deer antler and pink luggage tag with her picture in it that we put on our suitcase when we went to China.  The kids are allowed to ask questions about the item she was showing and that one stumped her.  There were a lot of questions she didn't know the answers to.  So, on Friday when we all came in, we answered lots of questions about her adoption which I think was wonderful.  :)

 She also had a poster all about herself that we worked on before her star of the week started.  We filled it with pictures and she did most of the writing.  Nani had just arrived from St. Louis and joined us in visiting on Friday.  Magnolia asked Nani to help her explain her poster to her class.

She wore a Star of the Week pin all week long and was very proud of it.  George came on Thursday to take her out to lunch.  And on Friday she proudly declared that her outfit was perfect for that day...lots of yellow.   It had certainly been a cheerful week for her!