Christmas Sing

Kate has been practicing her Christmas songs for months now.  And today her day to shine finally arrived; it was the Covenant United Methodist Preschool's Annual Christmas Sing.   Kate was beside herself with excitment.  She practically skipped down the center aisle to her front row stage seat.   (Notice the orange heart sticker on her sweater; that is her self-appointed good luck charm for the day.)

 This shot is so blurry, I almost didn't even include it.  However, you can still see her about to burst she is so excited!

 And well now, 8 songs in, she's not so trilled anymore.  Is it time for cookies yet?

Gingerbread Houses

Who knew that making a gingerbread house could be so easy?   Kate's class made miniature gingerbread houses today, and Mommy was required to go as Kate's sous chef (a role Kate usually plays for me).   Kate did a great job putting together her house.  She was so creative and so attentive to the details that she wanted to place on her masterpiece.  It was a fun way to start off the morning.  Now if only the candy would last on the house until Christmas...

Turtle Time!

 Kate's preschool class is called Turtles Class.  And anyone that knows us, knows how excited that made Kate and Josh!   And if you've been following the blog or Josh's facebook page, you probably know about all the baby turtles that hatched in our backyard this summer.  Well, Josh thought it would be fun to take the baby turtles into school for Kate's class to play with.  Mrs. Russo said it was the highlight of her week, and I think it was the highlight of Josh's week too.   I have to admit the tiny little guys have even captured my heart.  I look forward to checking in on them each day.

Another fun activity this month in pre-school was Donuts for Dad Day.  Unfortunately, Josh was away at a business conference, so his missed the sugar high.  However, Papa Gallagher stepped in and escorted Kate to her special day.  I don't know what the teachers were thinking giving all these four year olds huge sugar glazed donuts.  I can only imagine the after effects.  Glad I wasn't a room mom that day!  It did make for a special memory with Papa. 

Kate's First Day of Pre-school

About 11:00 a.m. this morning, in a small classroom filled with four year olds and their parents, I looked at Josh and said, "Wow!  This moment is a milestone for us."  Kate was sitting in her first classroom. And we had entered into a new stage of parenthood.  Can she really be in school already?

Kate was dressed and ready to go to meet her teacher, Mrs. Russo, within minutes of waking up this morning.   Her excitement was uncontainable - classic Kate.

She'll always be Daddy's Little Girl - no matter how old she gets!

We all thought it was pretty special that Kate was assigned to the Turtle classroom.  How appropriate for our turtle-loving family.