Bed Time

Tonight went as follows. 
9:00-ish - Alyssa in pajammies, Tim reads her bedtime story.
9:15-ish - drink of water
9:30-ish - "nightmare"
9:45-ish - potty
9:50-ish - STILL washing her hands.  I let her know she has 5 seconds to be back in bed before I put her on the porch for one of the deer to take her back in the forest for a sleepover.
10:00-ish - "MOOOOOOOM I have some to TELL you NOW!  I have an owie. See it?"  Um.  No.
10:15-ish - her leg hurts (while dancing in to the family room)
10:30-ish - Alyssa - I just need to sleep somewhere else.  Like your bed.
                  Me - Well sweetie, good luck with that.  Go take a look and let me know where you're going to sleep at.
                  Alyssa - Ok!

My bed around 10:30

Alyssa at 10:45.  Good thing she's tiny.

Field Trip to the "Chapel"

Alyssa's preschool class took a field trip to the state capitol building last month.  She kept saying they were going to the "chapel."  Such a funny girl.

 

Her teacher printed off a bingo card that had pictures of things inside the rotunda.  The kids had to find the different items and mark them off.  

Alyssa, Isabel and Torrey.  Such cute little girlies.

First Day of Preschool 2010

As you can see, Alyssa has made the first day of school picture posing a tradition. 

 At least until she feels I have taken enough pictures.  Then she's done.

Being that we recently relocated, she is in Miss Alby's preschool this year and is loving it.  She has two little friends she talks about, Torrey and Isabella.  Then of course the boy who chews on scissors... not quite sure about that. 

So far, so good.  It's a little weird for me not calling her teacher 5-6 times a week and getting the preschool recap like I did last year.  (Thanks Kaarina!)  So I'm left with Alyssa's rendition of the day's events.  While entertaining, sometimes details are left out (or added) that leave me wondering.... 

And while she spends two hours a day, three days a week at school, it's left me with some lovely me time.  I get a lot of errands done, and have been able to work on some projects.  But it's not so much time that I'm left feeling lonely.  It's gearing me up for kindergarten next year I suppose.