What Oly Wore To The Park Yesterday

Yep, There Is Definitely Someone In There

20 Weeks.  Halfway there.

2012 School Pictures

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Up top on the right click Galleries

Then click Clients

Click The School In Rose Valley

Click 2012 Portraits

PASSWORD: SRV2012

Either Color or Black and White (the pictures are the same in each)

And finally, Pre-school, Molly and Carol's Class

Super Fun Fair Day

Like last year, we went to the Okehocking Preserve's Fall Fest.  It was rescheduled due to a rain delay, so there were no pony rides, but there was......

FroYo:

And face painting!

Tragically unphotographed was petting goats, snakes, bearded dragons, chickens and rabbits.

She made a crown at a craft table, and practiced making corn meal with a giant rock:

Then Ruthie showed up too and we had a whole herd of butterflies:

"Mom, I'm just takin' a bweak."

She conked out before we were out of the driveway.  (She took the butterfly paint off with a baby wipe once we got in the car.)

Preschool Classroom

Here's a picture my friend Ana Liza sent me: a corner that comprises about 1/4 of the classroom, Oly and I doing some playdough to warm up to the morning.  The woman in the purple shirt is her head teacher Molly, and the woman with the glasses is the co-teacher Carol.  The woman in the blue dress sitting across from us is Kim, who was a preschool teacher for many years before becoming the admissions coordinator for the school.  Oly knows her well and she's been key in helping her feel better about starting her day.  I think Kim really misses the preschool kids, but I imagine she enjoyes going back to her quiet office and drinking coffee too.

What We've Been Up To

Took Oly out to a nice restaurant and even with great books and fizzy juice she was completely horrible. 

Here she is about to go to her first morning of 5-day preschool!  Much differently than last year, she's not so sure about it.  Once she gets there and warms up she has a great time but she feels 'nerbus' about it a lot.  

We went together to the aquarium and had a BLAST.  Except for the tank full of Rays.  They were cute, and you could pet them, but as you can sort of see from above Oly's head in the photo below- the huge ones kept trying to get out and pet US.  Their friendliness made us feel a little uneasy. 

This picture reminds me of another one from when she was little, but I can't find it on the blog and I'm car sick from scrolling.

Unimpressed Waxy Monky Frog is unimpressed.

Not a real penguin:

If Oly puts up a sign saying that it's Mothers Day, then it's Mothers Day. 

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