We're Having A Field Day Over Here

No, really - the boys' preschool had an actual Field Day. None of us knew what to expect, but what the hey, right? 

We signed up to help at one of the stations and were assigned to the sack races.  I can't remember the last time I stepped into a pillowcase and hopped around like a fool, but I managed to make it all the way to the orange cone (where I then flailed dramatically and swanned to the ground). See Ryan in the background, pretending not to know me?

Our children both promptly decided that they were in bad moods, that they didn't want to play any of the games or participate in activities and HOWDAREYOUWOMAN suggest that they eat a slice of watermelon?

So we ignored them and cheered on the other sack racers. Jack in the background here, pouting heavily.

The children became a little more civilized after eating lunch (hot dogs, pasta salads, rice balls with nori - you know, the usual). In a rare showing of bravado and joining-in, Ryan decide to leap into the pile of kids brazenly ignoring the "4 Kids at a Time" sign on the bouncy castle (with a group of dads standing five feet away, brazenly ignoring the pile of kids).

Miss Ruth, Jack's teacher, wisely realized the impending emergency room visit and put the hammer down.

The bubble station was also popular with our kids, and they stayed there the rest of the morning.

Jack's partner-in-crime-and-adorableness is Fritz. They discovered that bubble solution is just soap, and when you pretend to wash your hands, you can get a good lather going.

It took me a minute to realize they were also singing the ABC song while they lathered, so I didn't get the first part of the song, and then my memory card was full, but here's a crazy cute 13 seconds.

Let The Sun Shine In

Today is Jack's first day in the Sunlight room, the next step up in the preschool for kids 2 1/2 to 3 1/2. I'm not great at remembering to take "milestone" pictures but I did grab my iPod as we got out of the car.  The photos aren't great, but you get the idea!

Ryan's milestone today was putting his shoes on the correct feet - but his shirt is on backwards.

  The trees leafed out nicely, so of course the first thing the boys wanted to do was to rip leaves off...

 ..."I got it for you, Mama!"

 What a card.

 Washing hands in Ryan's classroom...

 ... then giving Jack a "have fun in your new classroom" hug.

In the classroom we had to find Jack's new cubby and swap out all the fleeces and long-sleeved shirts for shorts and more pairs of unders - because OHBYTHEWAY, Jack is fully potty-trained. No more diapers for us (except at night, but he's dry 80% of the time then too and we're just using up our stash)!

Here's Miss Ruth, the Garden Room teacher who transitioned with them, and Fritz, who Jack claims his is best friend and, obviously, partner-in-silliness.

 I imagine these two produce lots of shenanigans throughout the day!

The only thing I'm sad about is the end of the daily note coming home - Ruth wrote such great descriptions of their activities and Jack's contributions that I really felt like I had been there all day (without the responsibility of wiping noses, bottoms, or cleaning up after meals).