Farewell Preschool

After seven years of having a child in preschool/daycare the day has come where they are moving on. I cannot believe Addison preparing for kindergarten. She has spent three years in preschool at three different schools. This of course was not the plan. The school she started in was located in La Jolla where we used to live. When we moved to Carmel Valley, Addison moved to Solana Beach Presbyterian Preschool. Although the school did have a lot of benefits to it, it was not the best fit for Addison. We decided for her last year of preschool she would move to Horizon Prep. We felt Horizon gave her more opportunities for growth and will give her the extra help to get her ready for kindergarten at our accelerated elementary school. 

During this last year, Addison has grown so much. She has matured beyond what I thought was possible for her. She enjoys Spanish class, music class, eating lunch at school (this is new) and then moving into a full day schedule. She spent about 5 and a half hours a day at school. This has been great for both of us.Her personality has come out in the last few months. She is quite the leader and enjoys on stage. Her enrichment teachers always give us great reviews on her behavior. Her Spanish teacher told us that Addison has a heart for the Lord. I truly feel Addison is ready to start kindergarten in a few months. If anyone is not ready, it's this Momma. SO proud of where our peanut is going in life. 

Field Trips

As most things in the girls lives, they both had field trips the same week. Addison's was first. It was to Helen Woodward. It is conveniently located right next store to the preschool. Addison always wants to visit the animals and knew her school would be going at some point during the year. The day of the field trip arrived and Addison was very excited. Her class walked over to the animal center. They were able to see a bunny, miniature horse and parrot. Addison enjoyed holding the parrot but the bunny was her favorite part. It was a cute introduction to what field trips will be like next year.

Alexa's field trip was the second day. I was chosen to join her class on the field trip. It started out as they usually do on the bus. Each parent was assigned 4 kids to keep track of. After a science lesson we were given full range of the museum. Keeping tabs on 4 kids who have 4 different ideas of where they should go was quite the challenge. Alexa and I enjoyed some time together but also with the group. At one point I could not find Alexa. She ended up finding a book and went behind an exhibit to read. After the museum we all ate lunch around the fountain. I am grateful I was able to go and that Alexa still enjoys me doing things with me.