The Smell of #2 Pencils...or Play-Do

I rejoice with moms the world-around that school has started! 

Owen started his 4th year, Rebecca her 2nd, and Maggie her 1st year at our little preschool. Here they all are on the first day that all of them went.

Their school days are short (only 3 hours) but we are there every day - Owen goes 4 days a week, Rebecca goes 3 and Maggie goes 1 but they don't all overlap so we're there 5 days a week. Sounds less than ideal but actually it's working out really well because I have 1 day where they're all there, 1 day w/ just Owen and Maggie and 2 days with just Rebecca and Maggie. It's amazing how much more we can get done (both productive and fun stuff) with 2 vs. 3 kids! And it's nice to have some time with the both Owen and Rebecca without the other.

Here are the girls having a little play-do time on one of Owen's school days.

 Yes - our play-do looks like pooh because all the colors got mushed together long-ago. And yes, Maggie likes to eat it even though it looks like pooh. Her sweet teacher has a lot of patience! Our goals for the month are 1) reinforcing that play-do is not for eating, and 2) teaching that shoes need to stay on our feet! 

In other news...the foundation for our house is being poured RIGHT NOW! I'll have pictures very soon...