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"Other things may change us, but we start and end with family" Anthony Brandt

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

CAIDEN'S MEMORIES OF PRE-K


With Caiden being my 1st child, I struggled and struggled whether to send him to pre-school ir not. I choose to stay home with my children, and I wanted to be the ONE to teach him everything. When the time came for me to make a decision, i was so OVER WHELMED at whether he should go or not. I have heard some people say that they have plenty of time for school, keep them home as long as you can, and yes, I DID want him home with me. I lost sleep over this, he was my baby, and i was worried about how he would in that type of environment at such a young age. Jerry's mother had talked to me about several times, and she highly recommended it. Jerry and I talked about this soo many times, and he was just as scared as I was. These were are concerns: You would help him walked to the classroom, (I did everyday when he started school), who would help him open his milk at lunch, he is just a little boy, who would protect him when another child hurt his feelings and said something ugly to him, what if someone said or did something that Caiden was not allowed to say or do, and most of all, Who would take care of him in general. I was so worried about sending him out into such a unsafe world, I wanted to shelter him from all the bad out there. Jerry and I prayed several times, and the Lord finally gave us peace about sending him, he was going to school. The night before his first day, I didn't sleep at all. I kept getting up, looking at his supplies I had laid out , his cute little uniform that I so took great time and preparation on shopping for, and I mainly watched him sleep! I was thinking my sweet little boy, will not be home with me any more all day, I was devastated and sick at my stomach, this was going to really take a toll on me. WELL, the day came and we all, Jerry, me, and Bailee and fixed Caiden a good breakfast, got dressed, and headed to school, While riding in the car, Jerry and I talked to Caiden. We told him that this was going to be fun, and always remember to be courteous and use good manners, and TELL the teacher if anybody hurts you. Everything went great, we met his teacher, and Mimi was there to make he was ALWAYS taken care of . She was a teacher there and Caiden being her 1st grandchild to ever go to preschool I KNEW she was going to take care of him good. Caiden made a lot of friends in Pre-K and some have even gone to school with him at his school now. I know I made the right decision on sending him. I sent him not to learn academically, but for the socialization... Caiden is a bright gifted child now. He is very outgoing and social and makes friends easy. I truly feel that if I would have not sent him, He would not be the way he is now. Pre-K opened up opportunities for him that I don't think I could have given him. It's not for every child, but it was for my Caiden. So I am all for pre-school, Caiden would not be the great student today is it was not for Pre-K and his WONDERFUL teachers.. For they were the very 1st to teach my child what I thought I couldn't. Thanks Pre-K



Class Schedule
Supply List
His classmates





His art projects


Field Trips






















Anna Moo- She loved Caiden!












Recess!









Eating Our 1st Lunch With Caiden





Caiden's handprint


Sports day.. this teacher and Caiden were dressed a like THE SAINTS..they didn't plan this!






Caiden Loves the Saints...STILL



















Fall Festival








Making cookies for the next day.. he was the leader for the day!







Caiden LOVED Pre-K, I was glad he got to expreince it!!













Monday, August 18, 2008

OUR FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL


Caiden and Bailee had a great 1st day of school! They were so pumped up about seeing ALL their friends! As soon as we walked through the door, we saw one of Caiden's baseball buddies, Trey and he said.."Caiden, we are in the same class!!!" Matter of fact, most of the All-Star team is in Caiden's class!! Yes, Caiden as ALL his friends in his class!! I don't know who was MORE excited, me or him! They are even sitting all at the same table in the classroom! What is REALLY funny is that they had the same backpack, shoes, and the same types of binders. His friends in his class are Bo, Tanner Jolley, Trey Mulhern, Chander Bush,and Jacob Mitchum. It was so cute watching them talk about stuff and they were up and down the hall finding other boys. As I have said before, my kids don't want to sit around and watch me fill out papers. Caiden's teacher is Mrs. Thomas, she is GREAT! She goes to our church! Bailee wasn't so lucky, bless our heart, but she got at least 2 friends in her class, and she was happy! I love Bailee, she doesn't have to have a lot of friends, she does better mainly by her self. She would rather play alone in her room with barbies. She has an wonderful imagination and is happy with being herself by herself. She did find most of her friends and she hung out with them. All in All she is HAPPY! Her teacher is Mrs. Tanner and she is so pretty and sweet! I am excited about this school year. I am not working and planned to be at the school A LOT this year. I will be doing Room Mother and eating lunch with the kids, attending their award ceremonies , going on field trips, and what ever I can do. I want to be there for anything my kids do at school. I am glad that I held off on home school. I cannot bring my self to take them out of the school environment. Caiden and Bailee are very active and social children and it scares me to take that enviroment away from them. But they do want to be homeschooled just not right now. I think that I am going to hold off home school till Junior high, for I don't want them in school in that type of enviroment!

Caiden's 5th teacher: Mrs. Thomas


Caiden's Pre-K teacher: Mrs. Vaughn


Bailee's 4th grade teacher: Mrs.Tanner


Bailee's Pre-K teacher: Mrs.Vaughn


Roaming the halls seeing what everyones summer was like
Jacob, Caiden, Bo
Caiden and Trey
Bailee and her friend were happy to see each other!




Bailee has really taken an interest in self-pride. She loves to make her self presentable to others. She is ALWAYS getting into my lipstick, BUT ONLY light colors PLEASE. You are only nine, don't try to grow up too quick!

Breakfast time!






A mother and her children...I was on the brink of tears.. gotta be strong for them, this was a very exciting time for them, I was not about to ruin thier day, that would be selfish of me
Caiden and Bailee
Caiden 1st day of 5th grade
Caiden 1st day of Pre-K
Bailee 1st day of Pre-K








Bailee 1st day of 4th grade






















BACK TO SCHOOL PARTY....CONTINUED

YES!!! I have COMPLETE satisfaction on our back to school party!! As I promised, I took the kids swimming at Kay Kay's house!! I was NOT about to let the recent rain spoil our fun.. I was DETERMINED to fill my obligation to these kids!!! We lost one kid, Luke, BUT we gained 2, Bailee's girlfriends!!! They all went to school for our usual 1st day, BUT they were so EXCITED about the rest of the day!! I feel sooo good about our party! I feel that I made ALL their anticipated FUN come true. We all piled up in my car and headed to my mom's house. She has such a GREAT pool, and the kids love to come there..she even promised to have a sleep-over and MORE SWIMMING!! She is planning for a picnic too! That's were me and my mom are alike.. we LOVE to plan parties!! The kids played with water guns and even played some football. I feel soo COMPLETE on our party,, I'm just sad that summer is over.. BUT as all you know.. summer does not end till at least November.. so I'm sure we will end up over at Kay Kay's again!!!



Caiden and Bo..remember... THEY ARE ALWAYS TOGETHER!!
Caiden LOVES football!
YOU ARE UNDER ARREST DUDE!!

I GIVE UP!


We had left over cake.. and it was still soo good!
Bo




Caiden




Can you believe they are twins?!


They has soo much fun with the water guns!
Even the girls joined in
Caiden thought he was 007!

The girls



Shower time!


Of course Caiden had to hog it!
Hunter was letting Caiden know that he WAS NOT showering with him!

Caiden catches the football


Bo catches the football
Hunter tried to catch the football, he has GREAT speed!
Freeze Dance




Bo





Caiden




Hunter