Preschool

I started a joy-school type preschool with several other ladies in my ward. It started out at a visiting teaching appointment with my partner and one of our visiting teachees. Pretty soon, word spread like a wild fire. I've never felt so popular in my life. We ended up with 13 kids! So, once a week, each mom takes a turn teaching a one hour lesson/organizing activities, and another mom helps out. The first week, we had an open house/back to school night type thing at my house, and last week, Michael had his first day of preschool at another ladies house. He was really excited. 

 He was literally jumping for joy.

 He rang the doorbell,

but then he got a little shy, so I stayed with him for a few minutes until he was okay. It's pretty informal, and we don't have a specific curriculum--just trying to teach them the letters. I figure that he still has three years before kindergarten, but I wanted him to have some more interaction with other kids, and I REALLY need more interaction with other moms. 

Yesterday, we had our first field trip. We went to Evans Family Farm. They rode a "train", a hay ride, saw lots of animals, and played. It was a lot of fun. 

 This llama likes to give kisses! It was pretty funny!

 The Jumping pit. 

 Straw maze. Michael successfully completed this two times. 

 Hay ride through the pumpkin patch. We stopped and every kid got to pick their own pumpkin to take home!

And even though it was a little bit extra, I let Michael have his first pony ride:

 It's a little weird to me that farm stuff is so novel to Michael since I grew up in a farming community. Now I understand why my dad always had us take our city-dwelling cousins over to see the cows and the pigs.

I'm excited to see what else Preschool has in store for us!