Our First Graduation

We began the first of many graduations in our family today with Lillian's preschool graduation.  This is so bittersweet!  Lillian began Harmony Hill Preschool when she was 20 months old, 3 days a week.  She has loved going there every single day she attended!  She has had some awesome teachers and made so many great friends as well as me making friends with their moms and teachers!  I can not believe that this is coming to an end and we will actually be in the state school system this fall!  Lillian is so excited about Kindergarten, but I know she will miss the friends she had at Harmony Hill!  Congratulations to our little graduate!

Lillian and Henry, her friend since she was 20 months old

Class of 2025

The girl buddies: Lillian, Luci, and Quinn...also friends since 20 months!

 

School Easter Parties

The kids were super excited about their school Easter parties today and egg hunts! I made it towards the end and got a few pictures of them with their classmates.

Andrew with his awesome teacher, Mrs. Karen

Lillian with her best buddy, Ammu

Another buddy of Lillian's, Makenna

Class Pictures

The kids started back to preschool today! I got their class pictures back so I wanted to share.

Preschool Christmas Parties

The kids had some great holiday parties at school today! To put it how Lillian did,"Mom, this was the best party ever at school today!" ha ha!

I recorded both kids singing with their classes and I'll share those videos in seperate posts once they are uploaded.

They also had lots of goodies, exchanged books with classmates as a gift, and made some cute crafts. I'll have to share some pictures of the crafts too! I was lucky enough to have Brandon home this morning as well, so he watched Marjorie so I could be a little more free to enjoy the kids' parties.

Thanksgiving Parties

The kids had some great Thanksgiving feasts at preschool! They were so excited to go to school today and show me their placemats and crafts that they made. They also enjoyed some yummy food! Lillian's class sang a few Thanksgiving songs as well before they ate their feasts and I posted that before this. Here are some pictures of the kids at their parties.

Thanksgiving Songs

Lillian's preschool class

Halloween Festivities Begin

My older kids were so excited about today! At their preschool, Harmony Hill, they had their Halloween parties and costume parades. It was so cute to see all the kids in their costumes! It is always a fun occasion. Then they got set for a sugar high in their classrooms for their parties. Here are some pictures of the kids at school today.

Lillian wanted a picture with Marjorie, so I had to be in it!

Andrew and Mrs. Karen's class

Lillian and her buddy, Quinn as Madonna

Lillian and Mrs. Deslyn's class

Andrew enjoying his cookie at his party

First Day of Preschool 2011

The kids were so excited to start back to preschool this morning! We went to see their new classrooms and meet the teachers last Wednesday evening and ever since then, they have been asking when they would be going back! They love Harmony Hill Preschool and missed it during the August break. Andrew has Mrs. Karen. She was Lillian's teacher over the summer and she really enjoyed her. I think he is going to do great. And Lillian is in pre-K! I can't believe this is her last year until she starts Kindergarten! Where does time go?! I know she is very excited about this school year and learning so many more things! Here are the kids this morning before we left for school.

The End of Another Year at HHP

My kids finished up their preschool year at Harmony Hill Preschool today. It is always bittersweet. It is exciting to see how much they have grown and changed, but also so sad to see them growing up and moving on to the older kid classrooms. Both kids really loved their teachers this school year and it was sad to leave them for the last time today. We really have been lucky to have such great ladies in their lives.

Andrew with Mrs. Char

Lillian with Mrs. Jill

For the last day of school, they had a carnival theme and had booths set up in each classroom and they all rotated to do the fun activities. I got to see a few of them.

The kids will start summer school June 6th, but with new teachers. We sure will miss the fun they had this school year, but look forward to all the fun days to come!

Valentine's Day Parties

I was so happy when it turned out we didn't have any rain yesterday afternoon or last night! I was worried we would have ice and therefore wouldn't have preschool since they cancel if Round Rock has a 2 hour delay. The kids, especially Lillian, have been so excited about having their Valentine's day parties. We addressed their Valentine cards on Tuesday afternoon and they have been carrying around the extra ones since them like prizes!

Andrew also had a pajama party/teddy bear picnic. It was supposed to be last week, but school was cancelled last Thursday due to the snowy weather. So they had double the fun today.

Here are some pictures of both kids in their parties. I bounced back and forth between the two to see the festivities.

Class Pictures

We just got the kids' class pictures back for preschool so thought I would share:










Here is Mrs. Char's class with Andrew...cute!













Then we have Mrs. Tina's class and yes, Lillian is just smiling up at the teacher...ha ha

Preschool Christmas

The kids had their Christmas parties at school today. Andrew enjoyed the yummy food...I think he ate all the grapes in the whole party tray for the class! Then openned up his book exchange present and his gift from his teacher. He was very excited to come home and show his daddy all his goodies!

Lillian's class exchanged books first and then went outside to hit a pinata! Each student had their turn hitting it. Her teacher waited for Lillian and a boy named Isaac to go last since she knew they would hit the hardest. It was cute to watch. The first 5 kids hit the pinata, but nothing happened, but when Lillian and Isaac got their turns, there were finally dents and the pinata was swinging around from the branch of the tree. Then finally, Lillian's teacher's assistant hit it open for them to collect the goodies.

Both kids had a great time and I know will miss preschool until it starts back in January!

Our Star Student

A few weeks ago, Lillian was the "Star Student" for her class at school. You should have seen how excited she was to share her pictures with the class and see them on her classroom wall! She came out with a huge smile when I picked her up showing me her sticker and certificate. This is actually a title that all students get to be at least once during the school year, but it sure made Lillian feel special. She said, "I want to be Star Student again next time!" Oh, goodness....well she definitely enjoyed it. Here she is showing off her certificate when we got home.