Halloween part one

Halloween was so much fun!

Abi wanted to be the My Little Pony Twilight Sparkle. But she wanted to be the humanized version of her from the recent Equestria Girls movie.

I had to make the costume so we took some time planning it out.

We bought her an adult Twilight Sparkle wig on Amazon and the shirt from Kid to Kid.

I made the little ribbon thing she wore around her neck, the skirt and the leg warmer things that she wore over her boots.

We were really excited about how it all turned out.

Maddy wanted to be Tinkerbell but then my sister offered up their Christmas Belle costume and we jumped on that. 

She looked so pretty in it!

Maddy and I went up to Abi's school for the Halloween parade.

It was fun to see Abi and my niece Mckenna (she works at the school for part of her school day).

Maddy hanging out waiting for the parade to start...

There is McKenna in white. She wore my wedding dress this year.

You can see Abi toward the bottom in the middle... just look for purple hair.

After the parade through the gym, Maddy and I went over by Abi's class to wait for her to be done so I could get something from her teacher. 

Maddy and the school mascot...

There is Abi again!

McKenna and Maddy...

October Preschool Board

This October we have been doing the 13 days of Halloween preschool theme.

Here are three of the weeks from October. 

It was such a fun month!

Wheeler Farm

In September one of our Preschool themes was Farms and Farm Animals. So at the end of the week we went on a field trip to Wheeler Farm.

It is a free farm so that was nice. We just wandered around and looked at all the animals.

First day of preschool

A couple of weeks ago I started preschool with Maddy. 

I won't be posting pictures of everything we do this year because I am not teaching other children. But occasionally I will post things that we do.

This was the morning before starting school. She was very excited.

After breakfast she got dressed and I tried to get a first day photo... but she was having too much fun making goofy faces and moving around so the pictures would be blurry. As usual.

I think they are all pretty cute though. Here are some of the attempts.

This one is actually cuter than I thought when I was taking it. It is a little blurry but that doesn't show up as much as I thought it would.

This was the one I finally used as the official first day photo.

We did a little test to see what she could do and she thought it was fun hopping around and stacking blocks.

One of my new favorite activities is using these number and letter patterns.

After a lot of hard work she went outside for recess.

First day of Second Grade

Abi started school on the 20th of August. It came way too soon. 

I was kind of sad because it was a very different first week of school than it normally is because I went to Education Week at BYU and it just happened to be the same week.

Monday I went to a few classes but had to hurry home for the open house at her school at 2:30. I was a little sad that it was so early because I had to miss a few classes... but I wanted to be there for her. 

She was having a rough time leading up to school starting. She was crying at night because she didn't want to go back to school.

I was seriously considering starting homeschooling but Doug wanted me to wait another year to see how it went.

After the open house we got dinner out and then the girls had baths and the traditional fathers blessing. She was nervous and unsure and decided to hide under all her stuffed animals.

On the 20th I didn't go to my first two classes so that I could see her off. I was really torn about not being there when she got home from her first day though!

Here she is: 

First day of Second Grade

A bunch of the teachers were lined up outside the front door yelling and cheering with balloons and a school mascot (hawk). It was really cool and I think it made the kids feel really special.

Abi's teacher from last year was there and yelled her name which was cool.

Abi had a hard time last year but not from her teacher. Her teacher was very sweet and kind and Abi loved her.

The Gypsy Moth

Last Thursday Abi's class had a special program. They all had an insect assigned to them that they got to tell us about, they did a song, and then they did a dance.

Abi was a gypsy moth...

Maddy loved being able to go to the school and get up and dance with Abi.

This is probably my favorite picture of the girls ever... look at the way Maddy is looking at Abi!

Abi's teacher Mrs. Jensen is in the back in red. The woman next to Abi is their student teacher (her last day was Friday).

Maddy's favorite part of the day was getting to eat lunch at Abi's desk with her.

Fall Festival

Abi's school recently had the Family Fall Festival. We had a lot of fun there last year so we were excited to go again and to finally have our first Halloween activity. Abi got to wear her costume for the first time! She is very into My Little Pony and her favorite one is Rarity- the fancy fashion designer who is generous. They don't make costumes of Rarity so I knew I would have to make it. I didn't want the costume to turn into a unicorn like last years last minute one so we started planning.

I bought a white hoodie/ sweatpants set from Hanes and added felt ears, a felt horn, a felt cutie mark on the pants ( the 3 diamonds) and then a mane and tail of two shades of purple yarn. 

here she is before going in...

back view...

Our scarecrow and Unicorn

First we got to trick or treat around the school to all the teachers....

Abi was pretty excited to trick or treat from her teachers. Mrs. Jensen is on the right and Miss Aubrey on the left.

Then they did some crafts and played some games. After that they were ready to leave. It was a lot of fun!