The Williams Five: Smorgasboard

Behind AGAIN?????

Yep, that's right. I am behind again. This post almost catches me up, but not quite. So hopefully you can expect another post tomorrow. If the heat doesn't kill me first! Hope you enjoy what has been going on here in our lives.

Field Trip to Pioneer Park

Collin's class was studying pioneer's and they went on a field trip to Pioneer Park. For those of you not familiar, Pioneer Park is a park right here in Ferndale that consists of a several original cabins and houses, even a church and a school from when Ferndale was first established. The kids were able to see what life was like back then and were even able to participate in a traditional school using feathers for pens, chopping wood for chores, making candles and mailing letters. It was a pretty fun day that I was able to participate in. This was the first field trip of Collin's I've been able to go on and was super excited to get to go.

Mother's Day Tea

The week of Mother's Day the preschool had a special Mother's Day Tea for all of us. The kids had worked so hard on some songs to sing and they did a great job. The tables were beautifully set with flowers, pretty glass tea and plate sets. We had fruit and muffins along with tea for the moms and apple juice for the kids. Brian had made a quilt square out of a picture that he drew for me. It was even coordinating with his class color. One of the moms was nice enough to work with each one of the kids in each preschool class (72 in all) to work on these quilts. They were very nice! The wrapping had Brian's hand prints on it in paint. It was a great afternoon.

Fun in the Sun

Allison's first experience with the sprinkler. She had been watching Brian play and wanted so bad to get in on the fun. So we put her in her bathing suit and brought her out. When the water hit her she took off running and crying. Once we turned the water down she did much better though. I was also able to find a scooter for her at a garage sale and she has had tons of fun riding on it.

Brian's Last Day of Preschool (sob)

Last Thursday was Brian's very last day of preschool. It was a very sad occasion. I had to keep reminding him that he would be in Kindergarten next year and then he was fine, I on the other hand did not do so well. It was very difficult to leave that last day. It was a great year though. Christ Lutheran Christian Preschool was such a great experience for Brian. They went on field trips, had Daddy night where they carved pumpkins, had a Mother's Day tea, they made a scrapbook of the year for each one of the kids, they had concerts. It really was a great place and I look forward to Allison going in a few years too!

Checking his cubby for the LAST time.

Brian and his teacher, Mrs. Johnson.

Playing on the playground for the LAST time.

This was always Allison's highlight of the day...getting to play on the playground when we went to pick up Brian. Fun times, she never wanted to leave!