School Days

In order to avoid any type of laboring yesterday, we took the kids on a field trip to see exactly how donuts are made. We are all about the educational experiences here at casa de phillips.

Phillips' children, meet Krispy Kreme Donuts.It was heaven on earth to Isaac, a true connoisseur of the donut

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This morning I loaded the children into the car and off we went towards.....PRESCHOOL!

Yes, Isaac is embarking on his second year of preschool (in a line of many years of preschool ahead since most likely he won't start Kindergarten until he is six due to his August birthday). He was all smiles this morning when I reminded him that today was indeed a school day, exclaiming "That is wonderful!" in regards to my decree.

After feeding kids, dressing kids, packing a lunch for brother and snacks for sister, and rounding up a loved stuffed animal to attend this first day of class (Everyone brings a "friend" from home...Ike was the chose animal from our house), off we went to preschool. Because it was Isaac's day, he chose the music for the morning ride...which was no music at all (We alternate who gets to choose the music each day as another measure to save my sanity. Evelyn always wants "Day" which means the Sesame Street soundtrack. I didn't realize until recently that such parenting tactics would have to be utilized so early on.) Rather we chatted about our surroundings and about what to expect at school.

Because it was the first morning, parents were invited to come inside the building to drop off kids as opposed to the normal car lane drop-off (which I love!). Isaac was a bit apprehensive at first due to the large number of parents milling about, but found his spot and immediately got to work on writing his name.

Here is our boy on his first day of his second year of preschool:

And here are some more....just because I *heart* my kid:

In case one was wondering, the backpack, lunchbox, and sippy cup are ALL Little Einsteins. You're Welcome, Disney Corp.

Lil Sister wanted her picture taken as well this morning.

In the classroom...not too eager for the photo-op with Mommy

In action...with someone's Barney looking on

THIS is what I had the joy of experiencing ALL THE WAY HOME. Yes, E. was not excited about being separated from her brother and voiced such an opinion loudly. Tobe asked if I videoed this (she was screaming "I-sik" repeatedly) to which I asked, "Who would want to ever watch such a spectacle?"

I most likely will get the joy of witnessing this drama two days a week from now until the end of May....

Although Isaac attended school last year, this year is really the first time for E. and me to be able to spend some quality time together two mornings a week (Last year was just one morning a week....and E. napped through the majority of that time).

In order to celebrate our "Girls Only" time, I took Evelyn for a nice lunch at a girly place. It was no Hickory Street Cafe in Abilene, Texas, but there was chicken salad, mini-muffins, and iced tea....all the requirements for a real Girl's Lunch. Evelyn was quite impressed with the fresh flowers on the table and I was happy there was carpeting rather than tile floor covered in soda and ketchup.

Isaac was all smiles when I picked him up, exclaiming that "Miss Ofelia was really nice" and "Ike was a good dog today." He then asked, "Can we pick something up for lunch on the way home?"

Uh, no, son because you just ate lunch at school.

It was a successful day, followed by a long nap, and a tasty snack.

A pretty good day for a three year old and his stuffed dog.