First Days of School!

 Connor getting ready to go into school, for the first time, as a 2nd grader!

 Connor found his name under the tree!

 Connor and his teacher, Mrs. Campbell!

 Connor was placed next to a friend that he had in his class last year.

Rylie and her teacher, Miss Julie

 Rylie insisted I paint her nails before she went to preschool the first day.  She even chose the colors and in what order I put I painted her finger nails.

 Rylie getting ready to head to her first day of Preschool

At Rylie's first day of preschool, they made these cute mouse masks!

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School is back in session for Connor and Rylie.  Connor's first day of 2nd grade was on August 13, 2012.  It came really fast for us!!!  Connor was a bit nervous and not very enthusiastic about school starting again.  However, when the first day came he was VERY EXCITED and couldn't wait to go!  Connor's teacher is Mrs. Campbell!  We have really been impressed with her and Connor really enjoys her!  She's young, peppy, and VERY motivated and expects the kids to do their best at all times!  She is EXCELLENT at keeping the kids motivated to work hard and do their best!  Connor has improved so much since being in 1st grade!  I'm so happy with how it's going this year and his motivation!  He has especially been very excited about being able to read books on his own!  I hope he always has this same love!

This is Rylie's 2nd year in preschool!  She LOVES to go see Miss Julie, Miss Julie, and Grandma Smith!  She really missed them over the summer and couldn't wait for her turn to start school!  School started for her on August 21, 2012.  She goes on Tuesday's and Thursday's.  Aside from going to Watch Me Grow Preschool, she's also doing a specialty preschool program called UPSTART(http://www.utahupstart.org/).  I applied for her to get into this program a couple years ago.  Over the summer she was selected to be in the program.  Basically she is on the computer 35 minutes a day, 5 days a week.  They teach them about letter, what sounds they make, how to write both upper and lower case letters.  They also focus on reading, some science, some math, matching, rhyming, etc.  She has really enjoyed this.  I think she feels all grown up, sitting at the computer, doing her lessons.  She'll come to me and say, "Mom, it's time to do my school work!"  She is very proud of herself and loves to show me the letters, as she writes them.

I have LOVED watching my kids learn and grow so much!  It amazes me how fast they learn and the amount of things they learn!  I'm so very proud of them!  They are so smart and pick up on things so fast!  Corie loves to mimic them and try to act like they do, so I think she'll be the same way!  One of my favorite thing is watching them all sit on the couch, reading to each other!