Fall

Here's a peak into Fall at the Camp household

We started Ballet!

 Emalyn was so excited that she was finally old enough to take ballet.

Maddie got to stay and help the teachers for Emalyn's first class. 

Field Trip

Maddie's class had their first field trip to Percy Warner nature center. It would be a fun afternoon activity for anyone who hasn't been there. 

They are in the middle of a Hummingbird project - where they band the legs of the hummingbirds. It was so interesting to watch!

Maddie and one of her sweet new friends on the nature walk. 

Football Thursday and Fairytale Day

Emalyn's preschool has a day where everyone dresses up in their favorite team, and it happened to be on the same day as Maddie's fairytale dress up day.  

I can't imagine anything more fun in their world - getting to dress up for school!

And this is what we saw as we walked into St. Georges that morning.....

James Franklin's, the VU football coach, little girl goes to St. Georges. So he had the cheerleaders and the football players come for the morning. Of course, it freaked Emalyn out! 

I was hoping she would get in a picture with just the cheerleaders, but she was holding onto me for dear life. I picked her up that afternoon and asked her how her day was, and the first thing she said to me was I not like the pirate. I couldn't figure out what she was talking about. I asked her teacher and she started laughing and said most the children in her class were scared by the Commadore. :)

Birthday Parties

We celebrate Carrie's 3rd birthday - and Cinderella even made a special appearance!

My girls loved it!

We celebrated my grandmothers birthday.

They love helping blow out the candles. 

Dear Dads Breakfast

School starts one hour late so that all the dads can take their children out to breakfast. This was the sweet picture Mrs Holladay took as Chris walked her in. 

 JK Hoedown

Maddie's class had a hoe down for their fall party! I kept thinking as I went their all of their clothes for this fall I would find something she could wear with her jean skirt for the hoedown but no luck! So we had to get creative - I found this felt vest tutorial. It turned out really cute. 

And it turned out Macie got out of school half day that day, so she came to the Hoe Down with me. Maddie was so excited that Macie was coming to her school!

But Emalyn overheard me telling Maddie and was most upset that she would not get to see Macie too.  So I picked her up from school early and took her to lunch with Macie and me. 

Maddie last question to me that morning before she walked out the door was, "but I'll get more time with Macie, right?" :) They sure do love any time they get to spend with Macie. 

St Paul

Even though Maddie is in school less days this year, her days are longer (7:55-3:00). We have been so blessed by her sweet teacher this year - she emails pictures of what they are doing throughout the day. I love having her hop in the car and already knowing some of what she had done throughout the day. So here is some of pictures from her days as a Junior Kindergartener. 

Making teeth for "T" day

Ironing a grilled cheese for "I" day

Her 3rd grade buddy, Elizabeth.

Science Class - she loves the goggles!

 Acting out fairytales

She loves each and everyone day she spends there, and we start counting down the days on Friday until she goes back on Tuesday!

School

We got back from our beach trip, and St Paul started the next week! 

I realized as I was talking to a good friend from college this week that I had not blogged about our school decision. St. George's, the girls preschool, changed their hours for this year, and every child had to stay for the extended day Tuesday-Friday. It hit me about this time last year as Maddie had had afternoon after afternoon of meltdowns and falling asleep for the night at 5:30 that I did not want to have to go through that again this year if she would be adding another afternoon and full day at school. So I started searching for other options, but I had already missed the Kindergarten Admission panel & all of the schools open houses, & I did not know the first thing about what to expect! I emailed a friend and asked for her to be praying for an answer for next year. She had a son in Junior Kindergarten and sent me this video.

Junior Kindergarten at St. Paul Christian Academy from St. Paul Christian on Vimeo.

It brought tears to my eyes to have a school that would truly partner with us in educating our children. We literally had our tour the day before the applications were due, praying that the Lord would make it abundantly clear because I knew it would be really hard on all of us to move Maddie a year before all of her friends. We left confident that we wanted to go ahead and put in the application but knowing a lot had to fall into place in order for her to go this year. And He provided abundantly! We are so grateful to have the opportunity to send her to school that we are continually amazed by.

 Mrs. Holladay came to our house for a visit! All the Junior Kindergarten teachers go to each students house so the child can become comfortable with them in their own setting.

 

First day of school - loving the uniform!

 

Walking her in on her first day! 

She is in a class with 10 other little girls!

And two weeks later, Miss Em started school. She was less than pleased to go back, until I told her she would see Miss Anne Byrn (her teacher from last year) on the playground. She stopped mid-tear and said, "Wait a minute...Miss Anne Byrn? What about her sister?" Referring to Miss Michelle her other teacher from last year - I couldn't help but laugh! In her world any two girls together were sisters. :)

 

Emalyn's visit with her teachers - Mrs Philpot and Mrs Rutledge

 

Her first day of school. 

She has never been attached to any one comfort item, but since school has started back we cannot go anywhere without "lambie." Not going to lie, I am not thrilled about having to keep up with one more thing! But if it helps with our transition to school every morning, guess I'll have to get used to it!