After school today we took a trip to Eve’s future Pre-K to drop off her enrollment paperwork. I was going to just mail it, but a few days ago she said she didn’t remember the school or the teacher, despite the fact that we went there darn near every day for a year bringing Lex to Pre-K. She insisted she had no recollection. I told her we could drive the paperwork over and when Lex heard that he said he wanted to come too! So this afternoon I picked Lex up from school and we took a field trip to the other school :) The timing worked out perfectly and we got there just as afternoon Pre-K was ending. His teacher saw us walk in and she got so excited! She gave him a big hug and asked us to come to the classroom for a visit. Of course! Eve didn’t seem to recognize her or know where the classroom was, so perhaps she really didn’t remember. Lex knew exactly what was going on though. It was so nice to chat with her and she was so happy to see both of the kids!

When he was in school last year they planted bean plants in the spring and brought them home towards the end of the year. We planted his in the garden and it grew a few beans. I took a picture (below) of him eating one of the beans and emailed it to her. In her classroom today we saw the picture hanging on her bulletin board. She said she printed and laminated it because she loved it so much. She has it hanging by her desk and used it to show this year’s class what they were planting. It was such a lovely visit! I love when people are that excited to see my kids! :) We also bumped into another parent of one of Lex’s old classmates. Her son will be in afternoon Pre-K with Eve. I’m sure Eve doesn’t remember him, but they played together last year at pick-up time each day.

Lex, July 2010

I left with such a feeling of happiness inside! The good feelings continued as we went to the shoe store and both kids behaved super well. The salesman (the owner actually at our awesome local shoe store) asked what kind of shoes they wanted, measured their feet, and got them shoes. They both loved the first ones he picked out. Then he picked out running shoes for me, which I also loved. I felt a little odd not caring about the prices, but turns out the prices were decent and I was willing to pay about anything for the wonderful, smooth process! (Thanks for the gift certificate at Christmas, Grandma!)

I meant to take a picture of us all wearing our new shoes, but I forgot until after I took mine off. Then I was too lazy to put them back on. It would have made for a better picture though. Oh well.

Then we stopped at a barber shop, on a whim, but when it was Lex’s turn he got scared and wouldn’t sit in the chair, so we left. He’ll be shaggy haired and sweaty headed for a bit longer. Then we went to the playground for a little while, then home for a lovely (pick-your-own) dinner and a smooth bedtime.

Overall a busy, but very nice day on the home-front!