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October 21, 2008
Good grief, I'm getting sappy
Today was pumpkin day. Seriously, pretty much all day.
First, Jamie had her first field trip. The entire Kindergarten went to a pumpkin patch/petting zoo nearby. It about melted my cold, dead heart when she told me her favorite part of today was me going along. And I have to say, I pretty much love everything about her being in school, and not just because it gives me a break. Her teacher says nothing but wonderful things about her, she's ahead of the curriculum but still learning more every day, she seems to be a friend of and friends with just about every girl in the class (and even some boys!), and she's picking up a lot of good (and naturally some bad) habits and skills from the other kids. It's such a wonder to me to see a couple of the other girls in her class jockeying to sit next to her.
I left Jamie's trip a little bit early so that I could swing by the house and have lunch with Rex and feed the boy before I headed to Katie's pumpkin-patch-that-wasn't. Oddly, Owen was asleep when I got home, and was still sleeping when I left. In fact, he didn't wake up until a couple minutes before Katie and I got home. I'm hoping he's growing and not saving up to make tonight a living hell.
Anyway, last year the church that runs the preschool had a huge pile of pumpkins that they sold to the public. One day, they took the kids out for a "field trip" that included a story, talking about where pumpkins come from, what's inside, etc. and then they got to pick out a pumpkin. I went to help out with that, and of course had Katie with me. This year, apparently the church decided not to have the big patch, but the activity was still written in on Katie's calendar. Assuming they had something biggish planned, we hyped it a bit to Katie, and one of us planned to show up to watch or whatever.
Turns out, the big deal was sitting outside and talking for five minutes about pumpkins, then they each got to pick out a tiny little gourd. I was the only parent there, but Katie loved that I was with her, I took pictures and helped out a little, and I got to see a little bit of her day. In spite of the "pumpkin patch" activity being pretty much a bust, Katie was just as happy about the whole thing as if she had gone on a real field trip. In fact, the favorite part of her day was me visiting her at school.
The favorite part of my day?
Being the favorite part of theirs.
Posted by me at October 21, 2008 10:17 PM