Ice Skating

As a surprise to Jack, Jon and I took him out for a special excursion sans Jason- we went ice skating! It was his first time on the ice, and he was slightly less than graceful.

 

He spent about 90% of his ice time hugging the wall!

 

Jon and I took turns skating him around the ice. He really never grasped the concept of gliding, and kept trying to walk/run on the ice, which didn't work out too well for him.

After about 30 minutes of this we were all exhausted! Who knew it'd be so much work to skate your kid around the ice?! But it was a fun and new experience for Jack, and it was special to be out with just him and Mommy and Daddy. After skating, we bought him a Godiva chocolate lollipop, which was delicious, and totally wasted on him. He didn't appreciate the fancy lollipop, and we probably would have been better off buying him a bag of m&m's! And to top off our "date" we stopped by Target and bought Jack his new, big-boy booster seat for the car. What a great afternoon!

1st day of Pre-K

Jack had his 1st day of Pre-K a couple of weeks ago, and did great. I had a hard time getting him to smile for the camera, since he was a little unsure of the whole going back to school again.

 

Coloring a picture while class got started-

 

After school, posing in front of the same tree as last year's 1st day pic-

I captured a smile!

So far, he's done very well in school, getting stamps in his folder everyday (meaning he listened and did his tasks for the day) and even coming home with toys from the classroom's treasure chest on Fridays. He LOVES the treasure chest. I'm thinking it's a genius idea for encouraging good behavior, and am going to initiate a similar system at home.

The other day, I heard Jack reciting the days of the week, "Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday!" I was uber impressed, and am crediting school for it since we really don't talk about the days of the week much at home. He's also really into singing the alphabet, and reading books. He's learning and growing so much now; it's exciting to see!

And this has nothing to do with school, but I want to remember. Yesterday, as we drove past Home Depot, Jack pointed to the store and said "that's for Daddy." He was very matter of fact about it. Apparently, he already knows that home improvement stores are masculine in nature.