HOORAY! for Preschool...

After devoting, WAY WAY too much time to figuring out how to put this dumb-ass slideshow on the blog, I finally did it!!!! I don't even want to admit how many hours this took me, so I hope everyone enjoys it. All pics are of Cal doing various things at preschool. He's had quite the first few months! They go on one fieldtrip per month...so there's pics of his trip to Applecrest to go apple and pumpkin picking. I went with him for this one. This month they went to the library but I haven't seen any shots from that yet. His teacher, Miss Carla, is pictured with him in his costume if you're wondering which one is his teacher. She's great about taking lots and lots of photos and as a camera-happy person myself, I totally appreciate this. How else would I get to capture the preschool years?! He has a blast there and I've gone a few times to "observe" him myself. They have a room with 1-way mirrors where parents can go whenever they please and see what happens during the day. I don't know if other parents go, so they probably make comments about the crazy mommy that comes in all the time (actually I've only been twice) but it cracks me up to watch him so I go. Anyways, they have visitors at school too - one of the kids dad is a firefighter so they learned about fire safety. I was impressed when he came home and showed me how to STOP, DROP, and ROLL, covering his eyes and everything! They've had the police officer at school come, a dog trainer, and someone from the wildlife preserve who brought the snake that Cal's touching, turtles, and an owl. Recently they had a bear hibernation party where they dressed in pajamas and brought in their favorite stuffed animal. There's the cutest picture ever of this but I don't have it yet. And just this week they played the dreidel game and Cal has been lighting the menorah since he's the only one to celebrate hanukkah at school. Take note of how many pictures Cal is sucking his thumb in!