Crazy Hair

It's spirit week at school and today was crazy hair day. This was my favorite. She took two empty water bottles and then wrapped hair around them--very creative. Can't wait for country hoedown day on Thursday! That should be interesting.

Creative School

Henry started preschool on Tuesday. He goes Monday-Friday mornings, which is a big change for him. He had been going to a Mother's Day Out on Tuesday/Thursday mornings, but since he is starting kindergarten in a year we wanted him to be better prepared. So far he says he loves his new school. Chad and I have been pretty impressed with the curriculum and teachers. They have language, science, math and history each day and they also have music 1x per week. His teacher is certified and they follow state guidelines for preK education. We got a calendar with all the units to be explored and they have some fun stuff on the calendar (i.e. police dog visit, pumpkin patch visit, parties, programs, and Mother's Day Tea). Can't wait!

Henry is a purple cat. Each room has an animal and a color theme that ties in to the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? You can see that his room has quite a bit of purple in it. Henry's favorite color has always been red, but he has recently changed it to purple. He told me that he or Jack always "sits on the V" on the blue rug at circle time. I thought he meant that he sat on the corner until I saw this picture.

The only thing I'm a little concerned about is that they are not a peanut-free facility. The director said they would like to be, but it is too difficult. At the parent open house before school started, the teacher told everyone that the purple room was peanut-free due to an allergy. None of the parents said a word that night, but the next day we got an email that kids could pack peanut butter in their lunches. I guess a parent or two complained. I really don't understand the dire need for peanut butter when a child in the room has a life-threatening allergy. Somebody help me understand this from another perspective.