Welcome to Preschool, Fred the Fish!

We had a wonderful surprise this morning!

Kasen and his momma and grandmomma brought a FISH

for the preschool!

We are so excited about our new addition!

First things first,

What is his name?

I googled "Top Pet Fish Names".

I then asked Kasen what letter our new fish's name should start with.

He said F is for FISH!

Smart boy.

So, I went to the Fs and picked 4 that I thought suited our new fish.

It was between Frank, Fred, Fin, and Floyd.

Fin and Fred tied the first vote.

They each had 6 votes.

(? We only had 8 kids??? someone voted more than once;)

Soooooo....we had a tie breaker and FRED won!

Welcome to preschool, Fred the Fish.

(Lane insists on giving him the nickname of J.D. Fred Fish)

We made sure and looked up some other Betta Fish on line

and talked about how we care for our new friend, Fred.

A HUGE thank you to Kasen and his grandparents and parents!

You all are awesome!

I just hope I can keep Fred ALIVE:)

We HAD to read the MOST ADORABLE book I think I have ever seen,

The Big Mouthed Frog.

Misti brought it to share with the kids and they loved it!

It had beautiful pop up pictures on every page.

We then went upstairs to color our own Betta Fish.

I told the kids to imagine if they had their own aquarium

and could have any color fish they wanted.

Look how beautiful Lane's is!

They all did wonderful!

The little guys were having a big time in their room!

sweet boys.

I thought I would get this posted before lunch since it is raining and the kids are playing so well!

Thank God for the rain.

He always knows just what we need.

With Love, Ms Melea

Wednesdays ROCK!

We had a great day today!

Ms Yvonne came and visited with us today.

Please excuse the blurry picture.

I took it with my phone.

I told the kids to make a funny face.

I actually said EVERYONE make a funny face!

So Ms Yvonne did too!

She said she hadn't made a funny face in many years....

Then she thanked the kids for it.

So sweet.

Rather than trying to chase everyone around to get a picture today,

I decided to catch them while they ate.

They are MUCH quieter and somewhat less squirmy!

We had my infamous hamburger helper.

Which is so funny that it really is infamous.

I have had several mommas from even years ago say that

their child still talks about how yummy my hamburger helper is!

Hey- If you've got it, you got it!

lol.

Here is Eli.

He LOVES lunch time!

Gavin wouldn't even pause for a smile.

Mmmmmm.

Is it good Cadyn?

Evan wouldn't look at the camera either!

This was on take #4.... 

Then there is Nevaeh, who is smiling at the camera anytime

the opportunity arises! haha!

Beckett says CHEESE!

This is Dane's sweet grin.

Don't you love those squinty eyed grins?!

Handsome Grady.

Pretty in pink, Emma.

Vivi- you CRACK me up!

Got milk?!

Mr photgenic, Brayden.

There's Alex!

He came to visit today since school is out!

He is a Giggles & Grins Alumni!

Here is my handsome little fellow.

He picked hamburger helper over Jims.

I think he is nuts!

Sweet Tead.

Cutie Patootie Zakary.

Kasen, who has been puny.

We are soooo glad you are better big guy!

Brayden brought a bee in a ziploc bag to share!

No worries, he had already went to Bee Heaven!

Thanks for sharing Brayden!

The week is more than halfway over!

Woo HOO!

With Love,

Ms Melea

Yay for Tuesday!

We have had a great day!

The weather is perfect!

We are reviewing the color purple and the rectangle shape.

Which I have found are 2 things that are rather hard to find books relating to.

So- we found some books that had PURPLE pictures!

My special helper, Lane, is holding up Hiccupotamus. Which is an

adorable book on tape that the kids BEGGED me to read TWICE!

We also read NO, David!

Which is about a little boy who gets in ALOT of trouble-

but in the end, his mommy still loves him!

We talked about how God gave them to their parents as a gift.

And that God expects us to take care of them and teach them right from wrong-

one of the kids related it to having a puppy. You have to teach them

good stuff and get on to them when they do bad stuff.

Either way- we always love them. No matter what.

Everyone had their own "David" stories.

We discussed that book for quite awhile.

Since we had so many "questions" and "stories" on that book,

It cut in to our work.

So I made an executive decision to break out the dry erase boards.

The kids were to write their names and show me.

Then they were to draw something that could be purple or that was in the

shape of a rectangle.

They did so well today!

What a great group!

We went outside to join the little guys!

The babies had Misti's attention!

Axton and the big boys found the mud!

Beckett was riding tricycles!

Cadyn too!

Nevaeh loves to put rocks at the end of the slide so that the other kids will

slide through the middle of them!

Where dirt is...boys will be also.

Our day was fantastic!

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Did anyone make it to the Carroll County Superbowl over the weekend?

We got to go support our Tigers!

In the rain!

 What an awesome game!

I enjoyed watching our student section, especially Kaitlin and Kodee have so much fun!

Green Forest Tigers brought home the trophy!

35 to 0!

Way to go Tigers!

We also celebrated our Birthday boy last night.

We had to because Rhett has a football game tonight.

Happy Birthday, Buddy!

He ordered pork chops, mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, and rolls

for his bday dinner. His dessert was his 2 favorites, cherry cheesecake and

homemade oatmeal raisin cookies!

My picture is a little blurry, but can you see those #'s on the cake?!

You will have to give him a hard time about being 48!

Hope your weekend and the start of your week has been awesome!

With Love,

Ms Melea