Heading to Preschool!

Yesterday when we dropped off Rory at school the director, David, stopped us and wanted to talk to us about Rory. Apparently he and Rory's teacher, Lupe, had met and think that Rory is going to be ready for preschool early. The plan was to send her in January (right before she turned 3), maybe even November. Now, the plan is SEPTEMBER! She will have just turned 2 1/2 in August, which is their absolute minimum age to start at the preschool. Her school includes an infant/toddler community, which is what she's in now, and a preschool, which is a separate building down the block, run by David's wife, Suzie. I think we've ironed out which class she'll go into and who her teacher will be, and from what we know, we are excited about this class.

The markers for being ready include: being able to recognize primary and secondary colors; being able to express yourself verbally; being able to follow 3-step sets of directions. I forget the rest of it right now. Anyway, Big Girl is going to preschool this fall!!

Botanical Garden

Rory's new favorite place in the world is the Missouri Botanical Gardens. She went for a school field trip when we first got here, and we've taken her twice since. She asks EVERY nice day if we can go. Her favorite thing... riding the "sheep". Here are some pics from the various trips. And she loves to finish the trip with a giant apple on the way home (how happy can one kid look??).