Iris Starts Preschool!

Today was Iris's first day at Head Start! 

She was so excited.  She jumped right out of the car and headed in to her new school. 

Once inside she saw her fill-in Grandma, Mema.

She ran right into Mema's arms.  Maygen took her to her cubby and helped her take off her shoes and put on her inside shoes.  Kids were mingling all around.  The staff was there greeting and talking with all the new students and their parents.  There was a delicious smell coming from the kitchen.  Iris and I went to check it out.  What did we find?  Cassie was making pancakes!  Iris's favorite food!  There were pancakes on the griddle and a bowl of berries out for the kids to put on their pancakes. 

This took me back to Falcom's days as a Head Start Student.  This picture of Iris with her new teacher Pat was very similar to a picture I have of Falcom and teacher Pat.  I told Pat that Falcom would be there to have lunch with Iris on his first In-Service day next month.  Please tell Cassie to make sandwiches!  Pat laughed at me.  Cassie bakes the bread and makes the sandwiches from scratch.  Delicious.

After a bit Maygen left.  Mema and I watched Iris for a bit longer.  As soon as Maygen left, Iris headed over to the play house area and saw all the things that were stocked in the kitchen.  We said good bye but she couldn't have cared less.  She is thrilled with her new school. 

Congratulations Iris!  We love you!

In other child rearing news, Daisy's babies have doubled in size in the past week.  With the gale force, typhoon wind we have been experiencing, these little ducklings have been blown all over the yard and back.  Very amusing for us; not amusing to Daisy and the ducks.