Sugar Bear Gets Her Learn On!

OKAY...okay....I left you hanging long enough. I know many of you have just been on pins and needles waiting for the big reveal...the big NEW HAIRCUT picture! May you wait no longer....and may you please be able to even tell the difference. Ummmmmm...I did say it was just a trim, right? If not....I'm so sorry!

The entire reason for the "big haircut" was that my little Sugar Bear was starting preschool. Yes, this was like two weeks ago, but hey....I have been busy. I figure you read like 400 other blog posts about first days of school a few weeks back, and by now you must be just itching for a fix. So here it is....Sugar Bear is officially getting her learn on. YEAH BABY!

I must admit that like all mothers, I can hardly believe she is old enough to be in school. Where does the time go? Seriously, just the other day she was nursing while I rocked us slowly in our rocking chair. I was looking into her beautiful blue eyes and wondering how I ever became so blessed. OH....WAIT....that was just yesterday. Who am I kidding?

Anyhow, on with the story. Sugar Bear is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO very ready for school. I don't mean to toot her horn or anything, but I have a rocket scientist on my hands. This girl has brains, and she knows how to use them. At one, she was tackling wooden puzzles that boggle a 3 year old's mind. Before two, she knew all her colors and shapes. At the ripe age of 2, she knew all her letters and sounds they make. She also recognizes numbers 1-10 and counts to 17, if you don't mind that she skips 13-15. Yeah...my girl is brainy. She may be in a diaper until she is 12, but cognitively this girl has it going on. Hey...she can only be expected to concentrate on one thing at at time, right?

Our first morning was a little rough. Sugar Bear had to be rudely awoken, and quickly dressed, and out the door. She isn't thrilled with this as you can plainly see. This is her on the steps while I try to convince her to get in the truck.


It wasn't much better when I got her buckled in.


However....when I mentioned that there would be food there, she perked up just a bit.


Here we are in front of the gate at her daycare/preschool. Here is wondering why her school looks a lot like her daycare. tee hee...she is still confused by that. She keeps asking me where her school is? Poor child...I shouldn't have ever called it school. She went to this daycare for 4 weeks before the preschool piece started, so she just isn't sure why I keep calling it her school on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Can you tell, though that she is pretty proud of her back pack?


Sugar Bear, in general, needs a few minutes to get settled in the morning before she warms up to all the children. It really wasn't ideal that Lorene and I asked her to pose for her first day of school picture as soon as she got there. All the kids were looking at her....totally not her cup of tea.


Preschool, however, has proven to really be right up her alley. She is doing very well. I am excited for her to have more practice with her fine motor skills, and to work on sign language. The first week, they worked on the letter A, number 1, the color red, and circles. I think it was fun for Sugar Bear to already be pretty confident with those things. She is excited to know how to make the letter "A" with her hand, and she is finally getting the concept of the lower case letters.


There was much fanfare, and lots of smiles while she proudly showed me her work on that first day when I picked her up. I asked her to hold up her apple sequencing project, and say, "A" so I could take a picture. She obliged, throwing in the sign for "A" on her own. Gosh I love this kid! You go girl!