Farm House Sisters

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Easter Decor At The Patton's

KEEP YOUR HOME DECOR UP...JUST ADD TO IT FOR A SEASONAL DISPLAY

GET CREATIVE...USE WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE FOR SIMPLE EASTER ACCENTS

PETER RABBIT BOOK PAGES TO CREATE EASTER DELIGHT

Happy Easter~

Jessi and Bree

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Raising The Wild...Bree's Zoo

("Raising the Wild" is a title for raising our wonderful, sweet, beautiful, crazy, arguing, fighting, helping, loving children. LOL this can be the title for either Jessi or my children)

It's 6:00 AM and my middle son a.k.a "The Baby" (he's a huge momma's boy and THE whinner of the household..has been since the day he was born) woke up...whinning...at 5:30...AM! No more than 5 min later his older brother a.k.a. "THE Red Head" came stumbling out.

This is the norm as they share a room and both are early birds..like their Daddy...unlike me.

Our daughter a.k.a. The Princess on the other is very much like me and we both could sleep until well after 9:00 am. :)

On the weekends my husband and I share "sleep in" days and one day out of my 7 I get the luxury of sleeping in...or just laying there listening to the chaos outside my door.

Waking up so early can have its disadvantages and advanages....but either way it's a way of life at the Metzger Household.

Life in the day of me:

4:30 AM Alarm, coffee, pack up a lunch for the hubby, goodbye kisses, start bloggin (lol)

5:30 Boys up, snack-go gurts, "sit down" "quiet" "you'll go back to bed if..." "quiet" "be nice" "No whinning"

6:00 Boys 1st Breakfast (they wake up so early that usually we have 2 breakfasts)

6:30 Boys: Quiet (ya right) play or Movie, Me: Shower, Coffee, Facebook, Blog, Pinterest, Email, Constant "ssshhh-ing"

7:30 Boys: Each have had average of 5 "Time Outs" by now, 2nd breakfast, arguing, boys showers (if needed)

8:00 Dressed (hopefully..this is the time we aim for...on average we never make it), Brooklyn up.

9:00 Who knows where that hour goes cause the next time I seem to see the clock its after 10 and nothing has been accomplished.

10:00 Work books/color/craft or story time or gymnastics center or Dr Appts or whatever else we have planned

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Preschool Drop off *sigh*, maybe another coffee

1:15 Mommy's Sanity a.k.a NAPS, chores...but who WANTS to do that..I'd rather craft or do ANYTHING else LOL

3:00 Preschool pickup

3:30 Break Time..a.k.a Daddy's home! Acitvity/Outdoor Time with Daddy

5:00 Usually Bradley will crash cause he's exhausted and WOKE UP SO DANG EARLY...UGH...he gets a 20 min nap...enough to give us alittle quiet

5:30 Dinner

6:30 Baths (if needed)

7:00 Jammies, Brush Teeth, Story, Whinning...more whinning...excuses (trying to avoid bed time).

7:30 Bed

7:35 "Go to bed"

7:40 "Mommy said GO to BED"

7:45 "Daddy said GO TO BED!"

7:50 More hugs and kisses and usually now they fall asleep

8:00 .........................quiet.........................................

8:30 Bed Time for us...I usually read for another 30 min (Just started Hunger Games ;) lol)

9:00 Silence

7 1/2 Hours later its starts ALL over AGAIN

One thing I can be thankful for is that they normally do wake up pretty HAPPY! :)

Thank Goodness for my Kurig~

Bree and J

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Crayon Tip

NO MORE BROKEN CRAYONS:

Wrap your crayons with clear wide
packaging tape...to prevent breaking easily.

Thanks to my Taiwanese friend for this genius idea! Pin It

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

School Registration!

While many families have Kindergarten Orientation/Round Up coming up in our community

we also can't forget about Preschool Registration as well!

Most Preschool's are open for Registration now!!

Why Go To Preschool??
"For many children, preschool is their first experience in a structured setting with teachers and groups of children. It's an opportunity to learn to share, follow instructions and begin the foundation for learning that will occur in elementary school."
"As kindergarten becomes more academic, many parents look to preschool to launch their child on the path to success in school."
(Great Schools)

I personally want to be able to give my child the best start in education and I know I cannot help him Academically thrive at home. I am fine taking on the role of mommy, planner, nurse, disciplinary, chef, maid, etc...but teaching academics just isn't my thing and I don't want to be responsible for ruining my child's education! LOL! I'll help...but I just don't wanna be the "teacher".

My oldest son's birthday is right after the cut off and being a boy I am glad he will be "held back". Being so I felt he was craving more than what our learning books could do for him at home. At the age of 3 he went to a "3's Preschool" class. The 3's class was only once a week and was perfect.
When he started the 3's Class that was the only one around that I knew of...thank goodness I LOVED the school and teachers. I now am seeing many, many more options available for earlier education, like a 3's preschool class.
At the age of 4 he started at a local preschool (we moved away from the other one) he is in the 3/4 class where he has excelled! Next year he will move to their 4/5 class or "PreK" class.
Most parents only enroll their children in a PreK type class. There is no need for the other classes but I feel personally they have helped my son significantly. I would say he's pretty smart and taking so many preschool classes has significantly helped him, where I couldn't. But I feel he needs the interaction with other children and "following the rules" more than anything. He is very..spirited...may have something to do with being a red head! LOL!

While choosing a preschool I looked for a comfortable environment. Did I like the teacher? Did my son? Was my son comfortable there? What is there curriculum? Rules and regulations? Safety and Security? Pricing is a huge thing as well.

Whatever works for your family and budget I highly recommend that you enroll your child into preschool to start their education off on a good foot. Some preschools also offer scholarships as well as some school districts working with the state offer an "Eceap" program that offers preschool to income eligible families. For information on early childhood educational programs search online for your local area and state. For Washington State:http://www.del.wa.gov/care/find-hs-eceap/

Photo's of our Preschool Days