Dentist, Leader Day, and CMOE

I totally forgot to add a big event in Ella's life in my last post. She went to her first dentist appointment on Valentine's day. It was interesting to say the least. It went better than I expected, but she freaked out when the actual dentist came in. I can't lie. I did too. That's a story for another day though;) He said her teeth look good. She didn't have any cavities, but her teeth are very crowded. He said he is positive she will need braces down the road. I am hoping he is wrong. I didn't want her to have to go through what I did with my teeth. I would say it was a pretty successful first dentist appointment. Afterwards, we went to sweet cece's for a little treat. 

Ella has told me a number of times the toothpaste they used was gross! She was not a happy camper in this picture, but she made it through. 

This past Thursday was Ella's leader day at preschool. Ella loves leader day. Ella is very quiet and typically just likes to observe when she is in a group of kids. It surprises me that on leader day Ella loves to be in front of her class using the pointer and leading them in line. It is a special day for her, and she looks forward to it. She especially loves to have someone with her on leader day. I love to go. The kids in her class are so cute, and the things that come out of their mouth are hysterical. I could almost be a preschool teacher. 

 Ella loves using that pointer. Everyday during circle time they discuss the day and month of the year. They say their monthly bible verse, and they also say the previous ones they have learned. I also discovered they are learning to count to ten in Spanish, and they are learning their colors in Spanish. 

They have a song they sing and dance to when they recite the months of the year. 

This is a new promethium board that the Y got this year to go in the preschool room. It's really nice for the kids to be able to see what the teacher is doing on a big screen. That is Ella's teacher, Mrs. B's, daughter. She came to school with her that day. She read to the kids and led this activity. 

Ella took her hulk mask and baby and blanket to show and tell. Her teachers got the biggest kick out of this hulk mask. I thought it was funny too. The kids loved it. I think almost every one of them raised their hand and said they wanted one. 

This is Ella leading her class down to the gym for gymnastics. That little boy she is holding hands with is Eli. He talks A LOT. 

 It was the perfect day for Ella to be leader, because she takes gymnastics at the Y. All the kids enjoyed it so much. Mrs. B said they may try to do this once a month. 

 That is Ella and Jude. Ella talks about Jude a lot. I think it's because he likes Avengers. 

It was a fun day at preschool. I am glad I got to go!

After preschool we met Terry and Autumn at CMOE. It was a great day for it, because I think we were just about the only people there. The girls had fun playing at the new exhibit. They are both getting so big. I remember their first trip to CMOE together. They were so little. They are both growing up way too fast!

This past week

We started out the week with gymnastics. It was the last class of the six week session. I went ahead and signed Ella up for the next session since she seems to enjoy it so much. 

Tuesday Ella had preschool, and we went to the zoo. It was a little chilly, but it was nice to get out. We had not been to the zoo since last fall. It made me really excited for warmer weather.

Thursday was Valentine's Day. I am not a fan of Valentine's Day, but I still wanted it to be fun for Ella. She had a party at preschool that morning. Ella looked super cute in her Valentine's attire. 

 

She got a little Valentine's surprise when she got home. 

We did a Valentine's project. I had good intentions to make a lot of these, but Ella was done after two. 

Friday we met the Morrison girls at CMOE. 

What a fun week we had!