Halloween 2013

Happy Halloween..... or not!

For Halloween Lauren dressed up as an owl.  This is technically her first Halloween since we were still in China last year.  Since she still does not get the concept, we went to Becky's house to practice trick or treating. 

On Halloween, because we had practiced at Becky's house, she kept saying "trick o treat Becky!"  LOL!  Unfortunately trick or treating did not last long as she got scared so we went home thinking she might enjoy giving out candy.  That plan did not work well either as one scary mummy monster came to the door and scared her.  So from then on, when trick o treaters came to the door she said, "No open door!"  Instead she amused herself playing trick or treat by moving candy from the Halloween bucket to her Halloween bag.  Oh well... maybe next year!

Our short Halloween walk

The wheels on the bus go round and round......

Someone started school!
Lauren officially started pre-school right before Halloween.  She is going 5 days a week for 3.5 hours each day.  It is a long day for her because she spends the morning at daycare and then goes to preschool and back to daycare for the last hour before we pick her up.  We are lucky that transportation is provided by the school district, so the yellow school bus comes to pick up and drop off Lauren from daycare.

We drove her to school on the first day of school, which was not a happy moment.  She had a hard time separating from us and not happy that we were leaving her.  However her teacher reported that although she cried for the first hour, she was able to calm herself down and participate in the classroom routine by the afternoon.  And of course she finds a little boy to be her friend!

We decided that she should just take the school bus on the second day to see what would happen.  And she did great!  Not a single tear, just smiles all around.  All the rounds of singing, "The Wheels on the Bus" paid off because she was all too happy to get on the school bus.  Her afternoon pre-school schedule means that she no longer gets to take a nap at daycare, so it does make for a long day for her.  The benefit of that is that she almost begs to go to bed by 7pm and is asleep within minutes!

We are excited for Lauren to be in school.  We hope she enjoys school and we are looking forward to seeing her grow and discover new things.