Looking at the house from this vantage - the "great room" (living, dining and kitchen) is on the left above the garage. The master is on that level on the right. Audrey and Cole both have a room on the lower level. When you're in the kitchen you see only trees whether you look to the front or back of the house.
Both Cole and Audrey are in preschool now. Cole goes MWF in the morning for 3 hours and Audrey and I go to her class on Wednesday mornings. Cole is in a cooperative preschool run by Whatcom Community College that is very similar to the school he attended for the past three years in Seattle. I drop him off at 9:30 with his brown bag lunch. They have free play for 1/2 hour then a circle with stories/songs etc. They play for another hour after that, have lunch, and then have another longer circle time. They then go outside to play in a small but adequate play area and come in for one more short 15 minute circle. Only two parents help each day so the workday requirement is less for me. It's a nice transition to a more teacher directed school day. I was hoping for more structure this year for Cole, his last before kindergarten. Unbelievable!!
Cole's first day at Children's Cooperative Preschool.
He gets practice writing and drawing.
Combining two great loves - Star Wars and school.
The sandbox is always a favorite.
The kids like to climb in a laurel after school.
Audrey's school is run through Bellingham Technical College. It also is very much like the Victory Heights Toddler class she would have attended in Seattle. However, much less work for me. Phew. We basically just show up and play/sing songs/socialize for a couple hours once a week. There is a "parent education" aspect where we get to practice some separation. Half the parents leave the room for a short while to talk about parenting issues with the teacher while the other half watch the kids play and then we switch.
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