School time!

Alison wanted to go to school on Monday. She got her backpack out, took a paper sack and packed her "lunch", and was ready to go. So, during Christopher's morning nap, we played school.

Alison put her backpack on, held my hand, and we walked to her "desk" at the kitchen table. I assured her that when the day comes that I actually am walking her to her desk at school for the first time, I would be much more teary-eyed than I was on Monday. We got out some fun books she got from her Aunt Mary, Uncle Mark and cousins Jake and Mariah for her birthday. She practiced her letters and numbers:

It was all fun and games until she found out that there was homework:

Then we made some yummy homemade peanut butter granola for a school-time snack. It turned out really well and both kids love it. Here is the link to the recipe if you'd like to give it a try: http://clayinhishands-sarah.blogspot.com/2009/05/favorite-food-friday-peanut-butter.html (although beware on the baknig time...I found that 30 minutes was too long in my oven. Probably should've baked only 23-25 minutes, tops).