The Hutchings Family Blog: This 'n That...

We are getting into the hang of preschool around here...Since our preschool is a co-op I also volunteer throughout the year. I had my first volunteer day last Friday. It was so good to see how a normal day "works." I am kind of foreign to the world of early childhood ed, so I soaked up all the details. Miss Kay and Miss Tina are both very very patient and so creative. At circle time they passed around "Hermie" the worm and each child told Hermie his/her name and one of their favorite things to do at home. Faith's was "coloring with Mommy" (I am choosing to ignore that the girl right before her "happened" to give the same answer ;) ).

Little sister even had her very own play date today with a friend while Faith was at school. I think it's the first time ever that we have only had one of Lainie's friends over. It was fun to see these sweet 2 year old girls interact. They walked in the door and went straight to the dress up clothes....then to the deck and played with the water table and ducks (in their dresses, of course!). They made food in the kitchen and rode the pony. It was a fun morning.

Lainie is chatty, chatty, chatty these days. I remember being worried that she wouldn't talk much since Faith has always been a talker. I worried that Lainie wouldn't see the "need" to talk as much since Faith can (and sometimes does) do it for her. But, oh was that so wrong. This girl can give you a run for your money! She keeps right up with big sis, and her vocabulary is surprising even to me! She also LOVES to sing. Her favorites are "Jesus Loves Me," "Call Me Maybe," and "Jolene." Ha! Quite the variety. Last week I was resting on the couch while she and Faith played. She lay beside me with a book she was going to read to me. I closed my eyes while she was reading. Before I knew it she had her hand on the side of my face and was singing Jesus loves me as she hugged me. It was one of those moments to catalog in my memory :) She also loves to tell "secrets." Her whispered secrets consist of "pspspspspspsss...I love you." I'll hear that secret any time :)

Daddy is chugging away with teaching and taking classes. He is also working on his Master's practicum. He will graduate in May! Woo hoo! We are so proud of him.

Here are a few pics from lately......

Daddy and girls hanging out on the bottom bunk before bed