~Rylee's Preschool Program~

I cannot believe the school year is already over. Although I know Rylee will miss it all summer, I am looking forward to spending some fun days with Rylee without any distractions. Just great summer fun!

On the other hand, it makes me really sad to think about. Wow! My baby girl is already 4 years old and has finished one year of preschool. Its so crazy how fast time flies by. She is such a sweetheart! She has grown SO much this year and is extremely smart. She can write her name and so many other words. She loves to sit down and draw pictures of our whole family and then write all of our names by them, including Bella. She can count forever. She usually stops at 50, but once you know how to count that far its pretty much the same after that. She of course knows all the alphabet and can identify every letter when she see's it. She is always sounding out words and trying to read. She loves her teacher Mrs. Nelson and has grown so much this year. Mrs. Nelson has been such a great teacher and did so many fun things with the kids. That is why we plan to put Rylee with Mrs. Nelson again for the next school year. Rylee has one more year of preschool before she is old enough for Kindergarten.

For her last day of class I brought Bella in for her show-n-tell. She was so excited. She got Bella out and stood up there telling them all about her. Then she passed Bella around to the kids that wanted to hold her. It was obvious that she talks a lot about Bella because the class knew exactly who she was. It was so cute watching her get excited while showing her little friends her favorite pet. Then they had a party that Friday where they practiced the program, played games, and had snacks.
This past year Rylee had preschool with two of her cousins, Trayton and Kailey. They are all the same age and will be in the same grade, which will be fun for them. We figured while they are in preschool, we might as well let them be in the same class and have fun together.

The preschool program was titled "My Favorite Things". They compiled all their favorite songs that they had learned throughout the school year and sang them for all the parents. Then each kid got up and told their name, age and a few of their favorite things. A lot of kids wouldn't talk, and some would talk with Mrs. Nelson telling them what to say, and then Rylee got up with no worries at all. She acted so excited for her turn to come. She went right up to the microphone and said, "Hi my name is Rylee Schaugaard and I am 4 years old. I like to ride my pink scooter, hold my pet Bella, play with my grandma's kittens, and dance. These are a few of my favorite things." She was so cute! We couldn't be more proud of her.

We love you Rylee Bug!!!