End of School Year

Grace has completed her first year of Montessori school and what a year it has been. She has come so far since the 18 month old I left back in August. When she started, we were both crying and when she finished, I was the only one crying. I am so sad her teachers are leaving and won't be at the school next year.

First Day


Last Day



Here are some pictures her teacher shared with us. A little background information - children wear their underwear without pants until they are potty trained. No diapers/pullups were allowed in the classroom. Children change out of their school shoes and into velcro type sandals for sanitary as well as learning to dress self reasons. Children are free to explore the classroom and determine what they want to do.

Future Vet?

Grace has spent much of the past few months visiting animals at the Ft Worth zoo, Sea World and birthday parties. I hope if she does decide she wants to be a vet, she doesn't decide to go to A&M :)


Grace was probably too aggressive with these parakeets. She tried to grab their tails on numerous occasions. I think they told their Lorikeet friends down at Sea World about her.

These lorikeets were evil and didn't like Grace trying to touch them. We had to hold her arm down to keep her from trying. One actually bit her and she was so afraid. You can see the terror in her eyes.


Evil one on Steve's shoulder. Poor baby!

Feeding the sea lions.

Loving on the sea lion.

She fed the dolphins at Sea World. She wasn't grossed out by the dead fish at all.


There were pigs, chickens, ducks, bunnies, and goats at this birthday party for her friend at school.


There were bunnies in the bucket.

I'm not sure if she's afraid of the bunny or the chicken on top of the lady's head?

A Perk of 1 Year of Montessori Education...

...someone to sort and put away all the silverware.

Not That Kind of Mom

I am so not the "headband on babies" type of mom. But the other day, my friend hosted a party for Stella & Dot displaying their new little girls' jewelry line. I put the headband on Claire and it was so cute, I had to get it....

A Lesson on the Future

One of Grace's BFFs from school had her 3rd birthday party. Her teacher handed us the invitation and told us what it was. When we pulled into the neighborhood later, Grace started shaking her head, saying "No, Sophie's party". I didn't think much about it and just told her "yes, we were going to go to Sophie's party". Then when we pulled in the garage, she began screaming and crying about Sophie's party. It dawned on me that she didn't understand that we weren't going to her party right then. I tried explaining that it was 3 weeks away, but of course, she didn't understand and just kept crying.

So finally, she got to go to Sophie's party.

My Two Peas