Breakfast with Teacher, Fishing with Dad, and Minitransitions

The Moo's school has been celebrating "Teacher Appreciation Week" all this week, which has been quite the production! On Monday we took in a note for the teacher's, written and illustrated by the Moo, of a "special memory" she had of both her teacher and the teacher's aide. On Tuesday we took in treats from Harry and David and Godiva. On Wednesday we sent in Pottery Barn gift cards to clip on to the azalea bushes each teacher received. On Thursday there was a raffle; every hour a teacher's name was drawn and the teacher received a prize donated by the parents. And finally today we had Breakfast with the Teacher, which Mom coordinated. We arrived at school early and set everything up; we contributed cereal, Cinnamon rolls, and Chile Relleno casserole, and the other moms brought a ton of other goodies. Good thing too, as today was also the annual Pre-K "Fishing with Dad" trip, so all of the dad's were there for breakfast as well!
Dad just called me to let me know that he and the Moo are on their way home from the fishing trip. The Moo caught EIGHT fish and according to Dad a good time was had by all. Dad was practically glowing as he described how the Moo baited the hooks with worms all by herself and also handled the slimy fish by herself as well (despite the fact that the fish were pretty feisty and apparently were biting). So, a great bonding day for Dad and his oldest daughter.
In the meantime, the Bean and I cleaned up the Pre-K classroom after the breakfast, which included several trips to the school dumpster. The Bean is now fascinated with dumpster and wants to throw all of her trash in on (we had a debate over whether or not her empty juice box really needed to go in the dumpster -- luckily I convinced her that a plain old trash can would suffuce). Then we got out her bike for her to ride to the park. The Bean was amazing on her bike. She has from an early age proved to be natural athlete, and she completely blew Mom's mind today with her ability to ride a bike that just six months ago she could barely fit on, let along peddle up hill and over uneven pavement. Amazing!
We also got news from Beantree that there will be a "minitransition" (roughly translated: Moving of your child to another class to get you off our backs) in the next week or so, so the Bean will be moving on to another class. It is a shame in that both she and Moo really love Ms. Jen, but the bottom line for us is that IF there is no developmental reason to keep her from moving up and being challenged, then we want her moved up. Hopefully she will love being back with her friends, even though we know she will miss Ms. Jen.
The girls are excited because Grandma D and Grandpa S (Dad's parents) are coming to visit this weekend, which means Mom needs to spend the afternoon cleaning the house! Guess I better stop procrastinating and get started!! Happy Friday everyone!