Magnificent Me Paper Dolls

So here’s to playing catch-up in a grand manner!  Here’s a bit from the second week of preschool.
Nastia took the topic of Magnificent me to introduce the kids to each other and themselves.  Over the two days she taught she read stories like Chrysanthemum and On the night you were born.  She had All about me books for them to fill out with their favorite things ready to paste in collage style. 
And she prepared paper dolls  for the kids to dress – with all sorts of extra costumes!  And the kids were not the only ones enjoying the creation process…  Cairn made a pink and yellow dress then covered every bit of herself with stickers from the crown on her head to the little paper shoes on her feet, which were put on the wrong feet just like in real life!
When it was all done the paper kiddoes made quite a parade!  I love how every doll’s costume perfectly reflects that kid’s personality.  They are so unrestrained in being themselves it’s beautiful!     
And now for a few more shots taken that day…
Here’s Wendy and Timmy… I feel like I should have a picture of Nastia on this post, but I don’t have one ready at my finger tips.  So a short intro to Wendy at the tail of this post will suffice.
Wendy lives just around the corner from us and Cairn waves at their house every time we pass it.  Trevlyn, Landon and Callie belong to her.  She inspires me with the frequencies of her blog posts!  So if you feel like I missed something check her family blog out and be amazed with me! 
As a quick note… both Wendy and Nastia astound me with the pictures they take…  They always remember to do it.  I often have my camera near but don’t even think to record the event. These pictures are from Nastia’s camera… many of the pictures from Cairn’s birthday party are from Wendy… I don’t know what ya’ll would do without these lady’s pictures to keep you up to date!
Back to Wendy.  I met her… well the easy answer is at church, but really I was walking in the mornings with Sondae Hughes (married to Elder Johnny Hughes of my first area in my mission) and she talked about Wendy and her twins and going to play racquet ball and one morning she convinced me to knock on the door at the end of our walk… So there I was red faced and sweaty and there was Wendy in her pajamas and unbrushed hair.  It was a perfect introduction!

I love this shot of Cerise… Its says perfectly how the siblings feel about school…. well at least this is by the end of the preschool day.
All three of them get droopy eyed and start moving a little slower until they finally find the right mom’s arms to collapse in.  I’m not sure what it is about preschool that does it to Cerise.  The extra moms take the little siblings into the other room now during preschool and let them play (while we chat of course) so it’s not like there’s more to these mornings than other days, but every school day Cerise is out just before lunch where as every other day she doesn’t start slowing down until just after lunch.  Maybe I don’t play her hard enough on my own… or maybe grown ups talking just has that effect on her…  I may never know!