Happy Valentine's Day!

Annaliese's preschool class celebrated Valentine's Day with a class field trip to the fire station and a little party. Haleigh and I joined them at the fire station and had a mostly fun time checking out the fire engines and the fire station. This particular station has just 3 firemen and they all were part of our tour. Annaliese fell apart at one point in anticipation of loud noises (which never happened) and Haleigh started crying when one of the guys put on his whole outfit complete with the air mask. It made a little chiming noise to indicate that air was flowing and she was not a fan!! 

Getting ready to start our tour.

 Inside the fire engine.

Annaliese and her friend Keziah.

 Haleigh wasn't so sure about being in the truck.

Annaliese's classmates (plus a few siblings)

I'm pretty sure the highlight of the trip, according to Annaliese, was seeing the kitchen and coming home with her own fire hat!

After our tour was complete, we headed back to school. The kids had a break for recess and then came back to the room for a few different Valentine's events. There were 4 different stations that they rotated between: bean bag toss, cookie decorating, painting, and a 'mail-delivery' game where they had to deliver letters to the matching mailbox. Haleigh and I were in charge of the cookie-decorating (Haleigh loved it!) 

Once they had completed all the stations, they had snack time followed by story time and a few games. It is so fun to be in the classroom and watch Annaliese interact with her teachers and friends. It is also really neat to see them picking up on bits of Spanish! They do a lot of singing and Annaliese will frequently be singing different songs at home. 

 Haleigh and her friend Cole waiting for the kids to finish recess.

Annaliese checking out all her Valentine goodies after school.