First Day of Preschool 2009

Today was Maddie's first day back at preschool for the 2009-2010 school year. A few weeks ago, I thought we were going to have to drag her there. She kept saying how she didn't want to go back, etc.
But, as today drew nearer, she got more excited about going back. She was up and dressed before I even left for work, so she was on the ball this morning. She looked so cute in her new dress. She's growing so fast!
Due to a scheduling issue with work, Amy couldn't pick Maddie up from preschool to take her to daycare, so I gladly filled in. Maddie claimed she didn't learn anything today, but was very talkative about it and glad to be back. We also finally got the official class pictures from last year, so I'll post that at another time.
To carry on from the last post, Maddie got to pick the dinner tonight, and she still wanted pizza, and still wanted to go out, so we went to Firehouse Pizza nearby. We usually get our take-out pizza from there, so we knew it was good. Each booth has it's own little TV, so Maddie got a kick out of watching that. We went to dinner so early, that we ended up with enough time to go for a walk, frost some cupcakes (thanks again Patrick & Crystal - they were yummy!), play outside and the girls got to share a shower before bed. Our nights seem to slip by so quickly, so it was nice to have one take it's time, especially one with such great weather.

First Day of School dinner! - The Hoehne tradition lives on

So, when I was growing up, my brother & I used to get to pick a place to go out to eat on the first & last day of school. Usually we would just rotate, as I'm sure we could never agree. I thought it'd be fun to do with my kids now too. Maddie's first day back at preschool is tomorrow, and she chose Chuck E. Cheese. Amy & I were a little less than thrilled. Maddie kept talking about how good their pizza is, even though she's never had it! Well, I talked her out of the dinner there (by bribing her to pick one Monday night instead), but we still went to play games for a while.






Sam was a bit intimidated by all the sounds & games (& scary robot creatures on the stage), but eventually got into it. First thing Maddie headed for was the tube maze. She also enjoyed a lot of the little rides, including a horse race one in which she sat on a horse. Let's just say she wasn't winning any trophies, but she was having a blast.







They gave us so many tokens for $10, that it took over an hour and a half to go through them all. At the end, I was just dumping them in these machines that just give you the tickets for prizes. At the end, we ended up with just over 200 tickets...just the right amount to get 2 rings...one for each girl. No fighting! :)