Picture day

Today was Picture Day at the elementary school. Leo is a little over-due for a hair cut so he required some extra styling attention to get his hair to look acceptable.  After I dropped off Serafina at preschool, I headed back to Leo's classroom to help out.  It takes more than just the teacher to herd a bunch of five and six year olds to have their pictures taken.  I wish I had brought a pair of scissors to trim some bangs. Not my kid's bangs, but plenty of others that were hanging in their eyes and could use a little snip snip. That probably wouldn't go over that well.  After all the kids were photographed, it was snack time.  Snack time was followed by a short recess and Leo showed me how he is able to slide down the fireman's pole.

I also tied a lot of shoes and bandaged a lot of microscopic boo-boos.  I was exhausted from these needy little people, but I still had more volunteering to do.  I went back to the room where school pictures were happening and helped the photographer.  By this point, the 2nd and 3rd graders were having their turns and the older kids are so much easier to deal with.  Don't get me wrong, they still suck your energy with involved descriptions of whatever is in their heads, but they are less squirmy.  I was still wishing I had a pair of scissors for some of them.  

The time with the photographer went by pretty fast and I had to go back to the preschool building to collect Serafina.  Some of the preschool moms were heading to the park to play, but I forgot to pack a lunch so we had to walk home first.  Once home, Serafina needed to change clothes (typical for her) and then she decided to ride the balance bike to the park.  I was a little surprised but she definitely has been liking the balance bike more and more.  She rode it around quite a bit after we got to the park too.  

Here's Serafina crammed in a swing with her friend Haley.