We finally drove into Gallup to "stay" the Sunday night before Collin's preschool started. Megan was so amazing and kept scouting out potential places after our kids didn't get accepted into Rehoboth.
So Collin and Lilly are now official students of the Gallup Catholic School, Sacred Heart.
They go on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8am-12:30pm.
There is a uniform policy of navy blue, green or white polo shirts, and khaki or navy pants. On Fridays they can wear their neon green spirit day shirts with jeans
if the choose. Always with a belt and shirt tucked in, however. (In this
picture we didn't know about the belt and tucked in policy yet.)
On Wednesdays, they always attend Mass at 9:00am for 35-45min. The whole shabang. Prayers, wafers, singing and crossing. I went with him one time and was pretty impressed with how well the kids sat. To be perfectly honest, I thought it was a little gloomy. I also had a hard time understanding this particular Father with his accent and the way he spoke, but then I was also a tad distracted having all 3 kids with me. :)
I need to write down the things Collin will say when he gets home from school on Wednesdays. He'll usually answer very chipper and matter of factly, "Mass was good!" One time he continued, "The grandfather blessed that the grandma who died would be comforted in her sins." It will usually get an eyebrow of mine up. He doesn't always have as much to say about Primary!
They also came home with a sheet of paper listing all the prayers they need to have memorized by the end of the year. Including Hail Mary's and Our Fathers. We shall see. :)
First day of school. Such a cute boy! Those brown eyes and freckles really get me.
A lot of their pictures and art depict Christ with thorns around a bleeding heart. Collin came home concerned that Jesus's heart was always bleeding and hurting. Catholic art does seem to be rather dreary. I think a lot that happens here will create talking points for us at home.
After a year at Casa Montessori, I'm not going to lie, this preschool is pretty depressing. I really wish he could've done another year at Casa, but oh well. He seems to like it and enjoys going carpooling with Lilly. I suppose preschool shouldn't derail his life too much. :)
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So funny! My family was just talking about the preschool my sister Megan went to, and how she'd always come home singing songs like, "You gotta shout when the spirit says shout!" Ha ha. And seriously, for some reason your "WOOF" word of choice had me laughing throughout your whole previous post. Basically, I think you're hilarious. :)
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