Pre-K Graudation

Ok guys, I am sorry it has been awhile; however, we have been extremely busy the last couple of months!  We have moved over 100 miles, enrolled in a new school district, and still continued to drive back and forth for Adrian to finish out pre-k with his graduating class (24 total days, but it actually ended up being between 10-11 days).  Anyways, my baby, not really a baby anymore has had his first graduation, cap/gown/tassel/and all! He is so ready to begin kindergarten this fall and to be able to ride the bus, I however, do not believe I am as ready as he is.  I am sure that I will be a sobbing mess the first day of school just like I was the weeks leading up to his graduation.  I will have to tell you guys this story, I did burst out into tears in the middle of Target, because I was attempting to find dress slacks, a button down shirt, and a tie to wear under his gown.  A lady looked at me and asked if I was alright, I just replied yes, it is just that my baby is graduating preschool.  She laughed and said that she had gone through the same thing.  I am actually surprised at how well I maintained my composer throughout the graduation process, I only burst out into tears (and an ugly cry at that) once during the 2 hours we were at the school.  Anyways, be prepared for more blogs to start pouring in, now that things are settling down, I plan to back track and post blogs accordingly that I have been stock-piling!

Here are a few picture below from his graduation, enjoy!

 

                                                       The announcement made while

                                                       Adrian walked across the stage

 

Adrian and a few of his classmates cheesin'

  

Adrian Smiling big

                                                 Adrian posing for pictures prior to beginning
                                                     their song "When the Clouds Float By"

                                                          Adrian's Three Pre-K Teachers
                                                 Miss Leslie, Miss Shauntay, and Miss Jessie

                                                          Adrian's Teachers 2010-2011

                                                          Adrian Throwing up his Diploma

                                                              Adrian and Miss Shauntay

                                                                 Mommy and Adrian

                Grandpa Nick, Grandma Connie,Adrian, and Mommy
                                        (Maternal Grandparents)

                                                               Miss Leslie and Adrian

                                                                 Adrian and Miss Jessie

                                                               Adrian and Cousin Brianna

Well, I hope that you enjoyed the pictures that I posted ( I have a total of 200 LOL).  Be prepared for a mass overflow of blogs the next couple of days, as long as nothing else pops up!

Thoughts on Physical Education in Schools

The state of Missouri is thinking about doing away with mandated physical education classes in grades kindergarten through 5th grade, and I was asked what my viewpoint was on this topic.  Well, I thought that I would blog about it, and see what your opinions on the matter were as well!

I believe that this would be a large setback in the health of our society.  The obesity epidemic in this country is already a hot and heated debate.  I do believe by not instilling our children with the necessity of exercise, and making it enjoyable will only cause the epidemic to spiral out of control. In today's world an average child's form of exercise on any given day is bowling or playing a round of tennis on the Wii or Xbox Kinnect.  In this technology age children would rather be sitting indoors playing on their ds, gameboy, psp, game consoles, or any other given electronic than to be outside.  When I was growing up, we would play hide and seek, catch fireflies, play tag, kickball, or ride our bikes for fun.  Seeing the shift in the idea of extra cirricular activities greatly negates the need for P.E. in our school systems.  Our country is trying to reform healthcare by making it more afforable and readily available for all people; however, by not instilling exercise in our children at a young age and as they are growing up, we are going to see a drastic increase in health issues and problems; from juvenile diabetes, high cholesterol, cardiac problems, breathing problems, and many other health scares that obesity is a cause of.  What will this rise in healthcare issues cause?  Higher premiums on health insurance, higher costs of prescription medicines due to a higher volume of consumers, and most importantly the mortality age to decline.  Our children are our future, and by enabling them to continue to carry out the epidemic that our fast food nation has invented is appalling.  Yes, we as parents should enforce our children to participate in forms of exercise, and produce a healthy diet for them to consume; however, there are parents out there that have fallen victim to obesity themselves or just aren't knowledgable in a healthy lifestyle, as well as parents who just dont care.  Personally, I despised going to gym class after 6th grade, but now that I look back on it, I wish that it was mandatory all the way through school (including all 4 years of high school).  I do think that they could update the class, into a more generation appropriate form, just make it fun and the kids will approve.  As for high school students gear it more towards fitness class and strength training, perhaps rotate classes per quarter, for example 1-zumba and pilates 2-jazzercise and yoga 3-strength training and step aerobics 4-sports quarter i.e. kickball, softball, flag football, etc.  I personally would have LOVED this type of  P.E. class in high school lol. 

Anyways, I believe that you guys get my view on this, I personally think that it is a poor decision, while they may think that these children are "too young" to be greatly affected by this decision, they aren't.  If the form of exercise isn't instilled at a young age, children will not adhere to it at an older age. 

So, what are YOUR thoughts and opinions on this topic?