Terra Luz a Progressive Preschool ~ nourishing the whole child

As I'm sure many of you know, we're so honored that Mia has been able to attend school at Casa T (just search for Casa T on my blog for all the posts)...run by my very lovely and loving friend, Andrea. Well, Andrea is now spreading her wings and transitioning from in home child care to a larger off site school (soon). I can't express how proud of her and her work. She's following her heart and making her dreams come true.

She's moving from Casa T to Terra Luz a progressive preschool and you really need to read all about it.....HERE

I know a picture is worth a thousand words, so let these of Mia at Casa T show what kind of unique school Terra Luz will be: (ALL shots taken by Andrea)

p.s. if you want to join Mia in the fun, Terra Luz currently has a waitlist you can sign up for ;)

Corbin, Texas

Another Wednesday, another fun day at Casa T! Mia did all sorts of fun stuff...pics below, but what I want to focus on is our conversation as we were driving home from Casa T.

Mia: (through closed car window...and we were a block away) (yelling) BYE FRIEEEEENDS!!!!

Mama: hey, Mia, wanna go to the store?
Mia: Damon is my friend
Mama: yes, baby, Damon is your friend.
Mia: Damon IS my friend. He loves me.

(from our previous conversations about planets, and where we live, but still random b/c we were talking about friends)

Mia: I live on planet Erf
Mama: yes, and our country is The United States
Mia: (silence)
Mama: The state we live in is Texas
Mia: Texas?
Mama: yes, Texas. And we live in the city in Texas called Austin. Austin, Texas.
Mia: no mama, I don't live in Austin, Texas....I live in Corbin, Texas


Austin is a friend of hers as is Corbin ...both go to Casa T :)

all these amazing shots (love the sand angels) taken by Andrea

at Casa T

oh, the things you will learn

There's been much going on at Casa T. Last week, Domi had a day off from school, so he helped his Mama out with the kiddos. They LOVE him! They made Royal Icing together for the sugar skulls for Dia de los Muertos, they iced the skulls and then read a story...Head to Toe. Mia loves her alone time with books, as well. They also explored cascarones and the confetti found inside and tended to the garden. FUN!

Another thing that's been happening is a LOT of potty practice. The kids are on and off the potty quite a bit! Andrea relayed a funny little scene from the other day. Mia was on the little potty while a little boy classmate was on the big toilet. He very frankly said...almost sang, 'I have a penis'. Mia felt she had to answer his bold statement with 'I'm a girl'. Now, we haven't really talked about those body parts mainly because Mia hasn't shown an interest yet. She knows about private body parts that she calls her 'pribacy'.

So last night, while in the bath, we discussed the differences of pribacies between boys and girls. Here's our convo:

Mama: Mia, remember when he was pee peeing on the potty and he said he had a penis?
Mia: yes, I'm a girl.
Mama: you ARE a girl, so you have a vagina.
Mia: a bagina?
Mama: yes, girls have Vaginas and boys have penises.
Mia: oh. you have a bagina?
Mama: yes and daddy has a penis
Mia: PawPaw has a penis?
Mama: yes, PawPaw is a boy, so he has a penis
Mia: Nana has a....aaaaaa..ba...ba...BUFFALO!

I laughed HARD for until Daryl ran upstairs to see what was going on. I replayed our penis/vagina conversation for him, but for some reason, he didn't find it as funny. Maybe it was because we were talking about HIS Mama's buffalo! :)

all the following shots taken by the amazing Andrea at Casa T

Another little peek

Mia can't get enough of Casa T...and neither can I. She always looks forward to seeing 'my friends' ...she'll name them all...and 'my Miss Andrea'. This week, their focus is on corn and they made little dolls from corn husks. Mia LOVES hers and wouldn't even let Niles (our dog) sniff it. I think he would like to get used to the little pet treats they made at Casa T last week. Now he thinks everything is for him. I had to post the shot of Mia with her binoculars she made at Casa T (last week was all about birds)...dirty face and all. Another favorite shot was of the kids enjoying the music of Ella Jenkins. Seeing Mia sitting on that drum makes me smile.

all of the photos are by the lovely Andrea

Ita was here

It had been a while, but Mia's Ita (my mom) came to visit. It was short, but oh so sweet. Mia LOVED dressing up into her Halloween costume and trying to tickle Ita with her tail. We visited Casa T, so Ita could see where all the magic happens. She was impressed and said Mia was is fabulous hands and she's thriving like a well taken care of seedling. One night everyone pitched in while I made entomatadas y arroz. Mia enjoyed helping her daddy break up some queso fresco. We were sad to see her go, but we'll be seeing Ita soon :)

the following two shots were taken by the lovely Andrea at Casa T