Wacky Outfit Day

At the end of the Wacky Week before Spring Break where we missed two days because of snow, Grace had Wacky Outfit Day…

Oddly, she didn’t look much different than normal:)

Slinky Malinki

Last week Grace’s school had a variety of reading activities. One was “dress like your favorite book character”.

Grace’s first choice was “The Grouchy Ladybug” by Eric Carle because she loves ladybugs so much. She wanted Daddy to take her shopping for a ladybug costume after he got home from work. I told her we weren’t spending any money and that we would think about it when she got home from school.

Well, I am so proud of this little girl. She came bounding off the bus “I know what I am going to be!!!” She thought about it at school and decided she would be “Slinky Malinki” because she already had the ears and black clothes/shoes and the book. I could paint whiskers on her face and she loves black cats!!

She was so sweet and gracious about it, didn’t turn into the Grouchy Ladybug at all. And as you can see in the above picture, she was pretty excited.

All the Places I Want to Go…

…by Grace…the scanning didn’t work very well and cut off some of her words so I have typed them above the pictures…
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All the Places I Want to Go

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I want to go to Disney Land.

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I want to go to Enchanted Forest

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I want to go to Seatel to see my coisins

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I want to go all around the world!

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I want to go to Washington.

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I want to go to Antartica

 

…she must get this from her father:)

Best Christmas Present Ever

Before school got out for break, Grace brought home lots of schoolwork. One thing she brought was this paper she had written about the Best Christmas Present Ever…

My Best Christmas Present ever

I will never forget when I got my best Christmas present ever. It was Christmas day. I was in my Grandma’s living room opening presents with my family.

I opened the bag with my best present ever! It was red with black spots. It was very soft. It was a circle with a rectangle. It was about as big as my shirt. It was a LadyBug PillowPet! I was very, very happy!

I said thank you to Grandma and Grandpa. I hugged my Pillow Pet.

The End

Home Cat Report

Last year one of Grace’s projects at school was a  report about the Pacific Chorus Frog. We have had this box hanging around in the office for a couple of months…

It has all sorts of Froggy facts

including predators…

Recently, Grace decided to make one here at home…but about “home cats” (aka house cats).

“Home cats. I love cats and kittens. Cats are an animal that live at your house with you.”

“Cats are colors of gray Black oreng white and Stripes. they are cuddly they are cute”

“and they are fun to play with. Kittens are baby cats they”

“are cute pets. these are names of cats may cutie funy city lovei fun.”

“Scare hunt or kill- cioti. Bear. tiger. Cooger. Posin Snak. Owen. dady. Shark. Big fish. dogs.”

“Cat food chicen raw meat Bread raw meat chicen Bread”

Grace: Second Grade

We are about 2 months into Grace’s 2nd grade year. She loves school and can’t wait to go every day. She loves her teachers and her classmates.

She is doing well in all areas at school which is nice. She is reading at about a 4th grade level and has been f-lying through books. I am constantly stopping in at the library and picking her up a stack of chapter books.

Every week she gets new spelling words and last week one of them was “orange” and she said “oh good, I don’t feel like I know how to spell that one very well so this will be good.”

She did have a an experience with a boy in the 1st grade who was a bit of a bully. We told her that she needed to tell an adult at school because she didn’t know his name. Well, last week it seemed to escalate so I emailed her teacher and by the end of the day the entire situation was dealt with and she got an apology from the other child on the bus ride home. I am really quite pleased with how the school handled it and with Ms. Grace too. She had to be a bit more assertive than she is comfortable with but she did it and was rewarded by the situation being resolved in a quick and painless manner. She told me “I don’t really like that boy.” We told her that was fine, we don’t have to like everyone, especially when they aren’t nice to us, BUT we still have to be respectful and polite…and she is.

She loves the monkey bars and swinging at recess and has decided that she never wants hot lunch again because it doesn’t seem to be predictable so she keeps getting it on days there isn’t anything she wants, and then she comes home hungry!

Every week she seems to have a new best friend. She is a sweet girl and a good friend. She loves to write and draw and plan things. She is getting better about talking at school rather than being shy.

My goals for her are basic, doing better in math, learning to tell time on a clock with hands, being more talkative in school when it is appropriate, and being able to open the van door when I drop her off.

Grace- Daddy and I are so proud of you. You are such a smart and kind girl. Remember when you used to hate it when we called you smart? “I’m not smart, I’m brilliant!” Boy, did you hate the word smart! But Sweetie, you are! (and you’re brilliant too!)

Grace at the Pumpkin Patch

Grace’s class went to the pumpkin patch last Friday. I wasn’t able to go, but one of my good friends went with her kiddos and was able to get some pictures of Grace for me. She is much more smiley for someone else’s mom…

And the winner!

They kept their pumpkins at school until today so that they could weigh and measure them. Grace’s pumpkin is 3 lbs!

Pumpkin Patch

It’s that time of year…

One of my classes went to a pumpkin patch this week and both Grace and Owen will go with their classes tomorrow.

We were fortunate to have a gorgeous sunny day. It was beautiful out.

We went on a hayride.

There was a witch in the barn!

And some sweet, very pregnant goats.

Owen’s First Day of Pre-K

Friday was Owen’s first day of Pre-K. He was super excited despite the fact that he had actually been at school the previous two days for set-up and orientation.

When kiddos come into the class they put their things away and then they find their name at the table and sit down and work on whatever worksheet is at their spot. Owen turned to me and whispered “but I just want to play”.

Sorry Buddy, this isn’t the 3′s class anymore, you’ve got work to do, you’re in Pre-K!

First Day of Second Grade

Grace was so excited this morning to head off to her first day of second grade. I am so proud of her. She loves school and she loves change. A great attitude to have this early in her education!

The school that she was at last year closed and combined with a school that is actually closer to our house but had been for only the 3-5 graders prior to this merger. So she is in a new school with a new teacher and she acts like she is going to a party:) I love it!

Last week she got her hair “chopped” and Danny took her out shopping for her new dress and sweater…so cute!

Yesterday she wrote down her lunch order

So today Owen and I are trying to get all of our last things taken care of, actually that’s just me, he’s watching Looney Toons…before we head back to preschool tomorrow.