Friday Gillian’s school had their first ever Kindergarten Music Concert. The kids have been practicing for months. Gillian has been home singing songs for weeks now (check out the lion sleeps tonight). The theme was “Old MacDonald Had a What?” The kids started out singing Old MacDonald and then replace a common farm animal… Continue reading Kindergarten Concert
Over the past month and a half, Gillian has been having some problems at school and aftercare. She has been misbehaving and acting out. Our first response was to take away her favorite thing, her blanket (aka Manket). This didn’t make a difference in her attitude. So we changed strategies. We opted for a reward… Continue reading Reunited
This morning, I was talking to John. I asked him “Is it ok if I come and read to your class?” He smiled and said “Yes, because I want my friends to meet you.” This makes me so happy. I said “So it’s cool to that I go to your school? So I’m cool?” He… Continue reading Cool
Today was the kids’ first day of school. Gillian started Kindergarten and John started 3rd grade. Our town passed full day kindergarten this year and in order to accommodate the additional kids, the schools got shifted. The schools historical had one for K to 3rd, one for 4 & 5 and one for 6, 7… Continue reading First Day
Gillian has been talking about Red Nose Day all week. When you asked her about it she would say “Thursday is Red Nose Day! I’m so excited! All my friends will have red noses!” Gillian’s class had a bake sale today with all the proceeds to go to the Red Nose Fund. She had Daddy… Continue reading Red Nose
John’s school had their annual art show tonight. I took John and Gillian to look at the show. John was super excited. He practically ran through the school. We got to see a lot of beautiful artwork. The theme this year was coexist with character. There was a lot of animals and nature scenes. John’s… Continue reading The art show
Gillian’s school had the Lizard Guys come visit today. Gillian told me about their visit in the car tonight. She said “Silly Billy came today. What? That’s his name! He brought a lizard. The lizard was so fast! He ran all over the carpet! And there was a frog. He was slimy and bumpy!” I… Continue reading The Lizard Guys
Gillian loves to do puzzles. Last week I went to pick her up from school and I found her sitting at a table putting together a puzzle. She asked “Can I finish it?” I have a hard time saying no to that. So I sat down with her and watched as she completed her puzzle.… Continue reading Puzzles
Everyday Gillian comes home with a stack of pictures that she made at school. Today was no different. She folded all the pictures together to make a book and then she “read” John and I the story. She created the story in the car, but after bath time I asked her to tell me one… Continue reading The Story
Friday was John’s 2nd Grade Concert. This year the theme was Character Counts. MFA teaches the kids “Pillars of Character.” The pillars are Responsibility, Respect, Citizenship, Caring, Trustworthiness, and Caring. They focus on a pillar every month and it was nice to see an entire concert focused on everything they learn throughout the year. I have… Continue reading 2nd Grade Concert
John and Gill went up a hill 