International Night

Well, I have decided I need a telephoto lens for my camera. None of the photos of the performance turned out very good. And in our classic style, we ran out of video tape less than halfway through the performance. Good news is that we can order copies of the performance from the school district and they should be really nice, professional copies.

After the kids sang, we headed to Emma's classroom where she showed us a "suitcase" she had made filled with all kinds of Australia projects.

Emma says, "International Night was fun. My favorite part was singing. It was fun when we played before we went on stage. The kids in our class were being so funny. We made koalas and we made kangaroos for our hats."

Emma's Report Card

Click the picture below to view Emma's most recent report card. We are pretty proud of our girl!

100 Days of Kindergarten

Not only was last Friday "Pajama Day" it was also the 100th Day of Kindergarten. Emma's class celebrated by making "I Survived 100 Days of Kindergarten" crowns and necklaces with 100 Fruit Loops strung on them. They wrote about what they would do with $100 and drew pictures of what they would look like when they are 100 years old. Emma was positively bursting with excitement when I picked her up on Friday. I think it may have been one of the best days of kindergarten yet!

Pictures

Just some quick pix I took today. Notice Ollie's haircut and in the lower left photo you can see the bump on his noggin that he got on Saturday after running full speed into a door. He is going through a major accident-prone phase lately. Just two nights ago he knocked over an entire bowl of scalding hot soup and it spilled down his chest. Fortunately his shirt prevented him from getting any serious burns but it sure scared the heck out of Mama and Daddy!

Writing

When we had Emma's conference her teacher mentioned what a great writer Emma is. While some of the other kids will write a sentence or two, Emma fills the entire sheet with words. Here is something she wrote recently. The teacher asked the students to write about what they would do if they had a dog. Emma worked so hard on the assignment that her teacher gave her a PRIDE ticket (a special award teachers hand out when a student is showing a good example). Emma's essay reads: I would take my dog to the park and I would take she to the slide then we would go to the ice cream place then we would go home then we would play hide and seek and then we would get my dog in the tub and then we would watch TV and we would watch "Polly Pocket Movie".