New year, new teacher, new ‘do: Carolyn wanted to wear a million little braids to school, so we settled on a slightly smaller number (*only* 18) and got up early to do it this morning. It was a tad bit chilly waiting for the bus! But she is definitely all smiles and ready to meet [...]
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Carolyn came home with a backpack stuffed with stuff and a shirt covered with her classmates’ handprints. Let summer vacation begin!
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It’s the last week of school, which means “Cook’s Choice” for the whole week on the lunch menu. “Cook’s Choice” (aka whatever’s left in the bottom of the fridge) is not a friendly sounding thing to a somewhat picky eater, so Carolyn has been bringing her lunch all week. This morning at 8:05 (the bus [...]
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All the K/1 classes met in the school cafeteria tonight to construct these gingerbread houses out of empty milk cartons, graham crackers, frosting and candies. A cute, fun project!
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I signed up to bring a treat for the class holiday party, but the treat I decided on became an activity as well – decorating gingerbread men! So I dropped Anna off at Nikki’s house and headed to the school for the holiday party. What fun! Did you know that the echo line in Rudolph [...]
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Carrie took her first school field trip today. They went to tour a historic home and watch a puppet show of The Night Before Christmas, and then they went to the local VA hospital to sing Christmas, Hannukah and patriotic songs. Anna and I went along as chaperones (well, OK, I was a chaperone, Anna [...]
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We went to our first parent-teacher conference this evening. The teacher had a lot of nice things to say about Carrie. I was kind of surprised to hear that Carrie cries at least once a day at school, but her teacher is confident that it’s just a maturity thing that will come with time, and [...]
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We got Carrie’s school pictures back today. She picked out both her dress and the background color. I can only take credit for her pretty brown eyes!
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24 cupcakes with pink frosting and sprinkles…check! Napkins…check! Camera…check! Time to go watch Carrie celebrate her birthday with her class!
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They had a family game night at the primary school this evening, ending in a barn dance in the gym which was actually quite fun. Exhausting, but fun.
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