FIRST DAY OF 2nd GRADE

 

 

59 degrees this morning. Who would have thought the kids would need jackets the first day of school.

 

Annual Rustic Circle Back to School Breakfast.

 

 

Backpacks all lined up.

Rustic Circle elementary age kids.

 

Riding to school in style on the Brays Mizzou bus!

 

She was very excited this morning. Actually dragged me down the hall at school. Couldn't wait. First year she didn't hid behind me when we got to her classroom.

 

She had a great first day! 

 

MEET YOUR TEACHER NIGHT

Pre-Teachers Night ice cream.

 

Of course he will eat the ice cream. Just won't eat meals.

Hawthorn Hill Hornet. Here's to Second grade!!

 

Then we worked the Girl Scout table. I've volunteered as the schools GS recruiter.  

Getting new girls interested.

22 MONTHS

This project took 5 1/2 years to complete. Both done with each kid at 22months.

 

 

Silhouettes and hand prints flank the back door.

BIG BOY AT THE TABLE

Look who joined us at the table this weekend. So far he hasn't messed with the plate. The first time that plate gets thrown on the floor we're going back to the tray on his booster seat.

He's been using a fork and spoon since April! He saw his neighbor friends, who are 5 months older than him, using one at a party and he's demanded one ever since. I swear I don't think Violet used a fork on her own till she was three. For a boy he has crazy good fine motor skills. Dr. even mentioned that at his 6mon check up. I've never really thought much of it. But friday night he took macaroni noodles and one at a time slid them onto to the tines of his fork.

SUMMER READING

Violet completed the summer reading program at the library. She received her three free books this weekend. She still has to complete the summer reading for school which is slightly more than what the library required. I won't say this has been an easy task this summer. She can read just fine and has always tested just slightly above or at her reading level. However she just doesn't like to read. She finds it a chore and I find I'm fighting with her most days to go read. So everything I read when Violet was an infant about reading to them early so they'll love books has been wrong. We've read to her every night since she was 6months old and still do. Still no real interest in reading.

LOST A TOOTH

Got a shiny gold dollar coin and a mini Hershey bar.

10 DAYS OF FUN

Cousins visit. Lots of swimming, playing outside, shopping, ice cream, more swimming, zoo, staying up late, skating, melt downs, tons of popsicles, and tons of fun. I'm tired.

 

Violet's favorite ice cream place, Yogurtini. It's not really about the ice cream. It's about all the treats she can add to the ice cream. Usually there is more gummi worms, m&m's, chocolate chips, etc. than ice cream.

Make a wish.

Took him forever to make his wish. 

 

Lunch at IKEA.

IKEA has a play area where you can drop your kids off and then go shop. This was apparently the highlight of the trip because Violet asked to go back to IKEA.

First corn on the cob.

Too hot outside so we played games inside.

More ice cream.  

 

Trip to the zoo. Tiger let out a loud roar. You can see Violet jump in the pic.

Monkeys.

4th OF JULY FUN

Originally the 4th was going to be only two families hanging due to people being out of town or busy. But in the end a few more families made it back in time to hang out, grill and watch the fireworks.

 

 

Highchair in the garage. :)

 

 

 

Neighborhood fireworks.