Thanksgiving

Nathan's kindergarten teacher held a Thanksgiving Feast this week! 

Nathan in 2nd row, behind the girl in the red dress

 

I was able to go and listen to the kids read/recite two of the books they made

and help serve their feast =)

 

 

Nathan finishing his feast; a hotdog, mac and cheese, apple slices and apple juice.

 

That morning they made the cute 'turkey' cookies for dessert 

as well as their hats and table decorations.

 

It was a super cute gathering of Kindergarten

Pilgrim and Indian boys and girls!

Dr. Seuss

Arlington style!

We drive through this golf-course neighborhood regularly,

and so we drive by this 'Dr. Seuss' tree often =)

 

There's a tree near the course

and a bend near the top

pointing due east or would that be south?

(JN, 2012)

 

 

 

 

I was a fan of Dr. Seuss as a child,

and I'm still a fan =)

I love his talent for poetry, writing and illustrating children's books!

 

 

Nathan IS a VIP

Nathan had his turn to be the V(ery) I(mportant) P(erson)

this week in his Kindergarten class =)

He was sick on Tuesday, but was there for Thursday.

The VIP gets to be the line leader,

show and talk about his VIP poster,

(it's a parent/child at-home project at the beginning of the year =)

and share something that he brought from home

(a.k.a. show and tell).

Nathan with his poster

The kids raise their hands and either make a 'nice comment'

about the poster or ask a question =)

Nathan brought his kendama; a Japanese toy,

to share with his class.

Afterwards his VIP poster was placed on the classroom wall

 

Sidenote:

There are some clubs in Nathan's kindergarten class,

and he is now in 3 of them;

the numbers club

for recognizing the numbers 0-20,

the ABC club for learning all

the upper and lower case letters, and

the 100 club for counting to 100!

Hooray!

 

Onset of Winter

It has been cold lately!

 

Frosty picture out our back window

Love the frost in the morning

It's so beautiful!
 

Time to bundle up!

We haven't seen snow yet, but perhaps soon!

 

Elementary School Pictures

Yay for computer scanning/cropping capability!

These are the current school-year pictures

of our youngest two =)

 

Aaron, 3rd grade

Nathan, Kindergarten

 

Great photos boys!

 

I loved this brotherly 'picture';

Aaron helping Nathan with his reading homework!