Saturday, August 30, 2014

Alora's 8th Birthday Party

 
Today was Alora's 8th birthday party.  She decided she wanted to do an Art-themed party since she loves everything art.  She had nine of her friends join her to paint canvases, play some art-themed games and then eat brownie sundaes of their own creation.  Overall, it turned out pretty well and the girls all seemed to have a really good time.
 


Alli H
Emorsyn G



Morgan R
McKenna F
Rhian
Rachel J
Lauren A




Samantha
Ava S.



The finished masterpieces!

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

1st Day of School 2014-2015


Summer flew by.  LITTERALLY. I don't even know if you could call what we had a summer... it was  more like a glorified spring or fall break.  But here we go again.  Back to schedules, piles of homework (for both kids AND mom), lunches to be made, etc.  The task is never-ending.

This year Noah is in 7th grade.  His homeroom teacher is his friend's, Joe, mom, Mrs. Gallagher. 

Jackson is in 5th and has Mr. Reynolds as his homeroom teacher.  Mr. Reynolds was Noah's school basketball coach last year, so we know him a little bit. 

Alora is in 3rd grade and has Ms. McCubbins.  She normally teaches a combo 2/3 class, but this year it is all 3rd grade.  Alora has 32 kids in her class, but depending on actual enrollment in a couple of days, another 3rd grade teacher might be added.

Lastly, Max will again be in preschool.  He could have gone to Kindergarten this year, but he would have been the youngest, much like Alora was.  We decided that with a boy, we would prefer him to be the older one in his class.  Partly for size advantage and for social (i.e. driving, sports).  He will actually be going to TWO preschools- Little Learners (my friend's school that Alora attended) and then a once-a-week joy school with some people from church.  He should definitely be ready next year for real school!