Saturday, May 31, 2008
Friday, May 30, 2008
Summers are for READING!
We always go to the Public Library and participate in their Summer Reading program. I LOVE, LOVE ,LOVE Children's Literature. So many books I have memorized from reading them over and over again to my own kids and to kids while teaching. I have a HUGE, children's book collection. I have always been interested in the Caldecott collection. The Caldecott Medal goes to one book a year for having the most distinguished Children's book illustrations. This honor began in 1938. I was able to get an up to date, current 2008 poster of all the CM books from Mrs. Sue Lawless, the Librarian at Karns middle school. We started this week with our goal~ reading ALL 71 of the CM books . That will be at least one a day - all summer! Some of them I already have, but some we will have to get from the library, especially some of the older ones. You can go to www.ala.org (American Library Association) to get a copy of all the book titles for yourself !
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Paci addict
Emma Grace and her paci are still attached. She always has one with her and sometimes two. She's even been known to have 2 at a time and one in each hand. Her dentist has already told us about "paci teeth" and I've heard every suggestion under the sun to "say bye bye to paci". The boys never liked a pacifier , so kicking this addiction is new to us. It is such a comfort thing for her. I am seriously going to try to start weaning her off. Please pray for this process. (Seriously!) She loves it SO much , but it really is past time to give it up - I know.
For the LOVE of a bottle!
Today while getting rid of some "old stuff", Emma walked in the room while I was packing away some of her baby things. She saw one of her old bottles and had a fit! She hasn't had a bottle in over a year now. But she still remembers them fondly. She LOVES to give her babies bottles - so I know she remembers them. She said "put some milk in it mommy PULEEEZZZ!" So I did. It was so funny to watch her drink it. She was so serious and enjoyed every drop of it. At first I thought her eyes were going to roll back into her head. She loved it so much.
Monday, May 26, 2008
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Andrew's last day of 2nd grade
Today was Andrew's last day of school. It is always sad to see a year come to an end. He made several new friends this school year and loved his teacher, Ms. Karen Wiley. The class made her a book telling her how special she was to them and how much they loved her. She taught them how to write in cursive, how to add and subtract with regrouping and how to be a friend. It was a great year. Thank you Ms. Wiley ~ have a great summer break!
Morgan's 7th grade Awards Day
Morgan got several awards at the end of the year Awards ceremony at school. He was one the Character Counts recipients for his suite, Duke University TIP program, National Junior Honor Society, and he was recognized for being 1 out about 30 students in the entire 7th grade for maintaining a 4.0 GPA for the entire school year. Yeah Morgan!
Morgan's homeroom teacher...
This year Morgan's 7th grade homeroom teacher was Mrs. Faye Korsgaard. She is a science teacher at Karns middle. The reason I am in this picture too is because she was also MY homeroom teacher (@KMS) in 1983. (long time ago). I just thought it was neat that she had BOTH of us as homeroom & science students. :)
Piano Recital
Andrew was invited to 3 of his friends piano recital on May 18th. Makenna Atkins, Aaron Skeen & Kolby Atkins. They all did such a great job playing their songs. They looked so cute all dressed up. At the reception, I just had to take their picture. (you know me, never go ANYWHERE without my camera :). They are all finishing up the 2nd grade this week- almost big 3rd graders!
Happy Retirement Mrs. Gray
On May 13, I went to a retirement reception for my former Principal at Blue Grass Elementary, Mrs. Brenda Gray. I was fresh out of college and was wanting so badly to be a teacher. She was the one who gave me my 1st chance to fulfill this life long dream. I graduated from UT with my Masters in Education in May of 1996 and started teaching just 3 months later in August of '96. I taught for 8 years at Blue Grass under her amazing leadership. We had a special bond because she became principal that same year ('96) and I was the 1st teacher that she ever hired. She had been a teacher and a curriculum generalist for many years prior to becoming a Principal. I hate to see her retire - but wish her some much deserved relaxation. Happy Retirement Mrs. Gray! ~Love you!
Friday, May 16, 2008
Andrew's 2nd Grade Parent presentation day...
Today in Andrew's class , the parents were all invited to attend a presentation of "Their 2nd grade experience". It was so sweet. We sat at Andrew's desk beside him and he showed us his portfolio of work and special papers that he had been working on all year long. We got to see all his test scores in CARE, Math, reading & Language for the entire year. He made a 100% on his end of the year Benchmark test!!!! Since 2nd graders do not take the TCAPs anymore - this is what they use to measure their growth and what they have learned. We were so proud ! The students all read a paper about the career that they would choose as an adult. Andrew wrote his paper on being a Car Designer. He says he wants to design a car that will run on water - since gas is so expensive. I told him to "go for it!" :) It was so neat to see how much they have all grown up and changed this year. 2nd grade is my favorite grade of all - I admit - (I'm a little partial). Next year he will begin the intermediate grades and lots more learning to do. With Ms. Wiley's help, each child in the class made a scrapbook of their own "2nd grade year", I LOVED that of course~ and Ms. Wiley also made a Photo show to end the special time together with the parents which had us all in tears. I lOVED that too ! It has been another AWESOME year at KES. Thank you Ms. Wiley for the great job you have done with these kids, for loving them so much and for all your hard work!
Sunday, May 11, 2008
My mothers day gift...
My sweet husband knows me so well. For Mother's Day he got me a digital photo frame that plays music and got old pictures of me with the kids from the photo archives and made me this photo show. The pictures with this song brought me to tears. Even though I love Steven Curtis Chapman , I had not heard this song before - one little heart beat at a time. It is precious! ~Enjoy!
Friday, May 9, 2008
MOPS Tea & Testimony
Today was our last MOPS meeting of the year. We always celebrate the end of the year with a catered "Tea" and share testimonies of our year together. Since we all are Mothers of Preschoolers - it is something to look forward to each month. I was a table mom this year and it was such a blessing to me to pray for these ladies. We are already looking forward to next year! If you are a mother of a preschooler, there is a MOPS group near you somewhere - or I would LOVE you to be my guest at Sevier Heights this coming September!
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Our 1st Mother Daughter Tea
Emma Grace & I love to play tea party. I decided it would be fun to celebrate Mother's day a little early by hosting our 1st annual Mother ~Daughter Tea . We had fun dressing up in our hats and beads with our friends and having "tea". We also had some yummy treats to eat! It was a fun day!
Friday, May 2, 2008
National Junior Honor Society Induction
Karns Middle School had their NJHS induction ceremony today. Morgan was one of 99 7th graders at KMS who was inducted for their upcoming 8th grade school year. To be considered for this group the students must have maintained at least 3.5 GPA all of their 6th & 7th grade years, been selected by their teachers as having excellent character and taken part in community service projects. It was a very special , honoring ceremony and reception afterwards. Please allow me this "mommy moment" to say how proud we are of our oldest son. He has always been so very consciencious of his academics. He has maintained a 4.0 GPA since the 5th grade and is such a hard worker.He was also accepted into the DUKE University TIP program and took the ACT this past February. Way to go Morgan~ We are so proud of you and we love you very much! :)
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