School News

We've got 9 weeks of school in the record books. We've had our first report cards. We've done our first real "project". We are getting in to this whole school routine -- and let me tell you ... it's BUSY. I'm not talking busy every now and again. We are BUSY all the time!

Some days I feel like I've been standing in one place, spinning around and around and around. I'm dizzy with busy! My head spins daily! But, we are having a blast with our girls!

Chris and I make an awesome team with this. We occasionally high five each other while we're racing through the house getting whatever's next ready to go -- be it kid, project, dinner -- we've become some kind of well oiled machine. The down side is, when we finally fall on the couch at about 10 o'clock at night, we just look at each other and say -- "oh yeah, you live here too!". Note to self: find an occasional date night in the midst of all the chaos that is our lives right now.

In spite of busy, the girls are exceptional students! Both report cards prove it. We are so proud of them!

We had our first real classrooom work project to do (see photo). Maggie had to get her family together to decorate a turkey. It had to be a family project. Everyone needed to participate. We all had fun doing it. Maggie wanted to make the belly red felt with Cheerio feathers and wanted green construction paper feathers in the plume. Grace wanted orange construction paper feathers and wanted the bottom feathers to be little pom poms. I wanted fall leaves scattered on the construction paper feathers so that it had some fluff to it. Chris wanted to handle the head and the wings -- and he picked the pink eye -- since it seems to run in the family. Lots. Grace had the idea for the pipe cleaner feet and I made those. Maggie wanted a pipe cleaner beak. I made that as well. The girls glued everything on. And Maggie added a hat with a flower. A true family effort!

Maggie was also featured on the school bulletin board for being her class' Proactive Kid (see photo).

Grace and I are going to be hitting up the craft store soon. Since I was homeroom parent for Maggie's class Harvest Celebration, I'm going to be a guest in Grace's class to do a Thanksgiving craft with all the kids. She is very excited about this -- and so am I. It's such a blessing to be able to do these things with and for my kids.