Bi Water Farm

Our class went on a field trip to the pumpkin patch. The kids had a great time and were very good. We got lucky and the weather held out until we were leaving. The little ducks were hilarious. They would climb up the ramp eat a bite of cornmeal out of the bin and then slide down the water slide only to climb up again.

Dad's Birthday

We all got together tonight for Dad's birthday. It was on Tuesday but everybody's schedule was crazy this week so we ate tonight. We had beef stroganoff, salad, bread and dessert. You can see after cooking it all and doing the dishes I still had to spread out with some lesson plans. Still not finished but there is always tomorrow. We had a good time and Travis played us a couple of his new songs he is working on. Susan had an assignment due so she worked on it while we were all hanging out. Good thing for laptops huh? Miss ya Gabe! Didn't know Vince was on the phone with you while we were all talking. We would have had you sing happy birthday too!

This is a little video I took of Travis singing one of his newer songs. No name for it yet and audio not great. I just did it with the digital camera. Not even sure if it will work. taking a long time to upload and my media player would not play it without quicktime. I'll keep playing with it if it does not work.

Gabe is in this weekend for a wedding

Took a few pics of Trav and Gabe right before he headed out for the wedding. Lady came to visit this time. She had not been for a while. Baxter is not too sure how to get along with her. He is a little spoiled you know. Check out the way she lays down all the time to relax! Vince and Susan should be back this afternoon from Gaitlinburg.

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Go Cats Beat Gators!

My dad and my son Vincent usually work the press box at the games but Dad is working at Keeneland and Vince and Susan are in Gaitlinburg so Roger gets to work this game. Before he left Gabe (who is in this weekend for a wedding) and Roger practiced the Wooo signal. Lady did not get in on the action.

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How about that game on Saturday? Roger thinks it was his birthday present. Pretty good one huh? Beautiful day all around! Happy Birthday to you Honey!

Firefighter R to the rescue!

"Mr. R" came to our kindergarten class to teach us about fire safety. They were so excited because my family is the topic of many modeled journal writings! He also is the guy that buys the treats when their popcorn jar gets full of compliments. What better icing on the cake is there when this same guy is also a quote "fighterfighter"? They were very well behaved and all got to try on his coat and hat for size. They had just filled their jar that day and someone had called Mr. R and let him know. What kind of friend do you think he was that day particularly when he shows up with fire gear and bakery chocolate chip cookies? I even got in on the fun and tried the gear on. Later that night we had our Fall Festival and our booth was pattern bracelets, face painting and tattoos. What fun! There was cotton candy, popcorn, pizza,games,a giant slide, a bouncy booth and a silent auction. Just to mention a few. We did not win anything but had lots of fun painting faces and giving tattoos. I think R became a pro at tattoos.

I accidently chose the first two pics that do not relate to firefighting but they do relate to school. The first is a picture of a child writing a page for our class book that went into the silent auction basket that we made for dogs and cats. They gave advice to pet owners about how to care for a dog or a cat. They were cute. The other picture is one of their sticker stories. They drew a picture around a sticker and then had to write using descriptive words. They were very creative with these. So I don't really know the best way to load pictures. It kept closing down on me and I downloaded one I did not mean to and two of the same. Oh well, so much for trying. Anyway ya'll get the drift.

Baxter and Jazzy

Baxter and Jazzy like the backyard but they do not like the neighbor dog... Not sure what that is about. They chase up and down the fence line and bark like they are defending the world! Only lasts a few minutes but enough is enough some days. I guess everything for a dog is like the movie Groundhog's Day. Brand new start each day and never been or done this before.

classroom news

Well October is here and wonder of all wonders... I am having fun again! Why do kindergarten teachers have to go through the first month of school every year????? Here are some of the things we have been working on. I wanted to include their sticker stories they worked on this week but I need to delete some pics from my camera. The memory is full. We worked on adding descriptive detail to our writing. I am proud of the progress they have made so far. Behaviors are getting in check and we are in full swing.

Officer Don brings our scores to JME

It was a great day. Blue skies and smiles all around. Our test scores really improved and officer Don landed in the soccer field and brought us a banner with our scores on it. We had a false alarm and sat outside for about a half hour while the fire department checked everything out. The kids did a good job. Just glad it was not cold or rainy! Here are some pictures I took.