Zachary's 6th Grade Graduation

Express Shuttle Rocket

Zachary's Science Fair Project

First Day of School 2011-2012

Today is the start of the 2011-2012 school year. I always dread school starting. I love the relaxed feel of summer and having the kids home. The kids were nervous and excited this morning.

Randy, rode with the kids to school on their bikes. Every year has done this with the kids and they all this tradition (even the two little girls ride along in the bike trailer behind Randy's bike).

Last Day of School

Today was the last day of school for the kids. Sarah started her day at the Coles home with a Pancake Breakfast, which she loved. When she came home she was covered in marker. I didn't think about sending her to school in a t-shirt that her friends could sign so she had them sign her arms and legs in mostly permanent marker. I wasn't happy but her sisters, brother and dad thought it was a great idea.

Fifth Grade Play

Christmas Village

Last week ZMan's class worked on making individual "light-up" houses. They combined them and it became a fun "light-up" Christmas Village. Family members were invited this morning to see the fun village. It was fun to see what they created.

BELIEVE - Presented by the 4th Grade

The fourth grade teachers gave the two classes a theme for a program and the students wrote the scripts, designed scenery and props, and created movement pieces. There were 7 scenes and they used to word BELIEVE as a theme. ZMan's scene was called "Experience Life" and the kids talked about Courage. He wrote him main line which was; "Courage is jumping off the roof into the swimming pool, Courage is being a rock star, Courage is being an an artist. It was so fun to watch each groups' skit. My favorite was at the end of each skit the group danced. ZMan's group dance to "Life is a Highway" and I could tell them had a good time coordinating the dance moves. I even got a little teary eyed realizing how grown up these kids are.

Zoo Day Field Trip

Princess Izzybee's class went to the zoo on Monday and I came along with the Doodle. I think this may have been the Doodle's first zoo visit so she was very excited. It was a short visit and we missed the reptile house (which is fine by me) but it was fun. The weather was perfect, even a little hot and the kids had a good time. The Doodle bought a purple monkey that she named Purple George , that wraps around her and she is wearing it everywhere.

County Project Completed

ZMan is in the 4th grade. This year he had to do a project on a county in Utah. He was given Sevier County and he had about a month and a half to do it. Of course we procrastinate and started it about 2 weeks before the due date. Just in case you are wondering by "we" I mean that the assignment was ZMan's but all projects for elementary school students are also projects for their parents. ZMan had to do a flip chart with important information, an oral presentation and a presentation idea page. It's due Tuesday so we finished the poster Sunday night and tonight he practiced the oral presentation and will give it to his class tomorrow. Good luck ZMan!

Our Family Flag

From what I understand ZMan will have a family project every month. The idea behind the assignment is for families to create something together and spend time together. The project is completed at home and displayed on his classroom bulletin board in the hall.

The September project was a family flag. On the fabric the teacher sent home we were to design a flag that represents our family. It was due today. I always stress about these projects more than I'm sure the teacher intends. Randy had the idea of using pictures and because we didn't start the project right away I didn't think we would be able to do this because I thought we would have to special order the pictures. The other day I went to the fabric store and found Iron-on stuff that I could print pictures from the computer on and then iron-on the pictures to the fabric. Now the kids want pictures ironed onto all their stuff like their pillowcases and some t-shirts.

First Day of School

Today was the first day of school. ZMan is starting 4th grade and Princess Izzybee is starting 2nd grade. As much as the kids were dreading the end of summer they were excited for school to start. I make them pancakes for breakfast and then I made them pose for a few pictures. It's tradition for them to ride to school on their bikes on the first day with Daddy which is one of their favorite things. The Doodle was so sad to not be able to stay at school with the kids, she has no one to play with.

Grape Smasher

Z Man was assigned to make a grape smasher out of 2 of the 6 simple machines he learned about this past month. Tuesday night Z Man and his dad spent a lot of time in the garage with power tools creating a this machine to smash a grape. Wednesday at school each third grader presented their grape smasher to the entire grade. Z Man said it was cool to see all the smashers.

Book-N-Bag It Lunch

Today Z's teacher hosted a Book-N-Bag It Lunch. Parents were invited to the classroom to read and eat lunch with their kids. It was fun. After we ate Z shared a book he had written in class called Diary of a Fly. He wrote the story and drew the pictures, it was cute. He also has a writting journal and he shared his other stories with me. One is a chapter story and again the writting is his own and he had pictures. I have to admit his spelling was awful and I had to look past that as he read the stories to me. I was good to spend 40 minutes as school with him and see his classroom and the things he has been doing.

First Day of School

Today was the first day of school. Z is in 3rd grade and S is in 1st grade. I'm not that excited about school starting, I hate going back to homework and making them go to bed on time and getting up. I made pancakes for breakfast and after they were ready I made them pose for pictures. R and the kids rode their bikes to school which they love doing with their dad. They had an early out so I helped pass out otter pops after school and then they rode their bikes to our church for snow cones. The entire primary meets at the church after the first day of school for snow cones and the kids love it. I enjoy it because it's fun to visit with the other moms about teachers and what to expect. I had cookies at home for them and now they are playing before dinner and soccer. I need to get S in bed by 8:00pm tonight because she it so tired.

Did you notice her black eye from her bike accident?