Color Run 2019

Our PTO does a Color Run fundraiser each year. The funds from the last two years have earned enough money for swings on the school playground.

James getting painted

Go, James, go!

Kids running around the school

Nicholas and James

Rainbow-colored 2nd Grade Class

Math Night 2018

James's elementary school hosted its first Math Night on Thursday. James got to play fun math games with some of his new friends.

Andrew, James, and Avyan

James, Andrew, and friends playing an equation game

James, Andrew, Blythe, and Emory

Playing adding games

Halloween 2018

Halloween was huge this year. The kids were invited to wear their costumes to ballet and Gymnastics earlier this week (James's costume didn't work for flips but his class was pretty fun). Then yesterday, Miranda had a preschool storytime with crafts and parade at James's elementary school; James had a parade and a treats-and-craft party at his school; Miranda had her treats and crafts party first followed by a parade at her school; then I went back to pick up James and take the kids trick-or-treating. It was nuts!

Harry Potter and Spider Girl

Preschool Storytime at our elementary school where James goes to school and Miranda will go next year:

Reading Click Clack Boo!

Song and Dance

Magnet craft

Parade!

James's 2nd grade class:

Pre-parade group picture

Parade!

See ya!

Crafting

With his friend Blythe

Miranda had her party and treats first, followed by a parade that led straight to mom's car.

Pre-K Class

Crafting

Time to go trick-or-treating!

Our tree brought it's Halloween colors

Trick-or-treat!

Nice decorations

Magic hour!

This one scared Miranda

Miranda has NEVER BEEN HAPPIER

My littles

Miranda giving out candy to the big kids

Happy Halloween!

Book Fair 2018

Parents were invited to lunch with their kids and to shop at the book fair. James is still so happy whenever I come to his school things. It's so sweet. I got to meet his friends, ran into Lindsay and Hans,  and then we bought a couple of books: Dog Man and Minecraft.

Best buddies! Aqib, Albert, James, Holden, and Andrew

He's not mad, he just wasn't expecting a picture, haha.

PreSchool Story Time- October 2018

James's school, and Miranda's school next year, has PreSchool Storytime once a month in the library. Luckily it's in the morning so I was able to take Miranda before her afternoon PreK class. First, we had story time and songs. Miranda felt too shy to sit with the other kids during story time. Then we had a craft. Then Miranda got to check out a book (on James's account). Really great class- and it was all free!

Story and song time

Craft time! Miranda cutting out Piggy.

Our friends Hans and Lindsay

 

Gluing the puppets together

Piggy puppet

James Has New Friends 2018

James has a bunch of new friends in his class at school. Albert, Andrew, Aqib, and Holden. He does walking club in the morning, and often walks with Andrew from his class. He also has some friends from our regular visits to the park. The other day we ran into his friend Andrew at the park, and I got to chat with his mom Lindsay. This week we had a fun playdate at their house, along with Miranda, Andrew's older brother Miles, and their youngest brother Hans. So much fun!

Andrew and James at the park


Miles going down the slide, Miranda and Andrew at the bottom

Playdate picture fail

School Carnival 2018

James's new school has a yearly carnival fundraiser. I'm not a big carnival person so I was sort of dreading it, but I loved how it everything was perfectly suited for little ones. The kids had a great time and I'm so pleasantly surprised! We also won a silent auction: James will be playing a board game with his teacher sometime soon!

Carnival at the school

James did this Indiana-Jones-type thing where you have to make it across without falling down

He made it all the way across!

Miranda and James went in this easier bounce house together

There's James inside

And there goes Miranda

This slide thing was huge

James made it down

Snow cone Time!

Happiness is carnivals and treats

Dad helping her eat it, not wear it

Karaoke room!

School's "Be Kind" Campaign

Rainbow balls

Bow gun in Mrs. Crites room

Bow gun in Mrs. Crites room

Cake walk! It really was easy, and they really won some cake!