We had a wonderful Christmas in 2014. Mom & Dad both needed a break from work, so we took it! As a family, we were able to relax and re-connect with lots of games, soccer, movies…and just be...Read More
The kids both went to STMP’s Summer Enrichment Program, mostly because I needed some free time to work! 😉 But, also to get Darrock’s academics up to speed and give both of them somethin...Read More
Nice kick-off to the first day of 4s pre-school with Ms. Denise. Just a couple of creations the month of Sept. The ‘D’ in the first picture was not really part of the plate. He came home w...Read More
October Creations: Darrock’s ‘D’ word – the teachers were really impressed that he knew how to pronounce it: Darrock’s ‘G’ word was Shannon’s homework! ...Read More
November 2014 creations. The first 2 pics are a Thanksgiving card. The 3rd pic is Darrock’s ‘K’ word and a creation we were asked to make at home to hang on a school Christmas tree. ...Read More
These little Angels were handed out whenever the kids were “caught” delivering acts of kindness and respect throughout the Fall semester. These were the ones Darrock received Sept-Dec, st...Read More
Perhaps the highlight of starting Kindergarten for Shannon was being Queen of the Day, so I’ll post that book first. Shannon filled out the first page about herself and then each kid in the clas...Read More
December 2014 Darrock worked so hard creating the (8!) tags for my Christmas presents that he gets the feature this month: And a great letter from Shannon: Shannon made these and hung them on the Chr...Read More
Shannon’s teacher asked the kids to decorate this pumpkin in a way that represents what “Fall” means to their families. Soccer was the “sport of the 2014 Fall season” whe...Read More
Kinder creations: Stuff Shannon obviously created on her own during centers or free time, the most impressive being the thermometer (weather and temperature has been studied some at home) and...Read More
I LOVE this little creation that came home from school, though Jim is rather unimpressed. I don’t know if that’s because he can’t see the vibrant colors the same way we do or if he t...Read More
Here is the Christmas present Darrock created at school and surprised us with on Christmas morning: This is our new annual tradition, thanks to Ms. Denise. She started this last year when Shannon...Read More
Shannon made us a special Christmas gift at school – we were surprised with it on Christmas day: Here it is with another little 2014 ornament made at school and my favorite ornament from Shannon...Read More
Shannon wrote this book based on the Thanksgiving story she heard at school (I think). She gave her book chapters and a TOC! Or perhaps she was just using the TOC page as an outline; also impressive. ...Read More
I’m not sure exactly when Shannon wrote this book – I just found it at some point. It was obviously before we started work on her spelling. I’m not entirely certain the pages are on ...Read More
Shannon made an impressively detailed book about her daily routine. This was prior to our work on her spelling, so I’ll add comments for clarification: 1. Wake up, 2. Shower 3. Get dressed...Read More