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January 2008

January 2010

King of the Jungle

Evie is 'King of the Jungle' this week in her kindergarten class. Each child gets to do this for one week throughout the year. They get to be the line leader, share a poster about themselves, bring show and tell, and basically be special during this week. Evie wanted to bring her brother and fish for her show and tell today. She got to talk about both and her classmates got to ask her lots of questions. I have a whole new respect for her teacher, Mrs.Van Valkenburgh, every time I go into that classroom. From Andrew and Go Fish, the kids discussed living vs. non-living things (fish), liquid-gas-solid concepts(jar and water), months of the year (trying to guess Andrew's birthday), money(who bought the fish), jobs(how do we get $), and more. I am just so impressed with everything Evie is learning! Mrs.Van Valkenburgh invited Andrew to join in the math exercise and days of the week dance. With some encouragement from Evie he participated. The math exercise is really exercise: jumping, stretching, spinning, etc while counting to 100. He left there declaring he loved kindergarten and couldn't wait to do it again.

Lunch in the cafeteria

Go Fish came for Show and Tell

Andrew got to participate with Evie's class

Box sledding

Happy New Year

We had a s'mores party...

and played card games to ring in the new year (at 6:00 pm!)

Merry Christmas

Test driving the new r/c truck

Happy Birthday Jesus!

The Dinoco helicopter was definitely a favorite

Christmas Eve

The four of us celebrated together on Christmas Eve. We covered the kids big presents with sheets the night before because we couldn't figure out how to wrap them or hide them. It turned out perfectly because we could unveil them and see their expressions. We ended the day with Phil playing at both candlelight services at church. It was Andrew's first time to come with us into the sanctuary. He did great and it was so special to hold him and sing Silent Night while we shared a candle.

Evie getting a glimpse of her new doll house

Andrew's turn to see his present

Early Christmas

Happy Birthday Jesus!

So excited about his new train tracks

Evie with her Chrissa doll

Little princesses

Evie got to go with her friends to see the new Princess and the Frog movie. She was so excited to share this experience with Elizabeth and Kate...and mommy didn't mind having her friends there too!

Evie, Elizabeth, and Kate

Caroling

Our MOPS group took a few kids caroling at the nursing home this morning. Evie was her usual outgoing self and didn't hesitate at all. Andrew was a little scared at first but was singing and dancing by the time we had made our rounds through the rooms. We put smiles on lots of people's faces!

Christmas Choir Performances

4 year old choir

5 year old choir