Saturday, February 07, 2009

BIG KID post.

Here is happy miss J working on Valentine Cards for her class at school. We listened to the StoryNory of Valentines day ( storynory is a website with free audio stories for kids, there is an educational part where they do special occasions such as the history of Valentines day..etc) along with many other stories since Julia LOVES sitting and coloring while listening to tale after tale. (i love it too, i just love listening to stories... ) I am very proud of Miss J... she received an award at school (along with her entire JK class) for displaying the characteristic of the month. Each month they study a characteristic and hear about it in Chapel - last month was 'orderliness'. Julia caught on very quickly, because at home she started moving all our boots and jackets to the back boot room from the front entry way. (that is where i prefer them, it looks more orderly!!haha) And she started making her bed, sam's bed and laying out their PJ's for the next day... and she has always been orderly in other ways, it is just part of her personality to some degree. Anyway, i didn't hear about her antics at school for a while (since she gets carpooled most of the time) but one day Mrs. A told me what was going on: apparently after chapel one day Julia asked Mrs A to stay out of the classroom and then proceeded to organize her classmates to put all their jackets and boots away (they usually need mrs A reminding them a few times, or so Mrs A tells me) then Julia's friend thought they should put out their lunches too, and so when they allowed their teacher back into the room, they had tidied and prepared themselves for the next event of the day. to Mrs. A's shock and amazement. :) Since the first incident, they have repeated this surprize (of which i am not surprized, once Julia gets something that other's like into her head she does it over and over again for them).
So for the first time (in the schools' short history) they awarded the JK's with the character award!!!! Isn't that the coolest thing ever???? I am so excited . And of course, i heard nothing of it until a couple days later from Oma, hahaha, but that is okay. Julia can't remember EVERY exciting thing that happens at school!! I LOVE THIS SCHOOL all that they teach and stand for . it is a delightful atmosphere of family . You walk the halls and students of all ages are hanging out together and greeting each other... there isn't a feeling of segregation of ages and genders, just a family like feeling. i love it.
If you are thinking about them: TCA wants about 25 more students for next year to keep things running smoothly. :) pray with us!



Sam turns a saw and a Uke into a cello.

:)

what a kid! hahaha he is hilarious!

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