School Picture Time
pamelamyers | November 28, 2016
My beautiful, grown up girl. What more can I say? I am just so in love with that face.
Conference Time
pamelamyers | November 21, 2016
Today Mark and I met with Sam’s teacher, Mrs. Hall, for the fall conference. It was a pretty thorough assessment of how she is doing so far. Overall, she is doing just fine. Sam is a good student who works hard. There are some areas for her to work on, of course, but she is doing very well. The one comment her teacher had was that she makes mistakes and her writing is a bit sloppy because she rushes through her work. Mrs. Hall really wants her to slow down because when she does, she doesn’t make mistakes and her writing is so much neater. We told her we’d work on that at home. Gee…she is super fast and rushy…wonder where she got that from? (Mark did just call me a tornado the other day….)
Community Helper Day
pamelamyers | November 18, 2016
Today was the first grade Community Helper Day at school. Every kid in Sam’s class was assigned a job that is considered a “community helper” to research and give a presentation about at school. Sam was assigned nurse (she really wanted to be vet, but what can you do). The kids researched the job at school and wrote a report that they then presented in class. All week they practiced reading their reports. They were supposed to wear a costume and bring the appropriate tools to school, and since Sam didn’t really have anything to wear, I ordered her some scrubs. She looks adorable!! The parents were invited to come and watch and it was so much fun.
First, the kids were paired up to read a short statement about what they were going to be doing. Sam’s partner was Brianna.
Each child read their report and then took three questions from the audience. The parents were allowed to ask questions, but the kids had so many, it was more fun to just let them do their own thing. Mark and I were happy to see Sam raise her hand quite a few times and participate. You never know how much she speaks up in class, so it was good to see.
When it was time for Sam to present, she did a fantastic job! She read her entire report perfectly, she was nice and loud so everyone could hear and she answered her questions from the audience. She must have gotten her Daddy’s speaker gene, since she didn’t seem nervous at all.
She showed everyone her tools and acted like a real pro. Public speaking can be hard, but she was amazing. Of course, I videotaped the entire thing.
Here is the report she presented. Great job, Samantha! We are so proud of you!
More Halloween Happenings
pamelamyers | October 31, 2016
Sam certainly loves Halloween and she has lots of activities to help her enjoy it. School has been loaded with things to do for the holiday. First she had her parade, then the Trunk or Treat. I also signed her up for Pumpkin Day after school one day where the high school kids came over to decorate pumpkins and do crafts with the kids. Here is Sam’s pumpkin. She is very proud of it and made sure I took pictures of each and every side.
They had a Halloween party in her classroom, which I did not sign up for, but I did sign up to help out with Pumpkin Math in her class. The idea was to use Pumpkin carving as a fun way for the kids to learn some math lessons. For me, it was just a great way to spend some time with Sam in her classroom, which I love. The kids were broken up into groups and we had to measure the pumpkin’s circumference, count how many ribs it has, weigh the pumpkin, come up with a group design for the face, carve it, scoop out the seeds and count them in groups of 10, then weigh the pumpkin again after scooping out the inside to see the difference.
Here is Sam counting ribs. Of course, all the kids wanted to do every single task so it was difficult, but I will say, they worked well together.
Some of the kids were not too thrilled about scooping out the goop, but they did all help to some extent. Me, I was the lucky one who got to do most of it.
Icky hands up! The design they came up with was a compromise, and I think it looks great. My pumpkin carving skills are not too shabby.
Here is the chart we had to fill out for Mrs. Hall. As you can see, there was never going to be a consensus about what his (or her) name was, so I just wrote them all. Pumpkiny Fred Crazy Duckity Donut. Ok then. The kids had fun and hopefully learned something, that’s what’s important!
Halloween Happenings
pamelamyers | October 28, 2016
Today was Sam’s Halloween Parade at school, and also her Trunk or Treat! What a crazy busy day! The school certainly jammed everything in all at once. I have to confess, it is almost better that way. At least for me. Halloween has never been one of my favorite holidays, and I’d rather get it all done than have it stretched out! The only good part is seeing Sam in her costume, which is always fun. That kid looks cute no matter what.
Here they come, Mrs. Hall’s class!
It was a bit harder to get her photo this year than last year. Sam was much more interested in scurrying along with her friends and having fun than stopping to look at us for very long.
She did look like she was having fun, and that’s all that matters.
Later that night we went to Trunk or Treat. It was chilly, but not freezing, thankfully. We arrived a little early to avoid the line, so we had time for a few pictures.
Sam was tired so we weren’t sure how the night would go. Sam hung in there long enough to visit every trunk and get whatever candy and other treats she could get!
The trunks were really imaginative and she had a blast.
We let Sam play the games for a little while but then started to get her moving home. We never told her there were some crafts inside the school – she has enough crafts at home to do, and she was exhausted!
Of course, not so exhausted that she didn’t take time to look at her loot. Oh boy, it’s not even Halloween yet and already, so much candy! We let her munch a piece or two before bed, but that was it. Sugar rush + Bedtime = Bad Night for Mommy…It was a good beginning to the holiday weekend. Sam can’t wait for Halloween!
