pamelamyers | November 15, 2017
So, this happened. Sam came home from school last night telling me that her friend Giselle told her the story of Bloody Mary. Seriously? OMG. I don’t think I heard that stupid urban legend/tale until I was much older. Kids are growing up earlier and earlier these days. It is upsetting. At any rate, Sam was scared to death, totally freaked out. I explained, ad nauseum, that it isn’t real, that the stupid story has been going around since I was a little kid, if not sooner, and it’s not real. Yeah, well, that doesn’t matter much when you are 8 and some girl tells you that if you say this stupid thing that the woman in the mirror will kill you. I can’t believe I am dealing with this nonsense.
So, Sam is in our room at around 3 a.m. and will she go back to sleep? No. Of course not. She is scared to death of stupid Bloody Mary. What is next? Give me strength.
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pamelamyers | November 15, 2017
Sam’s school hosts a grandparents’ day for the second graders. Over 200 grandparents came, which is amazing! I helped to coordinate the event (pretty much only because that way I’d get to be there to see it). The principal told me last year they had maybe 50 grandparents. It was a phenomenal turnout. All the grandparents went to the kids’ classrooms and answered questions about what it was like when they were kids that age. The kids couldn’t believe what school was like for their grandparents – how different in some ways, and yet so the same in others. Afterwards, they did a craft together using outlines of the grandparents’ and the kids’ hands.
Here’s their craft!
Veterans’ Day was the week before and the kids were asked to bring in photos of veterans in their family. Sam brought in pictures of her Great-Grandfather, Flavion (although whomever typed it up spelled his name wrong…Grrr) and her Poppy, Joe. I spied this display as I was leaving her classroom.
The little poster the kids made was very special. I am glad they are teaching them about what it means to serve our country. Those in the service don’t get enough credit for what they do.
On Veteran’s Day, the school hosted a Veteran’s Breakfast and the second grade sang for them – God Bless America and God Bless the USA. Here they are practicing (thanks to her on the ball principal for always snapping photos!) Sam is in the front row, near the left.
And here is a video someone posted on Facebook. Sam isn’t in it the whole time, but she is on the left, in a red dress. The kids are too adorable. The fact that they learned all the sign language for this song, and learned all the words, is so impressive!
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