Firsts

100 books

August 13, 2021

Like the boys each year, Samantha did a summer reading challenge. The summer before 1st grade they all read 100 books! Maxwell read 100 books and Spencer read 100 books! The boys also had a summer reading challenge and could earn Vbucks for every book they read. They did ok…not our best summer of reading but that’s ok.

Samantha was a little slow to get started but then picked up speed at the end of summer. A big thanks to GJ for getting her going and finding some books online to read!

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I’m so proud of this girl. First grade has been an adjustment. I just hope she knows how special and wonderful and brave she is! And very very smart!! 100 books! Her prize? LOLs of course! Two OMG dolls and two LOL dolls to be specific. She earned them!

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Go Samantha go!

First day!

August 12, 2021

First day of school was Tuesday!! My crew was ready for a new year in 5th grade…

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3rd grade…

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and 1st grade!!

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Love my crew…

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They are wearing masks this year but will get to interact with their entire grade at recess, etc. Parents are even allowed in the school this year! Woohoo! Hopefully everyone will stay safe and healthy and we’ll have the best school year yet.

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Everyone came home happy after the first day and gave it a thumbs up…

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Let’s try that again!

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There we go! Thumbs up all around! Here’s to a fantastic school year ahead!

two wheelin’

January 12, 2021

We tried to make the best of our quarantine and a big part of that was getting Samantha riding on two wheels! Woohoo! It didn’t take her any time at all to learn. Robert ran up and down the driveway with her maybe 3 times and then she was off!

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She’s been on her bike every day since she learned and has been all over the neighborhood! She even got to show off her skills to Mrs. Susan who stopped by just to see her ride!

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She’s even given her new robot cat a ride! 🙂

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I’m so proud of this girl and she’s pretty proud of herself too! She’ll also be happy to tell you that she learned to ride younger than both of her brothers! 🙂

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Go Samantha Go!

Harry Potter

November 27, 2020

We’re a little late to the game but we finally read the first Harry Potter book!

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We read it aloud and, despite the kids have zero interest in it before we started, they all really enjoyed it and we’re moving on to book 2!

Are you ready?

September 23, 2020

Are you ready for some football?! We are! We’ve been watching some top notch football around here the past few weeks. Maxwell is playing tackle football this year and it’s been so fun – for him to play and for us to watch! 4th grade tackle football is interesting because there is quite a disparity in size of the kids! Case in point…

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That’s Maxwell in the black jersey in the middle! ha! Now, that photo is slightly distorted because of distance but, they do have one really really tall kid on their team!

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The Raiders are now 3-o so they’ve had a great time winning. Maxwell has been playing lots and lots of defense and not as much offense as he’d like. But, he hustles at practice and does what he needs to do at games and he’ll earn his spot. He had some really strong tackles in last Sunday’s game! He might be small but he’s tough!

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