Happy Birthday, Judd!

We've had so much fun lately, it has hardly felt like school :). I've summed it all up here below.

We've also actually been learning during all this fun :). Ask your kids about Merry Mouse, Martin Luther King Jr., numbers 10 and 11 and the Mine-o-saur. We learned all about a Dinosaur adventure today, and the dinosaurs without manners! There was Tattlachodon, Pokeysaurus, Butt-in Bronto, Yellingdactyl, and the wonderful Happyosaurus. The kids ate it up! We read a book called The Mine-o-saur by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallan which I would highly recommend. It pictures a bully, but also shows his point of view.

Sledding Day: Hot Cocoa and Trail Mix. Yum!

We've spent quite a few days outside lately. The kids absolutely LOVED the sledding day, and did not want to quit when it was time. Thank you for remembering to send all of their snow clothes. The snow was getting pretty soggy when we were there, so snowpants were a must!

We were sad that one of our friends was too sick to come :(. She was sorely missed (as in every 30 seconds--everyone kept asking about her!).

The Sweets Candy Factory fieldtrip was a big hit! I was very impressed that you all made it, and on time even! (I was not as wonderful as all of you when we went last year). We had a lot of fun, even though we were separated. A big thank you to everyone who waited patiently. It was great to see so many dads there as well! Because we had to check our bags, I did not get any pictures of the people who came in after the movie started :(.

Making Ice Cream and Ice Experiments :

Friends we've been missing!

We've had a lot of fun since my last post! We are so so happy to have our friend Candace back, and we missed Kimberley for a few weeks, too. The kids are so excited to have everyone together again.

FLAT STANLEY REMINDER:

If you haven't had a chance to send your Flat Stanley, please do it TODAY!! We have asked your friends to return them to us by Jan. 29th. We will be using the returned Flat Stanleys for our Show and Tell on the 2nd of Feb, so if someone doesn't get theirs back in time, they will feel sad.