This is the story of Amara’s last week in 3rd grade. You should read all about Monday and the Honor Roll Ceremony and about Tuesday and learning to knit if you haven’t already. Then came Wednesday. I had been involved in planning the End of Year class party for weeks. There were many parents involved [...]
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Last Week of School — Day Two
It was a wonderful week. The last week of school is always the best. It started Monday with Amara’s Honor Roll awards and every day was something fun! Way to much fun to put all in one post so I am breaking the excitement down by days. Tuesday I did a special project with one [...]
Our Triple Crown Winner — Day One
Some days are better than others are. Today is a spectacular day! Today Amara received her certificate for having made the Principal’s Honor Roll for the third trimester! This meant she also received a special certificate for having made Honor Roll all year! She had now made Honor Roll all year long for three long [...]
The Joint was Rockin’
April, May and June are always busy months around here. In April, we had Amara’s birthday, Honor Roll, Jog-a-thon and the 2nd Annual PTA Father Daughter Dance. I still haven’t told you about the dance! Last year’s dance had a patriotic country western theme. This year the theme was a 1950′s Sock Hop. The PTA [...]
A Popsicle Party
The phone rang the other morning and it was Jenna. It is usually Jenna and I do consider myself lucky that my daughter want to call me all the time. It wasn’t always that way. “Do you want to go to a Popsicle Party with Amara’s class?” Well of course, I want to go. Who [...]
Saved by Google
Amara’s school has a music program for 3rd graders now. They all started by learning to play the recorder this year. Next year they get to pick an instrument! This was their first concert and it was nothing short of amazing. 150+ 3rd graders on stage playing together and they sounded very good! They had [...]
Turning Nine Part Two
Amara’s slumber party celebrating her 9th birthday had taken place on Friday night. I knew that her parents had worked their tails off to get ready for it and wouldn’t get much, if any sleep, so we invited Amara to spend the night with us on Saturday night. This also meant she would wake up [...]