It was another wonderful day to be me! Last Friday was the annual Jog-a-thon at Amara’s school. I really didn’t think it was possible to have more fun this year than I had last year! But I really did! Last year I had gone with the expectation of just watching and ended up helping out. [...]
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STAR Awards
“This is an exciting day. These are one of the days when you wake up in the morning and you know you are going to have a great day because we get to celebrate. We are celebrating CSTs from last year…” Amara’s Principal This week they had the awards ceremony to recognize [...]
Holiday Class Party
December has certainly brought us lots more wonderful everyday moments! Plus a few that have been extra memorable. We have been so busy having fun that I haven’t had a chance to write it all down. I want to start with the Holiday Party they had in Amara’s classroom the Friday before Christmas. Amara’s teacher [...]
Starting Third Grade
May it be the Best Year Yet! A new school year complete with a new uniform, a new backpack, a new lunch box AND a new hair-do!
The First Annual Father Daughter Dance
For me it started a few months ago when Jenna told me that Mo, the Mom who had been here for our Slumber Party, was heading up a committee to do the first ever Father Daughter Dance and wanted to know if I would join. In particular, would I take the photos that would come [...]
A Three-Peat Repeat
It’s official! We have a Principal’s Honor Roll Three-Peat Repeat! After all of the excitement of the Patriotic Performance Amara came home that afternoon with a note that she would be getting an award on Friday. No details of what this award would be but we had a pretty good hunch that it was going [...]
The Patriotic Program
While lots of the schools are out for the summer, Amara still has another week to go. The last few days of school are always so much fun. Tomorrow is the 1st Annual Father Daughter Dance, more on that after Friday. Next week they have things like Pajama Day, billed as the day you “roll [...]
Jog-a-thon 2012
So Friday was the Jog-a-thon and lucky me, I got to be there! The temp job that I had been working ended two days before the big event. Talk about perfect timing! When I told Amara that I was going to be able to go she was so excited! “That’s great Grandma, because last year [...]