2013-08-12

First day of 3rd Grade!

2013-05-23

Last day as a 2nd Grader!

2013-05-22

Principal's Honor Roll (meaning all A's and S's).

2013-02-07

This is the earth that Luke made for his science project. Using styrofoam balls was his idea, using sticky-backed felt to decorate them was mine. Using index cards to create a properly shaped and sized template for each country was my idea, but he drew them, sized them, and cut them out, all by himself!

2013-02-04

Does it look sunny to you? This is the sun for Luke's science project to demonstrate the phases of the moon.

2012-10-05

For his assigned project this month, he had to write a report, create a collage, and give an oral presentation at school about his family: who is in the family, what makes our family unique and special, and what we do for fun. I helped him pick out some pictures, he drew a few more (left is a game system, top center is pizza, bottom center is chicken nuggets and french fries). We have cats, we travel (Boston), we go to Disney every year, and we like going to the movies. He was so proud of his collage, and I think he did a great job. (Later Note: He got a 100 for the project!)

2012-08-13

I thought I was going to post a more traditional "first day of school" picture for today, but I thought this shot of him petting Star (before we kicked her out of the next few photos) was just too sweet.

2012-08-08

Today was registration at Luke's elementary school. This is one of the walls in a stairwell. I'm guessing they had a contest for students to paint a cinder block at some point. It's been there for at least three years, probably longer.

2012-05-23

Hey, an actual photo taken on the correct date! Something of a novelty. Too bad it is such a bad photo! And sadly, this is one of the better ones from the day. None of my pictures from awards day came out. Not enough light + big zoom zoomed way in + moving kids = blurry photos. A flash would not have helped, as we were much too far away. Need to learn how to twiddle with the settings and maybe crank up the ISO next time. Somewhat noisy is better than so blurry!

2012-05-04

We had one last quick conference with Luke's first grade teacher to see if there was anything particular we should discuss with his second grade teacher before the school year starts in August. On the way out, we passed the school's garden. Each class has a small plot (roughly 3 feet (1 meter) square), and he proudly pointed out his class's box. I have to admit, theirs is doing much better than several of the others. Well done, Mrs. C's first grade class!

2012-04-09

Today was Luke's first day riding the bus home from school. Up to now, he has been going to Kindercare on their bus after school, but due to the (lack of) job situation, we can't afford that any more. He absolutely *loves* riding the school bus home!

2012-03-20

I'm feeling very crafty today. Luke needed grass for his school project, and he didn't like any of our other suggestions like Easter grass, but he thought my suggestion of green rice sounded good. The hardest part was finding the liquid food coloring (not corn syrup based gel). Thank you, Pinterest, for the instructions!

2012-01-17

Yeah, that's pretty much the same face I made when I saw this. Luke's first non-smiley face report of first grade came home from school today. Apparently he was talking and playing instead of paying attention during both reading and music. This seems to happen around Christmas, give or take a couple of weeks, based on last year's and this year's behavior. I don't know if it's spending so much time inside due to the cold and rain, or the lack of soccer, or just general burnout. Probably some of each. Hopefully this will be the only one for the year.

2009-12-08

Silly hat day at school. They made these in after-care yesterday.

2009-11-13

You are living dangerously, Mr. Spider. I can think of safer places for you than the entrance gate of a preschool playground.

2009-10-23

Here is the fall version of the tree at Luke's school. Had to take a picutre in a hurry! The leaves all turned from green to this beautiful dark red in less than 2 days, and a mere 2 days later, the tree was practically bare. Welcome to fall in Atlanta, all one week of it.

2009-08-11

Luke is absolutely loving Pre-K so far. Playing dress-up is apparently one of his favorite things to do. We found him wearing this when we picked him up today. Looks like a civil engineer in the making to me! (Sorry for the quality; this was taken with DH's cell phone. The one day I didn't bring my camera!)

2009-08-10

Luke's first day of Pre-K was today! We are officially slaves of the academic calendar for the next 14 years. Here he is wearing his official first day of school nametag.

2009-08-07

Today was Luke's last day in Ms. Crystal's class. As of Monday, he will officially be in Pre-K. Thank you for everything, Ms. Crystal!