A New Shirt Every Day?

Driving to school this morning I glanced back and realized Griffin had on the same shirt he wore to school yesterday. I said "Hey Buddy, didn't you wear that shirt to school yesterday"? He glanced down and said "Yes, I did Momma. Are you supposed to wear different clothes to school everyday?" I told him yes, it was important to wear clean clothes everyday. He thought about it a minute and I think he realized he may be embarrassed to go to school with the same shirt on because he asked me if we could go home so he could change. We were already half way to school but I turned around so he could change. We pulled into the school parking lot with only one minute to spare before the tardy bell would ring. This just goes to show me ~ sometimes we think our kids just "know" things when in fact they really don't.

Griffin's Ancient China School Project

Griffin is studying Ancient China in Social Studies. His project assignment required him to make a kite in a unique shape.
The kite does not have to fly.

He had to draw four inventions that came from China. He also had to include a string tail that would include four facts about the inventions.

He designed it, painted it, drew the inventions and typed the complete sentences on the computer.

He worked very hard on this project ~ we are very proud of his work and the finished kite!

Way to go Griffin!

Happy Happy Happy

Happy, Happy, Happy!

Best Friends & Sand Art!

Griffin and Kaitlyn are the best of friends. Today is Kaitlyn's birthday and she came over to play after school. Her mother is decorating the house and preparing for a little family surprise birthday party while she is here ~ she has NO idea! I decided to get sand art for the kids to create this afternoon while she is here. Now they are outside playing on the trampoline. I've heard many giggles and laughter coming from our backyard.

Cub Scouts - Cowboy Yee Haw!

Our little cowboy had fun at the Cub Scout Rodeo Yee-Haw! The night included lots of western themed games, cowboy grub and lots & lots of laughter!

Sledding!

We took full advantage of the power being out ~ we had snow much fun outside until we were beyond frozen. Power is still out so Mike hooked up the generator. The snow is STILL coming down. Big, huge, beautiful flakes!!

Maps!

The 2nd graders at GES are currently studying a unit on maps in Social Studies. It was wonderful watching our boys use the knowledge they have learned in school to achieve the necessary requirements to earn their Cub Scout geography belt loop.

Crazy Hair Day

Momma, I want spikey green hair with orange polka dots. That's not a request you expect to hear every day ... so glad I could make his wish a reality this morning for "Crazy Hair Day" at school in honor of the WHOS of "Horton Hears A Who".

Celebrating Dr. Seuss' Birthday ~ Cat in the Hat day

Griffin's school celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday by having crazy hat day today
He wanted a "Cat in the Hat" shirt to match his hat, however I do not sew.

I was inspired by my friend Carol's costume she made for her son Sam. I used Heat & Bond to add the white part to the shirt and then did a bit of hand sewing to make the bow.

Jack & Kara's Birthday Party!

Griffin had SO much fun yesterday at our friends K & J's birhday party at Chuck E. Cheese. He was thrilled when Chuck himself played 6 games with him!

2nd Grade Field Trip - Science Museum of Virginia

We had a wonderful time at the Science Museum of Virginia of Richmond today! Between the IMAX movie about volcanoes, earthquakes & tornados, the rat basketball, the hands-on lab about the weather and the free time, we had a ball! Griffin is showing the take-home project the children created. It's a weather box that respresents the different layers of the atmosphere ~ stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere. The sea monsters ~ I'm unsure who is more excited about those Griffin or me! When I was a little girl I always saw them advertised in the back of my Archie comic books but I never had a chance to get any of them. They had the Sea Monster kit in the museum store and we had to get a kit to grow some of our very own! So excited!!

Wacky Wednesday!

Today was Wacky Wednesday at Griffin's school ~ it was crazy hat day. He decided to wear the very special Griffin hat Duffey Clark gave him!

Fractions & Prayer

Griffin has been struggling a bit with fractions. Yesterday afternoon he brought two papers home he needed to review for his fraction test today. These particular pages he did not do well on. I could still see his struggles even after reviewing and doing his homework assignments. This morning he did two worksheets I printed from the Math Aids website and he did really well on them. On the way to school we prayed together about this test. I sent his teacher an email asking her to share his test grade as soon as she could. She just emailed me ~ he got a 100/A!! Through prayer and hard work he did such a wonderful job!

Bowling With Cub Scouts

The Cub Scouts went bowling tonight so they could earn their bowling belt loop. Griffin had such a good time and so did I!

Griffin's 8th Birthday Party

We had fun celebrating Griffin's 8th birthday with a pool party at the YMCA!

Griffin & AJ

After the party on Saturday we were very happy when Mike's brother Kevin & our nephew AJ could come over to spend some time with us. The boys enjoyed putting Legos together. It was great catching up with Kevin & AJ. We've got to find a way to get together more than once a year.

Waking Up 8!

Today is the big day ~ he's turning 8! When he woke up he said "Mommy I want to see what 8 looks like". He ran into the bathroom to look in the mirror. Then he said, "I don't look different but I feel different". And then he reminded me he is 8 now and no longer needs his booster seat in the car. So, on the way to school today he sat in the seat without a safety seat for the first time in his life. He was so happy!!

Fun With Fractions - Class Party

I'm helping with a "Fun With Fractions Party" with Griffin's class today. The cake and juice boxes are in the car and I'm headed out to Big Cheese Pizza for the pizzas. They were great about working with me to pick the pizzas up at 10:30 because they will eat at 11:00. Thank you to the general manager Earl for making this happen! Food Lion did a great job on the cake too ~ it's so fun and festive. I'm overlooking the fact that the icing bled. Who cares, right? Icing is icing and you can still read it and it will taste yummy! The kids are going to learn so much about fractions as Mrs. C cuts the pizzas and cake ~ AND enjoy a yummy lunch!

Griffin's Love Chain

Griffin brought this home from school today ~ a love chain he made in class. It's hard to read becaue he wrote in pencil. His hearts consist of:

<3 ~ I love my puppies
<3 ~ I love my Grandma
<3 ~ I love my Mommy and Daddy
<3 ~ I love my three teachers
<3 ~ I love everybody in the world
<3 ~ I love God

100 Days Of School ~ 2nd Grade

Griffin's school will celebrate the 100th day of school today. The children were asked to wear something with 100 things on it during the assembly this morning to celebrate the day!



Of course Griffin's favorite "thing" in the world is Legos. So, we made a necklace/sign for him to wear consisting of 100 of his favorite things ~ Legos! It's also easy for him to put on and take off during the day.

He counted out 100 Legos and put them in a plastic bag. Then we stapled it to the center of an 8x11 piece of white cardstock. Then we stapled a colorful border to frame the Legos. Using the Cricut we cut out the words "100 Days Of School". It was fun creating this Lego inspired 100 Days Of School project together!