Dallas' Last Reader Theater

Today was another Reader Theater day for Dallas' class.  Reba happily stayed for extended care after PreK, so Julianne and I were able to attend and watch the class perform.  It's always fun to see them.

The first group to go performed a story about an unruly class and the changes that happen when they got a substitute teacher for a few days.  It was super cute!

The second group read the "true" story of the three little pigs.

Dallas and Dylan were the third group, and their story was about two dinosaurs - a meat eater and a plant eater.

After the class was done with the Reader Theater portion, each student read a story that they had wrote and illustrated.  Dallas was the first to go...

Until next time...

Merry Christmas from our Home to Yours

We made it home from Aunt Pat's last night.  Dallas and Reba each wrote a note for Santa, placed some cookies and carrots on a plate, and filled a mug with milk and a cup with water (for the reindeer).

This is what greeted the kiddos this morning when they woke - an empty plate and cups and a letter from the Jolly Guy.

Dallas' note to Santa

For Santa, the milk and the cookies (are for you).  The carrots and the water is for your reindeer. Have a happy new year. Love, Dallas
Santa responded: Merry Christmas! Chip (the Elf that was in Dallas' classroom) says "Hi!" -Mr. C.

 Reba's note to Santa

Santa, Merry Christmas.  We have (cookies) for you. -Reba
Santa responded: Thank you! - Mr. C.

 The stockings were stuffed by the TV with care...

We let the kiddos look through their stockings before we headed to Mass.  The church always looks so lovely decorated for Christmas.

A parishioner was kind enough to offer to take a family picture for us.

When we got home, everyone changed into comfortable clothes, and Dallas and Reba agreed we could open gifts.

Santa brought new batteries for the Gators!

Daddy got the girls matching pink tractors

Another item Reba mentioned more than once that she would like was a combine, I had to twist Daddy's arm to convince him to get her one...

Dallas loved watching Doug and I open presents. I do believe he is learning to love to give.

Santa also brought Dallas and Reba wooden baseball gloves that have Cincinnati Reds on them. The gloves can hold their bat, glove and ball.

Julianne was happy carrying around her new outfit

Daddy also painted a semi truck for Reba

Dallas loves his new lowboy trailer

Until next time...

Fun Friday Fotos - Art Show

Dallas' school had an "Art Show" one day last week (in conjunction with the last PTO meeting of the year).  It was right after their tball game, so we skipped the PTO meeting and quickly went through the art displays.  Here are a few pictures I captured of Dallas' work...

If you look closely, you will notice a 3rd place ribbon below his painting.  When I asked what the painting was, he told me "a ship".

The kindergarten class has been working on creating sentences using quotation marks and special characters.  In case you can't read it, it says, "Don't let the Pigeon scream in the bathroom," said my sister, Reba.

"Some bunny loves you.
Yes, siree!
Some bunny love you.
And it's me!"

There was also a table with a few different books the kindergarten class has made this year.

Ms. V rides to school in a van.

Dallas' drawing of what he will look like at age 100 (they made these in conjunction with the 100th day of school).

Imagine that...still wearing a red shirt!  And look at all the hair he thinks he'll have!

Until next time...

Sharing

Last week, Dallas brought home another traveling book.  This one was about the things the students like to share.  Here is Dallas' page...

In case you can't tell, the pets Dallas is sharing are the chickens.  I asked which one was Dallas, and he said the one in the red shirt.  I really should have known, because his favorite color is red (4 out of the 5 school days, he chooses a red shirt with blue pants!).  I also asked if he was sharing with Reba, and he said no, it was a buddy at school.  I think he even called me silly, adding that Reba doesn't have brown hair.

Smart alec kid.

Until next time...

Little Van Gogh

A couple weeks ago, I spoke with Dallas' teacher as part of his mid-term progress report.  She had lots of wonderful things to say about Dallas and how pleased she is with his progress.  She also mentioned how impressed she is with his drawing abilities.  I thought I would share some proof of what she was talking about.

Dallas' kindergarten class has done a handful of "traveling books" so far this year.  These books have had different themes and each students contributes a page.  Then, they all take a turn bringing the book home to share and practice their reading skills.

One book Dallas brought home to share last week was inspired by Vincent Van Gogh's self-portrait.  The students each used a mirror to look at their reflections as they drew their own self-portraits.  Here is Dallas' masterpiece

The other book he brought home was about things the students like to do.  This was Dallas' page (sorry the page behind his is showing through)

Until next time...

Fun Friday Fotos - PBS Fun Fest!

Last weekend, my friend Carla passed on some information about the PBS (Free) Fun Fest that was going to be held in downtown Evansville.  She also mentioned that a few of our favorite characters were to be in attendance.

 

Any guesses...

Once arriving, we first saw that the fire department had one of their trucks open so that the kiddos could climb aboard

Then, we found one of the main people we had come to find...Curious George!

Dallas walked up with little no fear, but Reba wouldn't go unless Momma went too.  Thankfully, the mom behind us was kind enough to snap a picture (Daddy was at work that morning)

There were many booths set up at the festival with crafts, coloring, and various games, but the kiddos weren't interested in them...they just wanted to see the characters!

On our way to find more friends, we passed the booth for PBS' newest show, Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood (think modern-day Mr. Roger's).  Isn't this a "Grrr-ific" kid?

Next, we found Super Why - you might remember Dallas mentioning this as his favorite show in this post

Next to Super Why was The Cat in the Hat - after I took this picture and started to walk away, Reba became upset because she didn't get her picture taken, but again...she wouldn't go near the characters without me.

To help calm her down, we went to visit the clowns who were doing balloon creations!

Dallas chose a blue dog - to match his shirt

Reba picked a purple butterfly - because "that's my favorite"

Reba then saw the chance to paint!

Yes, that is a car she is painting!

After Reba changed paint brushes, another child (I'm going to say somewhere in the 8-10 age range) so kindly ran into her, knocking the paint brush in Reba's hand, and added this bit of paint to Little Miss' hair and face...

Luckily, it was washable poster paint, and it came off (and out) very easily!

As we were getting ready to leave, Clifford the Big Red Dog arrived!  As we were waiting in line, Reba's butterfly balloon popped a wing...hence the unhappy little girl

Lastly, the kiddos each got to pick out a new book!  Don't they looked thrilled?!?!

Overall, we had a great time - here's to hoping for more fun family outings as the kiddos get older and become braver in new situations :)

Until next time...

Un-Creative Title

I'm sorry I don't have anything cute to name this post. It is just some random pictures from the weekend and the beginning of our week. Enjoy!

Reba watching the Colts game with me on Sunday. (She was excited for the victory)Once Dallas saw Reba was getting her picture taken, he had to climb up and get in one as well.
Have you ever gotten lost in a good book? Well, we about lost Dallas in the pile of books!
Reba has gone from a pacifier girl to a thumb sucker!
Wide-eyed after bath time. I love how her hair is going every which way. I'm thankful she still has hair on top of her head because she has a major bald spot on the back of her head!
Until next time...

p.s. I hope the pictures aren't too blurring...I used a new method to downsize my pictures this time.