Grandparents' Week & School Work

Rhett and Alexee's school celebrated Grandparents' Week this week.  Since their grandparents all live out of town and could not attend, Crosby and I had fun going as the kids' "special guests" on Tuesday (Kindergarten) and Thursday (3rd grade).  Alexee was happy to show us around her classroom now that she's been there long enough to know about all the stations, and she had some artwork on display.  Crosby found a lot of things to keep him occupied.  

Alexee also introduced us to some of her new friends.  This is her with Chloe and Lezlie in the photo on the right.

Cute artist and artwork

(I think she really likes cats!)

Showing Crosby the puzzles area

The lunch box cart

On Wednesday Crosby had his friend, Cole, over to play.  They really get along so well, and I'm just so thankful for a little friend Crosby's age.  They played fire fighters, as usual, and ate their lunches out on the deck because it was such a beautiful day.

I had not been back to R's classroom since the first day of school, so it was nice to see his teacher again and learn more about what they do each day.  They went through their morning routine for us, including saying the Pledge of Allegiance, singing the Star Spangled Banner, and putting their heads down on their desks for one minute of "reflective silence".  They also sang their closing song, "I've Got the Joy Joy Joy Joy Down in My Heart".

Crosby remembered the tarantula from open house, so Rhett took him to see that again.  One of the grandmas looked really nervous when C tried to take the lid off of the spider box!  She was very quick to point out the sign that said, "Do Not Touch!"  Crosby was much calmer with Alexee on Tuesday than he was with R when we were in his classroom.  Something about being with Rhett makes him want to climb, kick, run, yell, laugh, etc. (see pic of the three of us below).

Rhett peeking during the minute of silence.

Two things that R's class has been working on:

systems of the body and cursive writing

And here's some of Alexee's work...

She picked all of these purple flowers from the monkey grass in the back yard.  She asked for a vase and then arranged them and added leaves from Natalie's yard for a finishing touch.  :)