screeching breaks & squeals

I love how excited my kids get to see each other after the school day. It's pretty cute how they can get along for 4 minutes straight....

at least right after school.

school party

What a day...I love Valentines day. It was always esp. exciting when I was in grade school and we would decorate a shoe box in anticipation for the big day. My mama would take us to pick out our valentines at the store and then come home and print each classmates name on a card. Great memories. And today it was so neat to see my children's excitement in their classrooms.

Passing out the cards...

And Jack got to be calendar helper today, which was fun to watch. It was so cute to see him up there naming the days of the week, saying the month, year, etc. I took a video...with the intension of blogging it...but it's over a minute and I guess I think I might bore ya' all. Hats off to Mrs. Irick (Jack's teacher) who demostrates more patience than a saint. I love the respect and consideration she gives to each of her students. I love the creative ways she quiets the class down when it gets too loud. I love the way she keeps class parties simple, but fun for the kids. I love how she involves the parents. I love how she loves Jack and each of her students. I love how she mantains control of her class and keeps her cool. Yes people, She is just that awesome!!!

And then I dropped in quick to say Hi to Isabella........... Here she is with her homemade valentine box. The most challenging part of today was not to be with her while at her school. I wanted to be there to watch both of my children and their expressions and how they reacted getting their special cards, snacks, etc. But it was sweet that both times I came over to see Isabella there was not an ounce of jealousy that I was Jack instead of with her. She was simply happy to see me. She greeted me with a big hug and smile each time.

Hope you had a sweet Valentines Day!

bustin' ryhmes

Making sentences.....

Today I got to go to school. First with Isabella to eat lunch with her. And then I volunteered in Jack's classroom for the afternoon. I do this once a month and really enjoy getting to see how Jack interacts with his teacher & friends. It's fun to see Jack's outgoing personality. Today he raised his hand to make a sentence up with their "star" words. His sentence was, "I am a fish." He likes to be funny.

Notice Isabella's classmate doing bunny ears....thank you Brian. Before lunch the kids have recess, the big thing for Isabella and her classmates is jumping rope. They tie their scarves together & two girls twirl for each other. I had fun hearing the "new" jump rope rhymes. Let me bust a rhyme for you....

ice cream, ice cream, cherry on top

how many boyfriends do you got?.....

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, etc.....
Hey, I'm not very excited about the "boyfriend" part either but at least they aren't standing on the playground "texting" each other on their cell phones while at recess.