Christmas Day part 2

Well Santa came through for Joey, and he got his wish. He was so excited about the bear machine!! It is pretty cute, and kept him busy for a while.

Even Oreo got into the spirit of Christmas. Could have been she thought Leon smelled like misletoe. Or maybe Leon had catnip on him somewhere. Whatever it was she was going to say Hi to him.

Joey looks on as the girls open new and improved cell phones. Not sure of their excitement, but Joey thinks he would like a phone too.

With all the gifts exchanged, and thankful for each of them. This one for me just warmed my heart. As I opened the box and saw their sweet names, the tears began to flow. In that split second I relived all the joy Kristina and Shelby have brought into my life. They have always been my girls, and forever will be.

When it was time to leave, Joey said he didn't want to go. He said Christmas is the time to spend with family. I told him I agree, but you still have presents to open at home. He gave kisses and was out the door. Kristina always ends the day with this is the best Christmas ever, I would have to agree it was one of the best. We thank everyone so much for the beautiful gifts, and the love that was sent.

PS I'll see you in Webkinz world, I have new friends to be added!! Thank you Me Mom :)

The week of Christmas

Monday Dec. 22 Santa visited Joey's school. He was telling Santa all about the bear machine he wanted for Christmas. We sure hope Santa got all of the info.

Tuesday they had their Christmas party. They made a craft project and listened to a story. The children at cupcakes and drank juice.


Happy Christmas Eve!! Joey being silly. He put Shelby's and Tina's stocking on his feet. Then he filled the stockings with goodies he had gotten for them.

Merry Christmas!! This is Joey right out of bed. He just wanted to get to his stocking.

More later after Leon gets home from work.

Christmas at the City!!

Another week in Kindergarten. Joey is learning to add. They have learned a few more words this week, go & he. Their theme this week is Kwanzoa. He got a flu shot on Tuesday, and then that night had a temp. I was a little scared, he kept shaking, and looked very pale. I talked with a nurse, and then gave him some Motrin. He finally fell asleep. He was fine the next day, but I kept him home. I sure hope he makes it next week and the next two days after that, then he will be out for Christmas break.

We went this weekend to Silver Dollar City, with Aunt Louise and the girls. It is so pretty with all the lights, and sounds of Christmas in the air. We were pretty lucky, it wasn't very cold. Yes we were all bundled up in coats, hats, and mittens, but we were warm.

We went to Santa's Workshop, and Joey wrote him a Christmas letter, and colored a picture for him. He then got to mail it in Santa's mailbox. He was happy to be there!! However he dropped his letter in before I got the picture. Oh well, we had a fun night at the City. Joey slept all the way home. He was so happy to climb into his bed.

First week of December

Just a few papers from school this week that I thought were really cute. His turkey! He is thankful for school, hats, friends, and God. Good to see he is thankful for school, friends, and God, but hats!! The child does not were hats, and what about his parents. Oh well, just what he was thankful at the moments I guess.






















I thought this was really sweet. They did a lesson on the book, The Cat in the Hat. Then he was to draw a picture, and write about it.

His writing says:
The fish is pink.
The fish is in the water.
I like fish.
Fish are my favorite.

This brought tears to my eyes, since I am seeing what he is writing, before he tells me. I just love it. He isn't afraid to try and make a mistake. He sounds out everything.

This week at school they learned the word, went, to their list of words. They worked with the poem, Little Boy Blue. Math they are working on counting 20 or more objects. This weekend we played a cute game called Top It. (We all know it as the card game War.) However, so says Joey, when you win the cards you have to gobble them up. Yum!! Theme study this month will be winter celebrations. They worked on Hanukkah. He brought home some symbols of Hanukkah, as in colored in worksheets. So we bought Joey a Menorah on Webkinz, just can see the candles light each night.
Tuesday, the 8th he gets his flu shot, wish us luck he doesn't get sick from it!!

SNOW!!

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. We began our day with pumpkin pie and cool-whip for breakfast. We went over to visit with Louise and the girls. We had a nice day filled with eating Turkey and all the fixings. Louise and I got up by 4:20am friday to go shopping. Not bad at all, got in and out within 15 minutes. It sure helps to plan out what we were after.

This morning Joey woke up to it snowing. He was so excited!! He just couldn't wait to get out in it.

Joey tried to make a snowball. Look out he is aiming for you. It was snowing good when I took the picture, but shortly slowed down and then just stopped.

Happy Thanksgiving

At school on Tuesday, Joey's Kindergarten class invited parents to eat lunch with them. They were all so cute. They made little Thanksgiving outfits to wear. All the children got to say what they were thankful for. Joey said his toys. They only went to school Monday and Tuesday this week.



Last week Joey only went to school on Friday, he was really sick all week. Well it started the week before, poor little thing has been a mess. He is all better now and back to his happy little self. I have gotten a little behind in my post but I'm just going to pick up from here.



He is doing great with his writing and reading. Can you "read" what Joey wrote??
(Don't eat me I don't want to be eaten!)

November in Kindergarten

Running a little behind on my post, but here it is.

Joey has learned two new words, in & up. His list is becoming quite long. He gets so excited with he sees a word he has learned at school. He is understanding how to write a sentence. He uses his fingers to make spaces between the words.

In math he is learning about heavier and lighter. Also he is learning about greater and less than. We played a cute game called Monster Squeeze. This was his homework over the weekend. A cute way to learn if a number guessed is higher or lower.

For theme study they learned about leaves. How excited he was, he loves leaves. We have a leaf book that we made a few years ago. We pulled it out this year, so he could add new info in it. His crayon rubbings will be a nice addition.

Our parent-teacher conference was on Wed. He had some secure areas he understands and knows, mostly in math. Developing areas in reading and writing. He knows most of his letters, both upper and lower case, also their sounds. I guess all that reading we have done is paying off. Joey is working on his good listening. Some days are better than others but he is still improving. Many green lights come home, and a few bees. Way to go Joey, keep up the good job.

Halloween

We spent Thursday working on treats for Shelby's Halloween party.

Chocolate cake with orange icing between the layers. She crumb coated it, and then iced it with white icing.

Shelby iced the cake and then drew the spiders web. She put spider rings on it. As her mom said, "Well I can't say it is pretty because it has spiders on it. We all know how much I hate spiders, but it is a great cake." It looked pretty creepy.

"Hand over yar candy and no one walks the plank!"

Hmm I guess if the pirate and the candy corn witch get into it, then the nurse can patch them up. Tina, Shelby, and Joey all ready to go have some Halloween fun.

Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Week at school this week. Theme for Monday was "STOP Bad Drugs!" Activitiy was to wear all red.








Tuesdays theme was "Put Bad Drugs to Bed!" Activity was wear PJ's. Joey got to pick out new PJ's for this day. With winter coming he is in need of long PJ's anyway. They are a little big, but I hope they last the season. We find out in two weeks how much he has grown in the last 6 months.











Wednesdays theme was "Bad Drugs Mess Up Your Life" Activity was wear clothing backwards or inside out. He looked so cute with is little pockets flapping.






Thursadys theme was "Stay in the game, be DRUG-FREE" Activity was wear sports clothing. He wore his old soccer shirt. It was red, we thought it worked.









Fridays theme was "Bad Drugs are Scary". Activity was crazy hair. I combed his hair up and it kind of was crazy. He was happy with it.


Also he learned three more words, did, come, & they. He is so excited to see the words he has learned in the stories we read at night.



After school we went home and Joey got to put sprinkles on his pumpkin cookies he had help make on Thursday. As you can see, he loves sprinkles. He loves icing just as much. He was proud of his cookies.

Kindergarten In October

Another fun week in Kindergarten. He has learned two more words this week, the & are. He has began to write simple sentences at home. The theme study has moved into halloween. I thought his bat was pretty cute. What a great way to save his little hands. He started a penny jar a few weeks ago for a homework assignment. It is really surprising how fast the pennies are saved. Joey is learning to count by fives and tens.

He is getting really excited about Halloween. We have pulled out all of our Halloween books, and started reading one before bed each night.

Sunday, we made Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins. Yum-O!! Joey sure is getting good at measuring and pouring ingredients in the bowls. He loves to stir and fill the pans with the batter. Might I add, not with much of a mess.

week 8

At school this week they have added another word to the list of words they know, my. Joey writes his word list each night. He enjoys saying and spelling each word out loud. He is on his way to becoming a good speller.

They have continued to study pumpkins for the fall theme. They cut a pumpkin open, and baked the seeds. With the seed they worked on math. After they were done they got to try the seeds. Joey didn't like them which did not surprise me. He doesn't like nuts so why would he like seeds.

Joey got to have lunch with his teacher on Thursday. He and the other children at his table. They had good behavior, and had earned eating lunch with her and watching Curious George. Joey thought it was great.

Thursday evening, we were getting ready to go to dinner. I had sent Joey in his room to get his shoes on. I heard him in there singing. He has a poster of the ABC's in his room. He was pointing to each letter and then saying the sounds. He was playing school, teaching his stuffed animals. So sweet, I loved it.

Week 7

Oh I'm just glad to be done with this week. Joey went to school Monday & Tuesday. Got sick on Wednesday at school. I picked him up and he stayed home Thursday. We went to the Doctor, and he had a virus. After dr. he seemed fine. Just something about going to dr. I guess. He went back to school on Friday.

Open house was on Tuesday. I got to meet all his teachers. He sure knows his way around the school. Also the school had a book fair. We bought two new books, and also one for the class to keep. A parents meeting was on Wednesday, about reading at home to your child. Also school pictures were on Wednesday, so be looking for yours in the mail soon. Ahh I hope to get them in the mail soon!! :)

He also learned a new reading word, you. We have added this to our list of words he writes each night. He is able to see the word in a sentence and point it out. He gets so excited, "look Mommy, I'm reading!"

They continued the theme of pumpkins this week. Also adding in bats. It was just a busy week, and I'm thankful we made it through.

Week 5 & 6

Week 5 and 6 come to an end. Week 5 I had trouble with the scanner. Joey also stayed home one day because his cough was just not going away. He did get to stamp his apples on his shirt. It is really cute. I'll post picture at the end of the year. All the children are going to sign each others shirts, so I will wait for the finished shirt.

Week six he is really understanding beginning sounds. He has started drawing pictures and then will label the first letter of what he drew. Joey and I enjoyed friday together. School was out for teacher development day. We went to McDonald's for lunch and then to the park. We had a fun day.

We went to a fall festival Saturday. Joey got to play in the inflatables. We had popcorn and cookies, yum lunch. Well they served hamburgers and hotdogs, so Leon truely had lunch, Joey and I had snack. There was a lady clown making balloon animals, she asked Joey what he wanted. He asked for a sword, she said that was something else she could make. He was happy. SPD was there with a police car and police bike. We looked at the car, and then Joey got to sit on the bike. He was so cute, he grabbed the bike and said, "Cop Joey, this is a pretty cool big bike dude". After the festival we went and bought Joey a pirate costume for Halloween. It was a nice family day.

4th week finished

This week ends week 4 of school. The theme this week was apples, fall, & the Harvest. They got to taste different kinds of apples. Joey liked them all, but his favorite is red apples.

Joey also has been working on Math. He has been working on coin recognition. He knows a little poem about each coin, and how much each is worth. Update on the gerbils, they have arrived in the classroom! Joey was excited he got to pet both gerbils, and he says they are soft. He also thinks they are so so so cute even though they look like rats.

Week 3 comes to an end.

Another week comes to an end and going well. Joey was so excited this week, he went to the library and checked out his first school book. Joey's name went up on the Principal's bulletin board for great behavior. By the end of the week his allergies were starting to get the better of him.

Also he wanted to thank NaNa for his new friend, Tweety.

Week 2 of Kindergarten

Joey has finished his second week of Kindergarten. He is just as excited each morning to go to school as he was the first day.

This week in school they have been learning letters f, g, h, & i. He sure is understanding the beginning sounds of the first letter of words. We were in the car the other day, and he said he know a word that started with J. I asked if it was Joey, he said no I know jelly and jump. Also he is counting up a storm. He counts everything then writes the numbers down.

Something I did not know is they still say The Pledge of Allegiance in school. Joey brought home a "poem poster" of the pledge that he had colored.

Coming soon to Joey's Kindergarten room are two gerbils. They will be classroom pets. I'll let you know more when the they arrive.

The first of many school papers

Joey finished his first week of Kindergarten. He is having so much fun. He calls this piece of art, Joey's Love Picture.

First day of Kindergarten

Joey's first day. He woke up wanting to get dressed and leave. I reminded him breakfast first. His favorite peanut butter & banana wrap with milk. Got him dresses and ready to go. We loaded in the van. He sat so quiet, I asked if he was ok. "I'm ready to go, but just a little, tiny scared" he said. We got on to school, and he walked right in and sat down. Such a big boy, so hard to believe he is in Kindergarten.

Twas the night before Kindergarten

The night before Kindergarten. Look out, Kindergarten, Here I come was Joey's bed time book. I sure hope he sleeps well. Big day in the morning!!

Meet the teacher

Joey got to meet his teacher on Friday, Miss Robinson. The classroom has zones and is very cute. The playground is great, I was just told by Joey. He is counting down to Monday. He is so excited.

Jump Mania

We went to Jump Mania on Tuesday. Thank you Shelby for going with us. I would have never made it in the inflatables. We didn't plan the matching clothes!!

Getting the hang of blogging

Let's see what to write about . . . Joey!! We had Friday errand day yesterday and got Joey's hair cut. Just a little over a week until Kindergarten. He is so excited!!