Louisiana State Report Trifold

This is part of Bryce's state report that is due in mid May. This report is due in chunks and today was the day for his Tri-fold part of the project. There are state facts, interesting facts, important people and places of interest. There is also state history, products of Louisiana, the state flag, seal and several other facts. I think that he did a great job.

I was feeling Crafty!

So today I was feeling a bit crafty so I broke out some supplies and started working on the numbers that I want to put up on the front room wall. These numbers are to be fun numbers to go along with my Pottery Barn Clock on the tall front room wall. Since the clock has the numbers 1-12 I wanted to find fun and interesting ways to continue the number theme on the wall. So here is #13 and #14. Number 13 was made out of paper mache' numbers I found at a local craft store. I then took scrapbook paper with letters of the Alphabet and cut them in strips and pasted them to the numbers with Hodge Podge. The number 14 is a canvas that I painted with red and blue paint and pasted some large paper numbers I bought almost 2 yrs ago (or longer) for a calender project. I then painted Hodge Podge over the whole thing to help seal it. I hope that I can find some time in the near future to work on a few more numbers.

Rawhide Mud Run

Today was the Mud Run at Rawhide. The main event was a 6 mile race with 9 obstacles that participants had to race through to reach the mud pit at the end for the finish line. The kids had it easier with a 1 mile run thru the town ending in the giant mud pit. Once it was time for the kids to start they actually ended up running a much shorter distance which was fine with them since they really only wanted to play in the mud! Bryce was a bit unsure about getting all muddy but once Kyle tackled him he did not have much of a choice. Kyle and Cristian however loved playing in the mud and other than being cold probably would have played a while longer. We also donated our dirty muddy shoes to the homeless so we did our part to help out.

Abraham Lincoln Wax Museum

Today was the day of the Wax Museum in Kyle's class. This is where the kids could dress up as their person from the Civil War and give hints as to who they were when people would push their button. We had a hard time figuring out what to use for Lincoln's beard and the one we came up with using foam sheets did not work out that well but he did a great job reciting all his facts and even taught the teacher a new fact she did not know (Lincoln kept notes and speeches in his hat).

Fashion Sence

If you have ever seen the "People of Walmart" Website you will know why I had to post this picture. While we were doing a late night run to Walmart for school lunch snacks I had to laugh that one of my kiddos might be a person you might find on the Walmart site for the way he was dressed. Bryce was asked to go upstairs and change from his school clothes into something warmer since the day was very chilly. What he came down with and later left the house in is what promted this post.....

even Kyle was a bit off on his outfit choice.

Abraham Lincoln

Kyle has been working on a report for school on Abraham Lincoln. The kids are supposed to research their character on who they were and what they did for the civil war. Once the project is done they are to turn in their poster board and then if they would like dress up like a WAX copy of their person and play a who am I with the class stating facts about their person. Kyle and I finished his poster board this evening to be turned in tomorrow and now get to work on making a stovepipe hat and beard for his wax presentation on Friday (more pictures to come).

Post AIMS Shakedown

Today the kids got a day off of learning at school and got to exercise, relax and play at the park before going back to school for pizza and a movie. The goal was to reward all the children for attending school all week during AIMS Testing and for doing their very best on the tests. Once they arrived at school they got settled and then lined up for the walk to the park. Once at the park they were separated into 6 groups mixed with 3rd through 5th graders. The kids then participated in events at 6 different stations for 30 minutes before switching to another station. Stations included: Kick Ball, Dodge ball, Tug of War, 3 Legged Race, Scooters, and Giant Parachute. I stayed to help out since Kyle had hurt his knee at the fun run and I did not want him walking to the park. It was a nice day outside and a bit overcast so it was a perfect day to be outside watching both boys having fun with friends.