August 20, 2012

First Day of School - Megan started Kindergarten at Route 66 Elementary School. Her teacher is Mrs. White. The Kindergarten classes started a few days after the other grades - they did Kindergarten testing during these days. I called to make the testing appointment for Megan and I talked to Ms. Dayhoff (the other Kindergarten teacher). She said, "Your last name is Dick, right? Oh Mrs. White wants Megan in her class." Ben had Mrs. White two years ago. I chuckled thinking that Mrs. White is probably thinking she is going to get another Ben in her class...HE HE HE. Megan has been excited for start school for weeks. She walked in on her first day and found her name tag. She was sitting right next to a friend of hers from her dance class, Ruthie. Then she saw her best friend, Presley walk in the door and noticed that Presley's name tag was on the other side of her. She was elated. (That seating arrangement didn't even make it the entire first day, but it sure made the first part of the day pretty fun). She is loving school.

Aug 17, 2012

This year we made a list of some things we wanted to do during the summer, and then I kept track of things we could cross off the list (plus other fun things that we didn't put on the initial list). Here is our Summer 2012 List: *Balloon Fiesta Museum *Visit 3 new local parks *Fishing (Caelan caught her first fish....all by herself) *Nature Scavenger Hunt *Make a volcano with baking soda and vinegar *Bowling *Board Games *Make a fort *Geocaching *Splash Park *Sidewalk chalk city *Swimming and waterslide *Cheap Movies ("The Lorax" and "Mirror Mirror") *Library Story Time *Bird of Prey presentation at Tijeras Library *Water Balloons *Sprinkler on trampoline *Homemade icecream *Jambo's Amusement Park (in Phoenix) *Snow cones *Slip n' slide *Teddy Bear Picnic *Visit and tour gold mine (in Colorado) *Hike *Make kaleidoscope *Barbeque with friends *Banana splits at ice cream parlor *Mentos and Diet Coke experiment *Free lunch summer program *Sleep on trampoline *Visit the aquarium *Make rain stick *Free Slurpie Day at 7-11 *Galloping Grace Horse Ranch *Daily reading time *Visit lego store *Wii family competition *Hinkle Family Fun Center Free Friday (golfing and arcade) *Boating *Float down river *Camping *Outside movie *Garden *.....plus our big summer vacation Sounds like a pretty successful summer. Let's do it again next year.