January at School

Carter wasted no time jumping back into school after the holidays.  His January units consisted of persuasive writing, multiplication and division, wood study, the United States, Mystery book club and meteorology.  He also finished up his annual Chinese lessons.

Working on Division

Researching Databases

Multiplication

Parker wrapped up his nonfiction reading unit in reading, started working on opinion writing, double digit adding and subtracting, word study and map skills.  In art class he got to help create texture which an artist turned into a new wall mural in the Lower School.  And his class made an awesome map of the world.

Reading to a Kindergarten class

Avery had several fun events this month.  All the kids wore silly socks to celebrate "s" week.  She got to me a chapel helper again.  And they celebrated the 100 day of school.  Avery worked really hard to try and get it to snow this year.  She slept with a spoon under her pillow, put a white crayon in the fridge, wore her PJs backwards, put ice cubes in the toilet and did snow dances.  On a cute note, each week the kids get to submit one word that starts with the letter of the week to go on their class board.  For 'j' week Avery submitted "Jordan".

December

December had some ups and downs as we had to put our Sweet Brie down.  She wasn't a demanding dog who loved nothing more than a good cuddle in your lap

On a fun note, mom and dad crossed one off the bucket list by seeing Elton John in concert. And fit in a fun night out dancing and playing games with friends.  

Avery (4 years, 4 months) - Ended gymnastics this month and started up cheer leading for the winter.  She cheers for the basketball league her brothers play in.  And while she can't quite keep up her attention for the whole hour she is really enjoying it.  Avery is still in a mom-mood and likes to hang out with her all the time including reading books at night, going to the nail salon and helping brush mom's teeth in the morning.  She has fun at a Dance/Karaoke birthday party this month until she didn't win the floss contest (a dance move).  She and her buddy pouted about that one for awhile.

Two girls with eye masks reading books in bed

Parker (7 years, 1 month) - Parker also started winter sports with basketball and has been enjoying it.  He has a very sweet coach and is holding his own moving up to the 1st-2nd grade division.  His favorite activities are spending time outside with friends and riding around on the electric scooter he got for his birthday.

Carter (8 years, 7 months) - started the month playing in a local dodge ball tournament with a group of neighbors.  They made it to the semi-finals and had a lot of fun goofing off together.  He also started winter sports with both basketball and flag football.  He has really been enjoying football as he is quite good as one of the older kids on the team.  He has even turned down a few birthday parties so he didn't miss a game!

Singing Karaoke at Wellesley's birthday party with Reid

Siblings - the kids had several fun events this month including a trip to Six Flags where Parker was by far the most adventurous one doing every roller coaster he could find. 

The kids also let their lovies in on some fun when they took then to a sleepover at Chick-fil-A.  Everyone had dinner and then the lovies spent the night.  The kids got letters and pictures the next morning showing the fun they had!

There was some more fun fit in between holiday events including a trip to Andretti's where the boys drove go-kats and we all played games.  The boys also did laser tag where Parker won the award for taking the most shots and tied for most points.

And there were lots of sports games, both organized and with the neighbors.  And we even had friends over for a dance party in the kitchen.