Even though it was around 35 degrees outside this morning, we decided to take the kids for a brisk walk around the downtown portion of our beautiful city. Out of the three major cities that I have lived in, Nashville has the best downtown by far. Unfortunately, I don’t get to hang out there as often as I might like, so today was fun. Cold, but fun. Here are a couple of pictures of Torin jumping off the steps of the Schermerhorn and then taking a break on the pedestrian bridge.
Oh my goodness, where are the grandmas when we need them??? Torin was supposed to dress up as a nursery rhyme character in today’s kindergarten parade. I am so NOT CREATIVE in the costume department. And I just got a note from the music teacher that said Torin was supposed to dress up as either a vegetable, a flower, or a worm for the Thanksgiving musical next week. Sheesh. If you have any suggestions for that, pass them on.
Back to the nursery rhyme parade… basically the kindergartners walked around the halls of the school while the older grades sat out in the hallway pointing and giggling at them. Then there were the swarms of parents who followed the parade with their cameras like the paparazzi. Here’s the flash of Torin that we saw as she whizzed by. Can you guess who she’s supposed to be? I’ll give you a hint - she’s carrying a watering can and wearing garden gloves… and she’s looking quite contrary. (And I don’t know who took that fuzzy picture. I’m certainly not going to own up to it.)
After the parade, the kindergartners had a nice little reception in the cafeteria. Once again, all the parents showed up with their cameras and crashed the party.
While the kids were eating in the cafeteria, Parker and I snuck out to Torin’s classroom to see all of the projects that the kids had done last week. Note to Torin and Daddy: nice job on the train store!
Hope this kid doesn’t mind that we rearranged his project just a tad.
One last picture here of Mr. Red Cheeks. Can you see the rash on his face? He has Fifth Disease. Yes, just another lovely item that Torin brought home from kindergarten for us!
We sailed right through the first 12 weeks of kindergarten and thought we’d gotten the hang of the whole school thing… then November came. Now all of a sudden we’ve got projects to build and reading folders to complete and costumes to make. Daddy helped Torin tackle her first big project - she had to make a store that started with the first letter of her name. The train store was her idea.
So far, Parker hasn’t had any homework in Pre-K. Here’s a picture of our boy. (By the way, the left corner of his mouth is fine. That’s just chocolate.)
Torin did not have school on election day, and since I knew I would be at home processing orders from clients and would not have time to entertain her, I told her she could invite a friend over for a few hours. She invited her best friend from kindergarten who happens to live right around the street from us. The two girls giggled and played and pestered Parker all morning. Torin is already asking if she can have a sleepover… apparently there are a few kids in her class who have already had sleepovers. (I told her she had to be seven, but now I really wish I would have said seventeen.)
Torin is feeling better from the unfortunate stomach virus that attacked her on Halloween night. Everyone seems to be doing fine today (except that I’m getting a nasty cold) and we all made it to church. After we got home, we played outside in the sunny 75 degree weather. And take a look at our backyard. Our house backs up to about 5 acres of woods, and it is gorgeous this week. Most of the leaves have turned a very vibrant yellow, with a few red ones mixed in. There was a yellow glow that poured in from the back windows all day.
Guess who’s learning about the Statute of Liberty…
Wow! You have a creative team of kindergarten teachers. We haven’t had to make any costumes at all!! And boy can I relate to the fun things that the “big” kids bring home…poor Mason. They might rewrite a medical text just for him!!
Let me just tell you…Torin’s Train Store is sooo much better than Abigail’s Apple Stand last year. Jason and I get the award for the least creative parents at school…so next year when Parker and Aaron are in the same room….let’s work together so we can be half as creative as Christopher’s dad
Might I add..she is a precious Mary Mary…and not looking at all contrary 