Exciting thing #1
First Day of School!
Today was the first day of 4th grade!
It was appropriately wet and rainy to welcome fall.
Chris stayed home for the morning so we could all walk to school together.
The whole school meets in a new place this year--under some shelter away from the rain.
It was a little crazy with the whole school + parents+ siblings crammed into the tiny space, but in the end, we saw Elle off happily talking to one of her friends on the way.
We finally went shopping Saturday for some new duds, and Elle put this outfit together for the first day.
She likes her teacher, and thankfully, has some friends in her class. One of her BFF's is in the adjoining room, so that's great too!
The class went on a tour of the school so they'd know how to get around from their classroom.
They had PE with a new PE teacher.
Elle was a little disappointed with him because he didn't seem as young or as fun as last year's.
She did, however, enjoy the game they played, so there's hope.
In class, they had a get-to-know-you activity with a roll of toilet paper.
While the teacher read a story to the class, she passed around a roll and told them to "take as much as they think they need"
Elle took 4. Her friend took 13.
For each square, they told something about themselves.
(I can't remember what Elle told, but I know two of the 4 things were about piano)
This year, they get to play at recess first, then eat lunch. That way, they get the whole lunch period to eat. (unlike last year when they got dismissed for recess early if they were good. Elle's table was so good, she often came home starving because she didn't get to finish lunch).
There wasn't any homework today, thank goodness, so Elle and I sat and talked about her day while she ate her snack.
She said it was a great first day of 4th grade.
Exciting thing #2
We Bought a Piano!
First Day of School!
Today was the first day of 4th grade!
It was appropriately wet and rainy to welcome fall.
Chris stayed home for the morning so we could all walk to school together.
The whole school meets in a new place this year--under some shelter away from the rain.
It was a little crazy with the whole school + parents+ siblings crammed into the tiny space, but in the end, we saw Elle off happily talking to one of her friends on the way.
We finally went shopping Saturday for some new duds, and Elle put this outfit together for the first day.
She likes her teacher, and thankfully, has some friends in her class. One of her BFF's is in the adjoining room, so that's great too!
The class went on a tour of the school so they'd know how to get around from their classroom.
They had PE with a new PE teacher.
Elle was a little disappointed with him because he didn't seem as young or as fun as last year's.
She did, however, enjoy the game they played, so there's hope.
In class, they had a get-to-know-you activity with a roll of toilet paper.
While the teacher read a story to the class, she passed around a roll and told them to "take as much as they think they need"
Elle took 4. Her friend took 13.
For each square, they told something about themselves.
(I can't remember what Elle told, but I know two of the 4 things were about piano)
This year, they get to play at recess first, then eat lunch. That way, they get the whole lunch period to eat. (unlike last year when they got dismissed for recess early if they were good. Elle's table was so good, she often came home starving because she didn't get to finish lunch).
There wasn't any homework today, thank goodness, so Elle and I sat and talked about her day while she ate her snack.
She said it was a great first day of 4th grade.
Exciting thing #2
We Bought a Piano!
After months of searching, we finally found a piano on Craig's list.
The couple we bought it from was so nice and friendly.
The piano was in excellent condition, and hardly out of tune!
You wouldn't think we'd manage to fit a piano in our house, but we replaced our black computer desk with a big, black piano!
All three of us have had fun playing and (in some cases [I won't name who], banging) on it!
Elle did her piano practicing on it this morning before school!
Exciting Thing #3
We Have a Ripe Tomato on Our Tomato Plant!
We bought a little tomato plant in June, and it's been fun watching it grow bigger and bigger.
It has tons of little grape tomatoes on it.
Today, one was finally red enough to pick.
Elle had the honor of plucking it.
We cut it into three tiny pieces so we could all taste the fruit of our labors.
(Ok, so really, we just planted the thing and watered it, but still. . .)
It was delicious.
Nothing like fresh produce from your own home.
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I'm sure we'll have plenty more exciting things to come this year!
