100th Day of School

Yesterday was the 100th day of school. Each child was asked to bring a collection of 100 items from home to show their classmates, and to bring their 100 items in something fun that pertained to their item. Avery brought 100 pony tails holders in a make up bag to school. She came up with that on her own. Her teacher told me that Avery was the first child to ever bring pony tail holders on the 100th day. And Samuel brought 100 books. He also came up with that on his own. I was a little concerned at first about how exactly he was going to take 100 books to school. But, we decided to pick out the 100 smallest books that he had in his room, and then we piled them into a magazine rack with a handle on it.

Samuel's teacher loved his collection of 100 books, and she asked Samuel to read one of his books to the entire class. His teacher said that he spoke so softly though, that some of the kids couldn't hear him. So, she handed him the microphone to her classroom's karaoke machine. He held the microphone and read his book, and his teacher said he did great! In fact, she asked the principal and vice principal to come into class and hear Samuel read too. His teacher said that he really seemed to enjoy himself. After he read his book to his classmates, he also read their assignment from their text book. His teacher told me that she was very proud of him.

And today, I went on a field trip with the entire 1st grade to a gymnastics place here in town. It was exhausting. In fact, I lost my voice... But Samuel had a great time. His teacher took all of these pictures of Samuel, because I was manning a "station" and couldn't go from one station to the next along with Samuel. I think you'll see from these pictures that Samuel's teacher has grown to love Samuel just as much as we do! She told me after the field trip that "His smile gets me every time. I just want to squeeze him!"

And now I'm off to fill the homework folders for Avery's class. It's just another typical busy Friday around here... Hope everyone has a great weekend!