January is almost over and overall the month has been very low key. That is one of the reasons, I haven't blogged much about our life lately and the fact that we are enjoying our family time together instead of taking pictures or being out and about much. Amelia and Elliot share a bedroom and before bed, they are allowed to read for a few minutes before we turn the lights off. This is the scene I walked in several times this week:
All of last week, my hubby was on a business trip and so the kids and I couldn't wait to have him back home on Friday evening. Sword fights and horsing around was on the agenda on Saturday morning:
While Derrick is gone, we keep our menu very simple and one dish that always makes the list is homemade pizza. And having a good friend over for pizza makes it an even better night!
Mommy and her little boy heading out to bible study/ boot camp (every Tuesday morning, I participate in an 1 1/4 hour bible study session - currently we do Uninvited by Lysa Terkeurst- and afterwards we get our butts kicked for an hour in boot camp while the kids are cared for):
On Wednesday, Amelia had her 100th day in school and the children were asked to dress up as old people. It was so cute seeing all the little old people in her class being excited about being old. Her teacher, Ms. Wyatt, also joined in on the fun.
The entire Kindergarten class:
My proud "Centenarian":
In the first 100 days of school, my little girl learned how to behave in school and broadened her knowledge of colors, numbers and letters. She quickly made friends and enjoys going to school. Amelia is a quick study and improved on her handwriting as well as her reading skills. Because she is so advanced in reading and math, she gets to work with an assistant teacher for 10 minutes a day by herself, which she relishes. She also reads a lot of books at home and almost daily we fill out a book slip and so far, she has brought home two reading awards (a certificate for a free pizza) for having read the most pages in her class. This month, she also received the "citizen of the month" award for being respectful, helpful and a great student in her class. I'm so proud of my little girl and her love for learning. I love seeing her grow and become an avid reader, just as her mommy, and I hope that she never looses her passion for exploring and learning new things.
A couple of times a week, her class has specials and Amelia really enjoys her P.E., art, computer and music classes. This week, her drawing of an owl was one of several owls that were on exhibit in the hallway. Her drawing skills are almost better than mine and it is really no wonder by the amount of paper we go thru at home every week. She either writes or draws on multiple pages a day.
The only thing we had scheduled for this weekend was a birthday party for one of her classmates. So on Saturday afternoon, I took her to an indoor amusement park where the birthday party was held at. Despite the fact that it was crowded and very noisy (hello overstimulation), the girls enjoyed celebrating Keeley's 6th birthday. From bumper cars, trampolines, laser tag, bowling to roller skating, there was something to do for everyone. Amelia tried out the bumper cars and enjoyed them until she got dizzy from all that spinning around:
Her favorite was roller skating with the birthday girl and eating pizza.
The rest of the weekend was spent indoors playing board games, relaxing and waiting on some snow flurries. Unfortunately, there weren't many and they didn't stick to the ground even though it was cold enough. Now we are hoping that February will bring us some more snow to play in. Happy Monday to all of you!
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