Week One- The Jungle Vine

We have had a great first week exploring all the fun places in our 4K jungle. We are learning our school and classroom rules. Next week we will begin our discipline plan. It was lots of fun sharing our "What Makes Me Roar" bags. We learned alot about each other,

We have read lots of books about going to school this week but the Kissing Hand seemed to be our favorite. Chester, the raccoon, actually came to our school and lead us on a chase. We never found him but did get to meet all of our special teachers along the way. Best of all, he left us a special handprint sugar cookies with a heart.

We have also been working on our fine motor skills and writting our first names. We have homework this week...prewritting practice sheets. Correct formation is very important as we do one each day. Last week we learned to write, spell and recognize the words RED, BLUE and ONE. We will continue to learn about other colors next week.

Below is a link to our school web site and our class news. http://www.allsaintsepiscopaldayschool.com/article90051.htm

Welcome to the Jungle- 4K Ms. Boinnoitt

Today was Mary Catherine's first day in the 4K jungle. She looked so grown up. I almost cried when she got ready for school and it was time to take the annual before school photos. She has really gotten tall. She took her new Hello Kitty backpack (believe it or not---no princesses this year). The backpack also came with a purse. She is modeling it in the before school photos. This year she is in Ms. Kim Boinnoit's 4-K class at All Saints Day School. She and her classmates are called the fast cheetahs and their room is called the jungle. Today school started at 9am and was over at 11am. Tomorrow they will start at 8 and will not get out until 2:15pm. Mary Catherine is very excited that her best bud RJ Lee is in her class this year (yes, that is RJ across the table from her--but they promise me they are being very good). This smart group of 4 year olds have already started learning about things that are similar and different. Tomorrow they begin a review of colors. Mary Catherine has completed her home work for the day. She had to cut out pictures of something green, something red and something blue. She did great!

Swim Lessons- Pikes second time around!!!

We PASSED! Mary Catherine finally decided to put her head in the water and hold her breath. We were so happy. She is swimming really well now. She still has a noodle or a life jacket type devise when she goes into water over her head. She doesn't swim all of the time with her head under the water but atleast she will put her head under from time to time. She can jump in off of the side and swim the length of the pool. She has been practicing going down the big slide ay the YMCA. We are going to go ahead and take the next level swim class this fall.

My New House & Room

Today I got a new house. Thou I already know my new address is 1825 Brigadoone Lane, I wasn't very excited about the idea of a new house at first. The last night we spent in our old house , I cried and I wanted my Mommy and Daddy to take our old house and put it inside our new house. I was very sad about moving. I did get a new room and furniture out of this deal. My room is upstairs which I think is very cool. Mom and Dad painted my room light pink with cream trim. The furniture I got was very old but has been redone. The bed belonged to my Mommy when she was a little girl. The Dresser belonged to my Gaga when she was a little girl and the chest of drawers belonged to my Daddy's grandmom. The armoire belonged to Mommy's great grandmomma Moo Cow. Mommy had all the wooden pieces painted to match my new brass and iron bed. It is really looking nice. We have a great big den upstairs where Ella and I can play. I get to keep my art supplies, coloring books, musical instruments, finger paints, puzzles, and books in there. I also have a club house outside. We haven't fixed it up yet but my Gaga says she will come and help me when it cools off. My new room is a wonderful place and I love it. I love having my princess dresses in there. I like having room for all of my dolls and princess castles. I am sure I will eventually like this place but it is gona take some time.

Garden City Beach 2007

I had lots of fun at the beach this summer with Gaga, Sissy and Mommy. We did all kinds of great stuff. My best bud in the whole world, RJ Lee, came down for a few days and we played so hard that we were just exhausted. We played on the ocean several times and then we spent a whole day at the water park. It was so much fun. Aunt Sissy and I built a huge sand castle and I had a great time at the euro bungie jumper. I can 't wait to go back to the beach with Gaga, Sissy and mommy again.