Amanda on May 16th, 2012

THE BIRTHDAY We surprised Ian on his birthday with the dining room decorated with rainbow streamers and a few other decorations throughout the house.  His reaction was worth all of the work to do it after bed time on Thursday night! The streamers were long, plastic, table clothes cut into strips (pretty much along the […]

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Amanda on May 14th, 2012

Back in February, Willow Ridge had a Kindergarten and 1st Grade concert.  The whole family went to see Ian’s stage debut. 🙂 Mom and I took Ian about an hour to snag good seats up from.  While we waited for the festivities to begin, Ian had fun dancing on stage.    Soon the rest of […]

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Amanda on May 13th, 2012

I love you, Mom!

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Amanda on May 12th, 2012

Ian’s classroom celebrated the 100th day of school by pretending to be 100 years old.  This is as close as we got: sneakers, khakis, plaid shirt, checked pattern tie, and a corduroy blazer.  LOL

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Amanda on May 11th, 2012

We were invited to a Reading Celebration in Ian’s classroom back in February.  Ian’s teacher, Mrs. Newman, taught a lesson to the children while the parents watched.  Her lesson was all about how readers use print strategies to read like they’re talking. After explaining in detail and showing the kids how it was done, she […]

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