Xander Meets Elmo

Xander and I spent our date day at the Learning Express store in Snellville where we got to meet .............ELMO!

Xander gave him a high five, low five and a wave good-bye.

We got to make a craft project (a picture frame for daddy).

We also picked out one summer toy for him and his sister. Since I am the current ref, I insisted the gifts be matching:)

Xander picked garden kits for them both. The store was kind enough to personalize them differently - frogs and lily pads and bugs with Xander's name on his, and butterflies, flowers and pretty bugs with Mikaela's name on hers.

Superman!!!!

Xander is now fascinated with Superman. For those who have met the daddy - you're not surprised. It was inevitable!

Tommy has been superman every year for Halloween as long as I have known him. A teenager at our church who was a student in a second grade class that Tommy did a practicum in many years ago - still remembers him for his superman/Clark Kent costume!

Xander got new Superman pajamas - complete with the long superman cape!

Sneak Peek at the Costume:)!!!!

Picture Day -

Otherwise known as Sneak Peek at the Costume!

Daisies Have a Tea Party!

In our meeting today, we learned about another culture - Japanese.

We talked about where Japan is, what the people look like, where they go to school and what is important in the Japanese culture.

Then we learned about one of the most fun things in the Japanese culture - a tea ceremony!

We had our own Japanese tea ceremony - complete with tea (we cheated a little as we had southern sweet tea instead of green tea) and rice cakes (sort of like rice.......).

The girls each brought their favorite doll/stuffed animal to participate in our ceremony. Mikaela chose to bring Toni (her new American Girl doll) and Xander brought Ele (who would have guessed!).

Daisies are respectful of others

For our daisy meeting this week, we all cut out pictures of things that we liked. We talked about the pictures - how many of us liked the same things!

We took those pictures, placed them in a shoebox and each picked different wrapping paper to wrap our boxes.

I was amazed at how each of our girls (and our stem, Xander) worked so hard to make their package look great.

We then shared our shoeboxes - how each one looked different on the outside, but we knew that they were similar on the inside. Just like people!

We talked about how even though a new student or neighbor might look different than us, he/she might be just like us on the inside. We have to talk to them and be friendly so we can learn about them.

Mikaela's Class Field Trip - Stevie B's Pizza!

Mikaela's class took a field trip to Stevie B's Pizza in Snellville.

We met her classmates and their mommies there before it even opened! Each student was given some tokens to use in the game room. Mikaela is her father's daughter as she LOVES video games. Skee Ball is one of her favorites (mommy's too).

After some game time, we headed off for a tour of the kitchen. Some were fascinated with the big mixer, others with all the toppings choices - but most - loved the walk in refrigerator! We all got to walk in and see how cold it was!

Next, each student got to make their own pizza. The employee in charge was kind enough to let Mikaela make hers just as she likes it - crust, butter, and cheese!

Mikaela had a great time!

Jaden Visits - April 2008

So big!!!!