Open house

Last year the kids had Open House on the day I was due with Colter.  I waddled around between the kids classrooms, round and cranky.  I don't remember most of what they were showing off, I do remember being glad I was there to see their hard work.

This year, I was so thankful to not be pregnant!  We walked around to each of the kids classes and dealt with Colter's crankiness (apparently, school work is not very interesting to a one-year-old).

Wyatt showed off some of his writing and what he learned about our local history.  He had a lovely teacher for 3rd grade.  She was kind and sweet--not overly stressed about academic achievement--but very kind.  Wyatt needed a kind teacher this year.

Clare's teacher had her students act as tour guides for Open House.  She had a (lengthy) list of fun things to show us.  We saw her self portrait, her bean project, her rainbow fish...and much more.
Clare's teacher is also very kind.  Clare has been in love with her teacher since the very first day.  Clare really wants to be a first grade teacher when she grows up.

That green paper Clare is holding is her tour guide list...it was double sided...

Clare to to wear her high-heeled Sunday shoes to Open House--because she was an official tour guide.

Lorien was last to show off her classroom.  She also had a long list of cool things to show us.  We tested ourselves to see if we were smarter than a 5th grader.  For the record, Mom and Dad are smarter than 5th graders and the younger kids have some learning to do.

Lorien had a great teacher for 5th grade.  You might recall how she cried when she found out who her teacher was at the start of the school year.  She got the "math" teacher and she wanted the "creative writing" teacher.  However, she does not need any help in the creative writing department--she has reading and writing down.  Math, math is a whole different subject.  Math has been a struggle.  But her 5th grade teacher was awesome.  He kept her on task all year long and at Open House he gave us some surprising news.  At the end of 5th grade the kids take placement test for middle school subjects.  In math, Lorien scored highest in the class on the test!  She blew the other kids out of the water!  (Not that it is a competition or anything...) She would have placed into an advanced math class for next year but I guess they are revamping the cirriculum so the test was not for placement?  Anyway, we were (are) so proud of Lorien and so thankful for her teacher.  Lorien was pretty stunned at the news too (she even teared up a bit).  Thank you Mr. B.!!!

Adell and Colter were pretty great troopers for the Open House ordeal.  Colter only ripped up his siblings projects--sparing students he was not related to.  Adell just skipped and danced all over the place--happy to be part of the chaos.