Kindergarten is Cool

Brighton has been very busy as a new Kindergartner. He has adjusted to five full days each week very well. Actually, Mommy and Daddy had a harder time than he did. He has been learning so many cool things already. We do lots with letters, sight words, and reading.  Brighton's favorite thing to do right now is write his numbers all the way to 100. He comes home with many items each day. I know I've shared some of them already, but here are a few more.

 

This next one made me tear up at conferences.  Probably the English teacher in me.  None of the words are spelled correctly, but he is starting to put together letter sounds!

 And this next one made his daddy tear up.

I went on a wave runner ride.  I went with dad.

Bright's teacher recommended we video tape him counting because it's so stinkin' cute at this stage...before he has everything straight.  

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Tily's Latest Talents

She learned it from her brother which I find absolutely adorable.

Can you catch it?  Maybe you can hear the tune.   

You certainly can hear her belting it out.

 "Sing like never before, Oh my soul, Oh....my soul."

The Grape Trick Tradition

Tily Learns the Walcott Grape Trick from Lindsay Walcott on Vimeo.

Thankful

Now That's a Party!

We were invited to a party last weekend.  To be honest, our peer group doesn't do lots of parties, so we were excited to be invited to any party.  But this was a beer tasting party. Jon could not contain his excitement.  He had to bring a six pack of his favorite beer, and this caused great anxiety for him.  He likened it to choosing his favorite child to take to Disney World.

It was some serious beer tasting, and this was seriously Jon's type of party...you can tell by the beautiful smile on his face that you'd be hard-pressed to find at any other time.