Grade 2 Week 19

We tried to learn a little more about Hanukkah this week, as we (sadly ) started to leave Christmas behind......

Cast of Characters for the Season :
The New Year Baby : Teddy
Christmas Elf : Small Pig
The Old Year : Medium Pig
Abominable Snow Man : Big Pig

Finger Menorah

Potato Latkes

Dreidel Game

All these Hanukkah Bear stories....

We continued our Spanish Lessons with Snr. Cano, and you love the new game she has introduced, "Simón dice" to practice "las partes de mi cuerpo".

You practised the Dominoes Stacking Trick Uncle Lin taught you, and hey presto, SUCCESS!

And then of course, there is the disappointment when your work of art comes crashing down.

Never fear, "If at first you don't succeed, Try Try again!"

Sick Day

You had really wanted to go March across the Martin Luther King Jr. Bridge today to celebrate his legacy, but unfortunately, you woke up feeling really bad.

You had a temperature and threw up a few times, poor baby.  So instead, we stayed in bed, read and watched cartoons.

You are rarely sick, so when you do get sick, your daddy and I probably worry a bunch more than we should.  Nevertheless, you have been a real trooper. Get well soon, little boy. We love you muchly.

HEB PayOff

We always make sure we get some Buddy Bucks whenever we are at HEB.  Mostly, we get a few points here and there, but last week while playing with Cindy, you got Instant Winner! And it wasn't just ANY kind of namby pamby prize, it was a White Board with Marker, which was an awesome prize, because who loves doodling/drawing more than you? :)

Pride & Achievement

We dug out an old jigsaw puzzle that had been somehow overlooked, and you started working on it with gusto.

You were so proud when  you were done, that you asked for my phone to take a picture :)

Grade 2 Week 18

This week wasn't particularly eventful school-wise, what with getting Christmassy stuff ready and whatnot..

Mommy got Firefly, and you got Stella.

We continued the Christmassy theme,

and you thought that the Uncle Stinky series was hilarious.

We DID play some board games, though.   And we brought out a birthday present that you hadn' t played in a while, and had a fun fun time!

Grade 2 Week 17

Yes, this week we learned a bit more about Fish.

And spent more time reading Christmas stories,

and some just for fun.

For a couple of days, the weather was surprisingly warm, and so we were able to get out and throw / hit some balls.

We tried our hand at making snow flakes...

and you made good use of the different leaves we collected over the fall.

You were quite proud of all of your creations :)

We also made "ornaments" for the Hand Tree we put up on the wall.

Perfect.

Grade 2 Week 16

The Christmas and Winter theme continues...

As well as reptiles, amphibians etc..

You love Scooby Doo and Martha Speaks..

When I was at Bible Class, Sophie and her mom dropped by Church, and had a grand time with you!

You kept her entertained, and she appeared to want to record it all!

Then we went on to the Library, and they were having craft time, which you love.

Little Sophie and her mom came along, and wanted to hang out with you. It was so sweet.

We managed to get some playground time in as the weather wasn't horrendous,

and it was lovely with all the leaves changing colors and whatnot.

Hurray for Cindy being there, while wrangling her coffee the whole time :)

You wanted to do something with the egg cartons we were going to recycle,

and so we picked out some Pentatonix Christmas Playlist on Youtube and got to work.

You picked an alligator, and we got to work.

There was the usual Math Grind,

Social Studies - we learned briefly about Pearl Harbor Day.

As usual, we had a captive audience.  They needed to keep warm too.

We continued science with different animal groups,

and even got Cindy into using the computers at the Lib;0rary! Now she is totally intrigued with Tomie DePaola.