Saturday, June 4, 2011

Matchbox Cars and Building Blocks

We have a new favorite toy in the house. Actually, it's an old toy we just got off the shelf again: building blocks. Sterling had some quiet building time in his room. Pictured is our house, fully fenced, with as many matchbox vehicles as could fit in it. He had to build a separate store so he could park his little semi-truck. Then work, so Daddy's pick-up truck could go somewhere.

Friday, June 3, 2011

Last Day of School, 2011

June 3, 2011: the last day of 2nd grade, 1st grade, and preschool, respectively.
Here, Trevor shows off his reading score: 99% on the MAP test. Apparently that earned him a free kids meal at Raising Cane's. I was more impressed with his report card that was full of 3s (3=A or Outstanding, in this district). Didn't see that coming, did you?
They do gifted testing in the fall of second grade. I vote Trevor Most Likely to Qualify.
Kaith (not pictured, sorry) is Most Excited to Promote. This means moving from the Primary (K-2) School to the Intermediate (3-5) School. It's a big kid thing.

Below, we have Miriam with a fever of 101*. That's right. Her teachers begged us to bring her in, sick or not, for the last day of school. She wins Little Miss Popularity. We came for the last hour and took pictures with people-who-used-to-be-little-last-fall.
Notice how Sterling (holding the end of a long train he built) is nearly as tall as the preschoolers two years older than him. I'll miss this class. I could drop in any time and Sterling would just play at the centers with all the other kids. Sterling is Most Hyper to Have all the Siblings Home.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Trevor's Birthday

Trevor turned 7 this May. He got his own birthday cake a week early, at his Bakugan Birthday Party. Then, the night before his birthday, we had cheesecake for Cory's birthday. I told Trevor we could make a breakfast ("coffee") cake the morning of his birthday, then he could open his presents that morning (Dad was Night Duty Instructor that evening anyway). I was sick and sleeping in, so Cory made chocolate waffle brownies, instead. Trevor loved all his birthday presents, but we got the best photo of him putting together the k'nex rollercoaster.