Class of 2027

Jaxon came home with his "Class of 2027" shirt. Its crazy to think of.

School Family Dance

Fun night at the kids Halloween party at school. 

Kades lego project

Kade's teachers post fun pictures of what they're doing in class. On this day, 

they did a Lego Challenges where they created a marble maze because it makes the students think critically, find solutions to problems, and authentically use their Spanish language as they communicate together.  Kade loved it!  

Jaxon is in Kindergarten

Jaxon started kindergarten and he loved it. He was a little nervous but it helped when he saw his friend Brandon from preschool. He loves his teacher. I think this is going to be a great year.

First Day of School

Today was the first day back to school. Kade started 2nd grade and still has two teachers. He's doing the dual immersion program and loves it. Kylie and Bailey are in the 5th grade and this year were put in separate classes. Bailey got the teacher she wanted and Kylie got the friend she wanted. Jaxon had kindergarten testing this week then starts school next week. Its going to be a great year! 

Kades 1st grade field trip

Today was Kades field trip to Red Butte Gardens and I got to chaperone. Neither of us had ever been before. It was beautiful with lots of trails and hiking. We had a fun group. 

Afterwards, we took the bus to liberty park for lunch and playtime. I love getting to hang out with my little guy :) 

Dual immersion

This year, Kade has been in a dual immersion 1st grade class. He spends half his day learning English (language arts) and the second half doing math, science and history in Spanish. He has learned so much and is doing really well. His teachers put together a "Friendship Around the World" assembly. The kids showcased different Spanish cultures through dress, dance and songs.

It was one of the best kid shows we've seen. Kade did awesome and even did a dance with his friend Megan and had a speaking part. 

Day off

Today was Jaxons kindergarten orientation so I took the day off to take him. Before school, we had just enough time to get some Duncan Donuts with the older kids.

Then we went to the orientation. 

He got to go visit the kindergarten classrooms with the current kindergartners and they taught them a song. Jaxon cannot wait to start real school.

Parents and Pastries

The elementary school does a parents and pastries before school a few times a year. They get to read a book together, then eat donuts. Paul was able to attend this time and the kids loved it.

Choir Performance

This year kade really wanted to be in their school choir. It meets before school so I told him the only way it would work is if he could convince his sisters to be in choir too. He was successful and they have been going to practice every week and in the last few weeks twice a week. Because their big performance was at 9am and neither mom or dad could get out of work, the three of them did a private show for us the night before.

We're very proud of their hard work and dedication. 

School assembly

Every year the high school choir (the one I teach at) comes and performs an assembly for the kids. Kade was chosen to come up and help. The girl next to him was a former student of mine and asked kade if he was my son. He told me after school "Mom it freaked me out. How did she know you were my mom?" Lol. Then I showed him this picture his teacher texted me and he now thinks I have spies at school. Haha.

School pictures

This is the first year all four kids were old enough to get school pictures. And they all turned out so cute! 

Jaxon 4 Years Old

Kade 7 Years Old

Kylie 10 Years Old

Bailey 10 Years Old

1st day of School

Today was the first day of school. Each of them chose their own clothes and were very excited to start school. Kylie and Bailey are in the 4th grade with Mrs. Hansen. They tested into the gifted program this year and are excited for the challenge. Kade is in the first grade and will be in the Spanish dual emmersion program. He will spend the first half of the day in English with Ms. Crump and the second half with Mrs. Villegas in Spanish. Paul took them to breakfast before school then walked them to class. They loved the new tradition. 

Last day of school

Kylie and Bailey have been in mrs. Warr's class for the last two school years and they have loved it. They both have earned close to straight As and all 5s (out of 5) on citizenship. 

This is the awards assembly. They received the Excellence of Citizenship and Excellence of Academics. We are so proud of them both. 

With their class on the last day. They have all been together for two years, some of them 4. It's a great group. 

Jump Rope Club Performance

All year, Kylie and Bailey have been in their school's jump rope club. This is a club run by the school for grades 3-6. They learn and practice different tricks and skills. They've stay after school once a week to practice. Tonight was their end of the year jump rope club performance. The top pic is all the kids involved. It was an impressive show that was about an hour, they did so good. We are so proud of them!

Bailey & Kylie's 3rd grade fieldtrip

Kylie and Bailey's third grade field trip was to the aquarium. We saw fish of all kinds, sharks, frogs, bugs, otters and penguins. It was a lot of fun and we had such a great group. I love hanging our with my girls.

In the bus...

Bailey is so brave, touching a shark.

The group making silly faces.

Crazy hair day

As a reward for a school, they were told to have "crazy hair". All the kids love crazy hair day! It's totally worth waking up extra early to do it. In case you can't tell from the small pics: Bailey has a birds nest for her bun, ky's is supposed to be cupcakes. And Kade has bugs clipped in his head

Parents and pastries

It was time for parents and pastries again and luckily it fell on a day I didn't have to be to work til 830 so I got to take the kids. We were the first ones there, read a book together, then ate the best donuts! It's so much fun to get these moments with them :)

Reflections

For school this year we had three kids who all had reflections projects due for school. Reflections is a contest put on by the PTA that encourages kids to explore their artistic side. The theme this year was "The Magic of a Moment."

Kade chose to do a 3-D Art of Starry Night:

Bailey Chose to take a photo of rollerblading because thats what makes her think of a magic moment.

Kylie also chose to do a photo and took one of a sleepover when Bailey was reading to Jaxon. I love this picture.

They all did such good job and these were all their own ideas.

Crazy hair day

This morning we did our crazy hairstyles for this year's red ribbon Crazy Hair Day. Kylie did a redo o last year and bailey and I came up with this new one with regular aluminum foil. Kade didn't have many options (just spray painted it) but was excited to participate for the first time. Dressing up is so fun!

After School...