What Happened!?!?

How did they get from this...

To this....

To this...

Happy 2nd Birthday Logan and Lauren! I miss you more then you will ever know!

Love, Your Aunt KiKi

What do you want to be when you grow up?

This year I have tried a few new things. You know I don't think I'll ever be the type of teacher that does the same thing year after year. Why make it easy on myself, right!! So anyway, I decided to do a fun unit on careers. I sent a note home to parents inviting them to come to school and talk about their career. I've had several responses and still more to come.

Can I just say that the presentations were more then I could have even asked for. The kids loved having different family members come in and they were fantastic listeners. It also gave them a chance to practice asking appropriate questions. (an important skill!!!!)

The morning class had Weston's grandpa and Cooper's grandpa. Weston's grandpa talked about being a farmer. He brought great pictures, bags of seeds, corn, and wheat. The kids made butter while he was talking and showing the pictures. He also brought bread, milk and cheese for them to try. They loved it!!!

Have you ever been attacked by 25 kindergartners! Don't worry they only swarm when they like you!

Shake, Shake, Shake! Lets make some butter!

Milk, butter, bread, and cheese! One of the kids said "Four snacks in one day! Wow we are lucky!"

Cooper's grandpa come in and talked about being a construction worker. The kids loved the the pictures of the big, big, big trucks. That was so cool. I personally loved the dump truck with the Utah State emblem on it!

Family picture

The kids loved the bag full of goodies

We also had Pierce's dad come and he works at Hill Air Force Base as a Radiologist. He brought the coolest x-rays. He had the kids call out a body part and he would pull out the picture and show the kids what it looks like in an X-ray. I was so glad he came! Every year we learn about Mr. X Ray man our alpha friend for the letter Xx. I always wish I had a real x-ray to show the kids what they look like. So his presentation was perfect. Of course I left my camera at home so I don't have any pictures but I wish you could have seen the kids faces as they saw the coolest x-rays.

Thank you for all the parents who have come so far and a thank you in advance to the parents who are still to come! We can't wait!

Oh No!!! Oh No!!!

It has been a great spring break! I has all my family here and we have been busy. On Friday we went to Cache Valley to Baby Animal Days. It was so much fun there were so many people but the area is so big you really couldn't even tell. The highlight of the day was when Haden decided to try Muttin Bustin. For you city folk that is when little kids jump on a sheep and hold on for dear life. I couldn't believe that Haden said he wanted to do it but he has had a brave streak going lately. He put on his gear and march right out. I was relieved to see that they had a cute little sheep ready for him. Then that cute little sheep got out and they pulled the next sheep/bull looking thing! It was the biggest woolliest sheep I have ever seen. Then it didn't make me feel better when they said the sheep's name was Crash! As you can see from the video Crash is an accurate name! Haden was doing great until the sheep ran smack into the barrel in the arena. Karen looked at me and I looked at her and she ran out to pick up Haden. The guy in charge told Karen that Haden broke his leg and the panic set in. He only ended up with a bruise and a few tears. I felt so guilty because it was my idea in the first place! So to ease my guilty conscience he got the biggest cotton candy I could find in the place. On the way back to the car Haden was covered head to toe in candy. He looked at me and said, "Oh yea, that was totally worth it!"
Today he told me that he was ready to try it again but this time he wants a large chocolate milk shake!