Mrs. Bella's Family Wall

I was fortunate enough to be able to work in Maddie's classroom putting together a family board for each child. It was so much fun to interview and learn a bit more about each child and their family.

Maddie's story says:

I'm very happy when I think about my family.

My Mom is a mommy of three kids and is very nice. Daddy is very nice, too. I love him with all my heart. Theo is funny. He's a character. Gabriel is so cute. He can crawl and sit up. I love him.

When I'm at school, my Mom washes the dishes and plays with Theo and Gabriel. My Dad works, works and works. He works on projects.

I was happy on my birthday with my family. I was together with them. We had dinner and cake and ice cream, a great meal together.

I'm happy when I think about the rest of our family - my grandparents and cousins.

I help by making my bed. The rest of the family helps by cleaning up.

Poetry Happenings

The Kindergarten classes at Angier put on a little performance. Mrs Bella's class memorized two poems with motions: My Parents Think I'm Sleeping and Mud, and sang a few songs, our favorite being Upsy Down Town. The kids did a great job.

Goodbye Teeth, Hello Tooth Fairy

Back in January, Maddie's two front bottom teeth popped through. Unfortunately, they were about 1/2 inch behind her baby teeth and her baby teeth had nary a wiggle. She has a tiny jaw with tiny baby teeth and fairly good sized permanent teeth so the dentist recommended that she pull the four front teeth making space for the permanent teeth to move into. Yikes! Luckily, the dentist was fantastic and Maddie had no pain during the procedure. We were very impressed with the teeth once they were out as the roots had not dissolved yet. She enjoyed a day home from school and a visit from the tooth fairy who left four golden dollars!



Ouch!


And not to be outdone, Theo had to have a picture of his teeth taken!

Happy Easter!

We had a lovely Easter. The kids were so excited that the bunny visited. They could hardly wait to run downstairs. The weather was still a bit chilly so the bunny hid the eggs in the house.

And, boy did that bunny outdo himself, he put together an amazing riddle hunt for Maddie and Theo to find their baskets. The clues even made me laugh!

Theo was so exited to open his eggs and find candy! and even money!

Maddie and I went to church while Gabriel napped. Then it was off to an Easter brunch at our friends the Pozens. There were a bunch of friends from Bowen, Maddie's old preschool, there.

Everyone brought eggs for an amazing egg hunt in the yard.

I love this action shot of Theo.

The loot

Sam and Theo

Wonder what they are talking about?

It was then off to anther brunch at the pastor's house who taught the Love and Logic Parenting class I took. It was a very nice group of people and a ton of kids. When we left that brunch, with three exhausted children, Theo said, "Can we come back tomorrow?" It was a joyous Easter!

Hello Underwear!

He did it! Turned three and became potty trained in the same week! We are so proud and relieved to only deal with one boy in a diaper.

The Big 3

The celebration continued on his big day. He picked out his outfit and was so proud to wear an "I'm 3 Today" button. The morning started off really well. Vanessa arrived with a cake and present. There's nothing like cake first thing in the morning!

We went to our Mommy Theo class where a special rendition of Happy Birthday was sung to him. A special dinner, cupcakes and presents ended the night perfectly!

Fireman Theo

We were so excited to celebrate Theo! He loves a good party and being with his friends Sam and Scotty. A fireman theme was in order!

We started the morning at the fire station near our house. Sporting their own fireman's hat, the kids were really excited to see the fire trucks up close, explore the firehouse, slide down the pole and meet Captain Mark and Fireman Greg.

Theo's buddies arrive.

We loved watching Captain Mark slide down the pole! He said it never gets old.

We came home and the kids hopped into their own fire trucks to put out fires and rescue animals over an obstacle course that Maddie set up.

I had to get a picture of the back of the truck with hose and personalized license plate!

Theo was thrilled with his present from his friends. They played with this super cool fire station for a good 1/2 hour!

Then it was time for pigs in a blanket, fruit, juice and of course cake for lunch. The grown ups got a yummy rice salad.

I love watching Theo blow something out. He makes his lips into a flat line and tries his hardest to blow!

"Hooray I'm Twee!" (said like Theo!)