Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Testing Day

Tae Kwon Do testing today.

Here, I shake hands with Master White after receiving my Yellow Belt.

Later tonight, Papa and Patrick will test for their Red Belts. Unfortunately, I have to go home because it won't happen until waaay after my bedtime, and I have school tomorrow.

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Sleepover!

Somewhere in all those blankets, pillows, and pink are two girls having their first ever sleepover! (There were two beds in the room, but that fact is apparently lost on these two.)

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Enough sharing already!

Katherine and I sit in the car every week while Patrick has his guitar lesson. This week I forgot to bring the Nintendo 3DS for Katherine to play with. Fortunately, there was a Calvin & Hobbes book in the car, but even that didn't keep her attention very long, and eventually I had to give up my Kindle...again.

I wonder if it's time to get her one of her own.

Friday, July 20, 2012

Practicing what I preach - sharing

My lessons on sharing may have just backfired. I think I just lost my Kindle!...to my seven year old!

It's not even a Kindle Fire with video games, movies, and books in color. It's just a plain-text first generation Kindle. She's reading Sleeping Beauty right now...no pictures, just words.

No, I'm not proud. :)

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Day at the Dentist

Katherine had a tooth pulled today. She was afraid, but did a great job.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

An afternoon at the pool

Katherine the fearless has stepped up the adventure moving from the low dive to the high dive.

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Let's Swim!

The water is chilly, but once you're numb it's not quite so noticeable, and the sun helps a lot to warm things up.

Katherine is pleased to be able to go on the slide and diving boards with little or no wait.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

My Class

Today was my last day of school, and my last day with my classmates at Allen Brook.  We took a class picture so that I can remember everybody.  Next year I will be in second grade at Trinity, with my big brother, but he's gonna be in sixth grade.

The Last

The last day of school.
The last day of first grade.
The last day at Allen Brook.
The last day of riding a bus to school.
The last day of public school.

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Night Sky Museum

Tonight is Katherine's Night Sky Museum night.

Each kid worked on a project about the sun, stars, planets, or moon. Some did models demonstrating how the Earth rotates around the sun AND around it's own access, others researched characteristics of their chosen celestial body, and some wrote about constellations.

Katherine wrote about Leo, the Lion, and built a board showing the major starts (in tinfoil) that make up the Lion.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Spring Break Wednesday

Spring Break continues. Today we had our usual Wednesday lunch date (this time at Friendly's) followed by a trip to Barnes & Noble for some hang time, and to find something Katherine would like to spend her allowance on.

At $2 per week, she won't be starting any libraries, but she found something she liked, and learned how far, or not-so-far, money really goes. So the learning begins.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Spring Break Tuesday

This is Katherine's Spring Break week and, like Patrick's, I am trying to schedule one fun (out of the ordinary, out of the house, kid preferred) activity each day.
Today, after lunch duty at Trinity, we headed to the public library for some down time. New computer activities, lots of books to check out, and a dress up box!

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Island Life

Although Katherine doesn't get to scuba, she's slowly adapting to island life. She has gone on the boat with us for most of our dives; when the surface is calm, she will join us in the water with her snorkel and watch us descend. When we return, she does the diver drop (sits on the gunnel of the boat and falls in backward) and splashes around with us while we get our gear off and pass it up to the captain, who is in charge when we are on the boat.

She is even starting to try some new foods, like this soup.

She has thrown down some challenges along the way, but we've also tried to do some things that are fun for her (like swimming at a beach or going to a playground).

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Chinese Dragon

Katherine came home from school today with this great Chinese dragon that she made during "Friday Workshop".

Monday, January 23, 2012

Field Trip

Today I'm at the Flynn with Katherine. She's here for a field trip with her first grade class to see Imagine Ocean.
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