December 17, 2015

WWII Museum Dedication Ceremony

For Sarah's 2014-2015 NHD project, she was selected to represent Maryland at the opening of "Road to Tokyo" at the World War II Museum.  Her school website shared this cute moment I sent to the school librarian, who coordinated NHD for the school:
Sarah & World War II Veteran Woody Williams, Medal of Honor recipient

Read the essays students wrote for the ceremony here.

Learn about Woody Williams here.

Read a section of Sarah's journal here.

December 9, 2015

December 6, 2015

I took this picture for Daniel's teacher.  He had to write things for which he was thankful on November 22nd, and he picked his teacher!

Emily's School Play

Emily played Essie is her school's production of You Can't Take it With You in early December.  Interestingly, Greg had also starred in this same play in high school, so they both made their high school acting career debut with the same exact play!  Aunt Chris came down and Nana came up to see Emily in the play!  

Hot Chocolate!

Nana, Aunt Chris, and I served hot chocolate to Daniel's class before their field trip to hear music from The Polar Express!  While Nana and Aunt Chris set up, I read the story to the class, which, FYI, is a total tear-jerker!

Daniel Turns 7!

Daniel had a day full of special birthday fun!  We had football cupcakes in class.  Then, Mr. D, the principal, was already scheduled to come read a story to the class while Daniel's teacher did some testing with a few students.  She asked me to bring in a few books for Mr. D to read.  He let Daniel pick, so Daniel chose Hello, Cocky.  Mr. D let Daniel hold his radio (the highlight of his day, he says) while he read.  Then Mr. D read Cocky's Journey Through the Palmetto State.  After school, Declan and Daniel went out for a treat together.  It was a great day for Daniel!  

Look Who Broke Her Foot!

Emily broke her foot in gym class!

Poly-City Game

Papa, Aunt Debbie, Uncle Scott, Kate, Jack, and Julia all came to cheer on Sarah at the Poly-City game (or the City-Poly game if you ask Emily).

You can see some clips from halftime here and here.
You can see them coming in to the stadium here.
You can see them in the stands here.

Halloween Parade

Daniel dressed as Captain Hook to Declan's Peter Pan for Halloween.  He was thrilled to discover both his principal and his teacher we both Captain Hook, too!

Buddies, Books, and Starbucks

Pumpkin Patch

October 9, 2015

Jen took Daniel to school so I could leave for my big scrap trip.  This is what true friendship is all about!

Columbus Day Parade

After School Snack