What a delicious day!

The second to last day of school before Christmas break, Brandon's class had a yummy pancake breakfast followed by decorating gingerbread men later in the day. It was great to be there and help make fun shaped pancakes!

Such cute work!

Here are some of the things that Brandon has been working on in school.
All the reindeer have light bulb noses! They are adorable!

A little walk through the neighborhoood...

Today the first graders took a fun field trip, walking and surveying the holiday decorations in the neighborhood. They made tally marks on a chart that would show how many Christmas trees, wreaths, reindeer, ect. they found. We even sang Christmas carols! It was a blast!



Brandon was very tired by the end of this 1 and a half hour walk! But of course not too tired to go out and play at lunch right after the trip! ;)

Gingerbread house decorating...

I just love his concentration. Such important stuff!
Great job Brandon!

The cutest cattle you've ever seen!

The primary children went to an old folks home to sing Christmas songs and spread holiday cheer. As they sang the "Nativity Song" each child came forward dressed in costume, representing someone or something from that holy night when Christ was born. Brandon was the cattle! He was very excited to crawl around on all fours the entire time! It was hard to get a good picture of him because he was so low to the ground. :) Even though he was quite apprehensive in the beginning, Brandon quickly warmed up to the environment and the sweet people there. He sang his lil heart out. Totally precious.
Like I said, the cutest cattle ever!

CORN DAY!

The day before our Thanksgiving holiday weekend, the first graders celebrated "Corn Day!" It was a day full of activities centered around CORN of course! They rotated to different stations where they were able to do such things as "plant corn" and "make a corn pattern." Here is Brandon and Sarah having a great time. They wore Target bags on their backs like a backpack so they could put all their creations in them.

Here is Brandon with the corn he planted. We will have to wait and see if it grows! ;)
I was busy teaching fourth grade that day but I was able to sneak out and snap a few pictures of this cute clan! I just love my little man right in the middle of all his friends! I could tell that these first graders had a great time learning about corn and celebrating the day. :)
These little turkeys are going to be the kids place settings at our Thanksgiving dinner. I wanted to make enough for all of Brandon's classmates but these five took up too much time! Gobble Gobble!

A Spook-tacular Night!

Our Halloween was filled with many treats this year. We spent the whole day and night at Papa John and Nana's house in Newport. We had the best time! Above is Mr. Jack-o-Happy. Brandon designed the face and I did the carving. After looking at it for one second he said, "He looks great! Let's call him Jack-o-Happy!"

Brandon and his puppy had matching Batman costumes.
Brandon was not too sure about my black lipstick and heavy eye make-up. After a while he came around though and told me he thought I was a pretty cool witch.
Papa John the bat! Love it!

Trick-or-treating was awesome. All the decorations were so spooky and fun.

Here is all the loot!
Cavities here we come! ;)
BEAUTIFUL Nana and cute kids, all in bone P.J's!