Kindergarten Orientation and Relay for Life

We had a busy week with Kindergarten orientation for Ayson on Wednesday and then Mommy took Addie to the Drs Thursday night for a spreading rash that turned out to be contact dermatitis. Something Addie was exposed to, possibly over the weekend, did not agree with her. On Saturday, we headed out to Grandma Collene's to participate in the Relay for Life walk.

Tuesday:
Mommy and Addie bouncing!

Cheese!



Wednesday evening was Kindergarten orientation.  Both Mommy and Daddy were surprised at the amount of "homework" the kids came away with for the summer: sight words, reading, numbers, writing/drawing in a journal...

Principal Mrs Blossy reading a story to the kids.  Sitting to the right of Ayson is Lily (his girl friend...we are not allowed to mention Lily's name as he gets embarrassed :)



Ayson did a great job of listening/paying attention to Mrs Blossy before, during, and after the story.



There will be 3 classes of kids in kindergarten in the fall ranging in size from 16-18 kids.  We visited 5 rooms that introduced us the the various concepts that the kids would be covering in kindergarten: numbers/math, letters, sight words, writing, and reading strategies.

Math/numbers with Mrs McClary.  A numbers game where the kids had to swat, with a "number swatter (fly swatter)" a number on the ground and then read the number out loud.



A counting game where the kids had to count in a round to 20.  Lily and Ayson were the last 2 to say the number 20 (if the number you said was 20, you got to sit down) so they went back and forth counting to 20.



Sight words with Mrs Chapman.  The kindergarten students will know 40 sight words (he, the, she...) by the end of the year.



Writing with Mrs Thorton.  This summer, Ayson has a journal he has to add to every week with words and pictures.



Learning more about letters with Mrs Long.



Reading strategies with Mrs Woodworth and Ms Bailey, also known as the "Book Cart Ladies" as they go around to the classes with a "mobile" library where kids can check out books (in addition to going to the school library).   They gave the kids a "book worm" that can be built with colored beads and a pipe cleaner.  Each bead represents a book that the kids have read.



Ayson won the big raffle: a new back pack filled with school supplies he will need in the fall!
He was SO excited!



Friday:
Pictures of our edge garden with irises and lupine in bloom





On Saturday, we joined Grandma Collene in the Relay for Life festivities.  The day started off really warm and then a storm front rolled in and the temps dropped to the 50s.

The cousins playing on the track.


Grandma's team: Ric's McBikers!
The little boy in the orange shirt was a toddler "photo bomb."  Mommy hollered for everyone to turn around, look up, and smile and the little guy turned around too!



Daddy, Addie, and Ayson's Oreo smile



Ayson and Jacob putting a puzzle together that evening



Addie asked Auntie Jen to rub and tickle her feet.



Auntie Jen was trying to catch a picture of Addie making a scared face (while Mommy was smiling) during an action packed seen of the Smurfs movie...even without the scared face, the pic turned out great!  Thanks, Jen!