Gene's birthday 2010

I love this picture of Ernie. Can't tell you how often I see that
look. The tres amigos blowing out the candle. Babygirl joins in the
fun!

Dru's report card comments, 1st marking period, first grade

Dru is such a wonderful, motivated student.  He consistently completes his work and makes wonderful choices for independent work.  He is reading well above grade level and can retell with accuracy and his able to discuss characters, setting, major events and make personal connections.  He is working on grammar work such as compound words, suffixes, and prefixes.  Dru also has excellent math skills.  He is able to problem solve with ease using addition, subtraction, and fair shares.  He has worked with geometric shapes and has a good understanding of squares, trapezoids, parallelograms, and hexagons.  In writing, Dru writes complete stories with a beginning, middle, and end.  He spaces between his words.  His stories are sequenced and complete.

December 2009

Dru's report card comments, 2nd marking period, first grade

Dru continues to work above grade level in all areas.  In reading, he is able to read and retell with accuracy.  He has good fluency and can discuss characters, setting, and major events.  He understands fiction and non-fiction texts.  In math, he is able to problem solve with ease and can explain his work.  He can compare two objects using the attributes alike and different.  He understands time to the hour and half hour. He can identify, draw, and name parallelograms, hexagons, trapezoids, rectangular prisms, cylinders, and cones.  In writing, Dru is able to write with a beginning, middle and end.  He includes all the story components such as characters, setting, and major events.  He includes details to make his stories more interesting.

(April 2010)

babygirl at rest stop

just.love.this.picture!! <3 Can I just freeze time for a little while?

Evelyn and the mancake caper

I will swallow the evidence. Don't tell me jokes to make me laugh!!

Ernie in the fishtank!

just love this picture. It's his reflection. I cropped him out because I loved the reflection even more. The expression is priceless, isn't it?

Pupit [sic] show - the first of many

What's a pupit show without a little benny hill-esque chasing around of the little man after the show is over ? :D

Babygirl welcomes Spring 2010

In an oh so Seussical way. Could she be cuter?

Day at the museum

I really liked the butterflies. Ernie really liked the fish. Evelyn
was taking it all in. Christina and Anne's kids loved the whole
thing! The Museum of Natural Science in Raleigh ROCKS!!

Playing at the park & planting flowers

Spring has finally arrived. I am pretty sure it arrives with Evelyn's
birthday. Seems that way anyhow. And I LOVE it!

The first pic is Evelyn helping mommy plant some freesia around the
tree. Ernie and Luke helped on Sunday. The next 3 are Ernie in the
car. We were having some fun playing bashful. The last pictures are
of Evelyn and Ernie at the park at Rolesville. We always have such fun
there, though I wasn't as prepared as normal - it was #4 on our list
of things to do - the Canes cancelled their practice - last minute -
the farmers' market didn't have flowers yet, and GASP! Pullen Park is
closed til Summer 2011. BIG.SAD.FACE. To ensure that this lovely day
wasn't a complete loss, we headed up to the other side of town and had
some fun.

Evelyn and the Chocolate Cake

Happy birthday to youuuuu Happy birthday to youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu. Happy
birthday dear babygirl, happy birthday to you! <3 we love you!

Little taste testers

Oh my how they loved the flavors and textures.