FIVE FABULOUS FERGIES: December 2013

TWO Students of the Month

I was helping at the kids school in their classrooms on a Tuesday afternoon and Cameron's teacher handed me a secret note letting me know that he would be the student of the month at the upcoming awards assembly. I knew he was going to be so excited, so I was too. Then I spent the afternoon in Chad's class and his teacher, too, let me know that Chad would be the student of the month at the same assembly. How cool is that? It was fun to watch them both be surprised to hear their names, and then to hear each others names as well. I was one proud mommy. :) Their teachers both said the nicest things about each one of them. I am so pleased with their efforts in and out of the classroom. They are awesome students!

Chad was asked to make a poster to share a little more about himself. He was so proud of his posterboard and was excited to share it with his class.

Veterans Day Fun

Just a quick little picture of Kylie and her new (and old) friends on a day off from school. She has met the nicest girls at her middle school and I am so pleased with the high standards they all have for themselves. It has been fun to hear Kylie talk about them and so I thought it would be fun to have them over and get to know them all a little bit. They had a great time making cookies, eating pizza, jumping on the trampoline, and hanging out like girls do in Kylie's room. I hope that they will stick together when times get tough in the future. :)

Top - Layne, Cierra, Delaney

Bottom - Megan, Kylie, Robyn

Halloween Time

Halloween festivities are always so fun. I love our family traditions and the traditions that we have started at the kids' school as well. We had our annual Fall Festival with games, food, costume contests, and trick or treating and the kids had a blast. Kylie felt so old and came back with some friends to her old stomping grounds to help out with a game for the younger kids. We had a great night and lots of fun getting ready for Halloween night.

Darth Vader (Cameron) and his friend Piper.

Playing games

Showing Dad one of his prizes

Costume Parade

Chad and his friend Jack...he was excited that they were both ninjas.

Kylie made us some yummy pumpkin muffins the night we carved our pumpkins....so good!

The night we carved our pumpkins, we also had to decorate a turkey for

Cameron's kindergarten class. Fun family time all night long!

PUMPKIN CARVING!!

Kylie and Chad's first time carving all on their own!

Halloween Night....Oma was there to trick or treat with us.

Getting ready to go out with the neighbors.

Our annual picture - just before they dump out their treats to see what they got!

Red Ribbon Assembly

On Friday of Red Ribbon Week, the kids were supposed to wear red. We thought it would be fun to have the boys go with red hair too. They thought they were so cool and so I had to get some pictures.

Cameron and the rest of the kindergarteners also had the opportunity to perform with a flash mob during the Red Ribbon Week assembly and completely surprised the rest of the school. It was so cute. They had been practicing for a long while and were so excited to get up and dance. Cameron and his friend Maddie were chosen to go up first, and then gradually the rest of the kinder kids started to come up a few at a time. They did the cha cha slide taught to them by their lunch supervisor, Mrs. Yvette. Cameron told me just before the assembly started that he was actually a little bit nervous, but he didn't show it once he got up to perform. It was really fun to watch him. He definitely likes attention, just not sure about large crowds. :)

Kindergarten Field Trip

Cameron was so excited to go on his first field trip. He has never been on a school bus before and could hardly wait to get on! They had a long drive to get to the pumpkin patch in Temecula but the kids loved every minute of it.