Ever since school started in August, we had been so busy with fun activities. This post is full of random pictures of the things we have been doing over the last few months.
In September the PTA at the school put on a bike rodeo for all of the kids and their families. The kids loved riding their bikes to the school and participating.
There were obstacle courses, safety demonstrations, and lots of fun games to play on their bikes. They were even able to get their bikes tuned up by a bike technician. Now we know all about bike safety.
October also was a lot of fun with these crazy kids.
First we had a great time during Halloween. The above picture is of us at the Zombie Walk. I really thought this was something the kids would like because the advertisement made it sound so fun with a costume contest and everything. Well it was not what we expected and there wasn't really anything going on for kids. But one good thing happened, we got to try the "World's Greatest Corn Dogs" food truck! They were pretty good and really big so we were able to share two of them. I don't think we will go to this Zombie Walk next year though.
The next picture is of Emily giving her first report in school. About once a month or so Emily does what they call a "Celebration" on a different continent. This first one she did on North America and talked about the Mormon pioneers. Russell also built her a little handcart for her Barbies so she could show it with her presentation. She has since done one on the famous buildings in Europe and the penguins of Antarctica.
October also had school lunch week in it. On Monday that week we were all able to go to school lunch with Emily. She loved having us there and the boys felt so big to be eating school lunch at school. We had Macho Nachos which actually were pretty good.
After lunch we even got to go out to lunch recess with Emily and her friends! Russell loved teaching the girls the proper way to play hopscotch.
Our neighbors, the Lee's, had two apple trees that were just overflowing with apples so they told us we could pick as many as we wanted. We picked a couple of big buckets full and went to work peeling and coring them. The boys liked using the apple peeler to peel the apples. They were a big help. We made a few jars of apple sauce and then dried the rest of them for apple chips. I even got to use the dehydrator I got for Christmas last year for the first time.
Each month Canyon Elementary has a Super Spirit Friday and a Colt Recognition Assembly to recognize the students that have done an outstanding job. In October, Emily received a recognition award.
She was so excited to receive an award during the assembly especially because her friend Jadaci got one too and they got to set by each other during the assembly. Emily got an award for being Proactive. Her teacher says she does the right thing without being asked, even if no one is watching. After the assembly, all of the kids that get awards get to run through the halls of the school in the Colt Stampede. This is the real motivator for the kids not the award!
On October 24, Emily got to go ice skating for the first time.
It was Jadaci's birthday so her family took all of her friends to the Eccles Ice Center to go ice skating. It was so funny to watch all of the kids try to stay balanced on their skates. Luckily they had these little red walkers for the kids to help them skate.
Emily and Ayzleigh liked to share their walker. It was amazing to see how well some of the kids skated and how wobbly most of the other kids were. Emily had a blast and wants to go back again really soon.
October was also Red Ribbon week. The kids got to do a lot of fun things during the week like wear crazy socks, wear their clothes backwards, wear their Halloween costumes, and even crazy hair day. This is Emily's crazy hair! It was even crazier when we took out the mini buns. Her hair was all over the place and very frizzy! I was hoping it would just be nice and curly but no it was not.
During November, Mrs McBride did something called Turkey "Tie"m. This was where dads, grandpas, uncles, or brothers could come in and either tell about their jobs or read the class a story or something and then donate a tie to put on the board to make up the turkey's tail. Russell had a good time talking about his job to the kids. He brought in his turnouts and had some of the kids try them on. He talked about what to do in an emergency and in a fire.
He also told the kids that Fire fighters have to get dressed in all of their gear in less than one minute and then showed them how it was done. All of the kids were just glued to his every word because they though it was so cool. In the end we handed out little fireman hats and sticker badges. The kids loved it. One mom even told me that her kid went home and told her all about being a fireman and would not stop talking about how cool it was.
November was the Reflections contest at school. Emily participated in the contest by submitting a photography entry. She received a trophy and was advanced to District! We didn't even know she won until we went to the recognition assembly. Everyone received a trophy but she was one of the 15 participants to advance. We thought that was so awesome!
Here is the picture she turned in for her Reflections entry. The theme for this year was "Let Your Imagination Fly." So the caption Emily put on her picture was, "The sun will shine through every cloud if you let your imagination fly."
Also in November was the school talent show:
Emily bravely performed a wonderful piano piece. She played "Alouette" She memorized it and everything. She did an amazing job. This was her first real performance and she did great. Here she is with her two friends who were also in the talent show doing a cheer/gymnastics routine. They all did well.
Finally, December was the Christmas choir concert.
These kids really put on a good show. Their theme was "Christmas in any Language" so they sang Christmas songs from all around the world and many different cultures.
Here is one last random picture of these three knot heads. Nothing is more fun than a cardboard box especially if it is as big as you!
So there you have it, one long update on all of the things we have been doing since Emily started school. Now that 2015 is coming to an end it is nice to look back and remember all of the good times.
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