Catching Up with Pictures

Lots has been happening that Mama hasn't had time to type, even though I've been talking her ears off about the events of my day.  Here I am at the medal ceremony for the Reading Olympics.  I'm posing with Lola, Bailey, and Mrs. Galban.  Paul is hiding in the background.  I got a gold medal.

Here I am with my bestest teacher, Mrs. Alvarez!

Here I am with Mama on top of the ferris wheel at the Fort Worth Stock Show.  Notice our cute hats!

Here I am riding Kansas City, at Thomas' awesome party.

Daddy took me to the Daddy-Daughter Dance in Grapevine.  That's not really a Barbie in the box.  It's me!

Daddy and I were in a limo.  Like my face?

Daddy and I built a Lego tower that was as tall as Paul!  Paul would have helped, but him and Mommy were taking a nap.

Paul and I are just looking cute here.

This is me and Joby at the Valentine's party.  Joby is a rock star because he makes me laugh.

Here's Diego.  Mama helps teach him.

Here's my BFF Bailey and Nina.  Guess what Nina's last name is?  Boyett!  No e!

Lola was pretending to be a chipmunk with all the food in her cheeks.  Davyon is being silly, too.

The Whole Class Got in Trouble!

Mrs. Alvarez had the entire class write this letter home for their parents. 

Chocolate

Today is Friday.  I'm selling the World's Finest Chocolate.  It's $2 a bar.

When you sell four boxes, you can get a pie and put it on Mr. Gooch's face. 

The money is for the school.  I wish you knew.  They are going to buy computers with it.

I just read a bunch of Biscuit books.  I read Biscuit and the Box, Biscuit's Trick, Biscuit and Sam, Biscuit and the Nest, Biscuit and the Frog, and Biscuit and the Duck.

Superman!  What's in the sky?  Is it a bird?  An airplane?  No!  It's Superman!

I'm training Sugar.  I'm training him to sit.  Sugar Dot! come on!  Let's train you!

We had a Reading Olympics.  I won a gold medal. I read a lot of books. 

Doing stations made me happy this week.  We've been testing but now we're done.

A boy brought a knife to school.  It was a little one; like a toy.  He kept calling it a stick.

Here's a joke:

Baby laby gaby maybe.

I'm painting my nails

Today we did the chacha in PE and it says, "Get Falky."  I like it when it says that.

This is my secret beauty box.  I've got my nail polish in it.

I'm making a feather barrette like Lola had today.  I know how to make it.

Paul, boys aren't really supposed to paint their nails, but we're letting you because you want to.

We drew a map of the classroom.  We're trying to put everything in the classroom.  I'm going to put these feathers together and make a barrette.

At recess we played at the park.  We played Frisbee and a boy threw the Frisbee over the fence and before that the boys were not sharing the Frisbee.  They said, "This is only for boys" and I said, "Not it isn't."

We heard the Biggest Snowman Ever.  It's just like the Biggest Apple Ever. 

That's pretty much it.  We read a math book.

Here's a joke:  SugarDot, LugarDot, BoogerDot Lugardot Blew Lalalalalalalala Leleleleleleleeeeeeeee!  The lizard we caught is gone.

Dushin Beaver

Today a girl told me about Dushin Beaver (Justin Bieber) but I think she was making it up.  She also told me that there were a lot of homeless kids that lived 58 miles away and that they needed food.  One boy said he was going to give them bananas, but I told him that wasn't a good idea because bananas get icky too fast.

I have an ear infection, but I feel fantastic!  I hate that medicine.

I went to station 8.  I did the ABCs and rhyming, which I know both.  I know everything I am doing in school.  I need to pass kindergarten.  I would just go to first grade.  You know that's where I would go.  That's what Morgan (cousin) said.

I am starving.

Lola got a surprise after school today, so did you get me a surprise?  No?  Why not?  You should have.

Lola's mother said her mother said she can go to Rosa's Cafe, so we're going to have a taco chit chat party.  That's what she said.  I used the word chit-chat!

If you don't give me anything to eat, I am going to starve to death.  (Reporter now is going to feed Claire.)

Partay!

Friday was my Christmas party at school.  Here are some pictures of it:

You might notice this picture contains Paul.  Mrs. Alvarez was so nice and she let him sit next to me and participate in the party, too.  This is a picture of Lola and me and you can see Mrs. Alvarez, too.

This is my other best friend, Bailey.  She would have been in the picture with me and Lola but Mrs. Alvarez makes her sit at a different table.

Here's me and Paul after the party.  We are standing in front of my locker.  Paul is blowing a straw.  He got a stocking, too, only his didn't have his name on it.

 We had cookies with frosting.  Yum!

This is a picture of Nitzia and Alanii and Ivan.  I'm not really going to marry Ivan or Paul when I grow up.  I can't marry Paul!

This is Diego and Natalie.  Mama tutors Diego on some days.

This wasn't at school.  It was the next day.  Miss Magunn did a puppet show at the library.  This isn't really Santa Claus.  It's Miss Magunn.

Today was Fabulous

Today was fabulous because I got a new book of my own, Red Riding Hood.

I loved when we got our little book.  These two ladies read to us.  One was skinny and one looked just like Mrs. Rabbit.

It was warm outside and we didn't even go to recess.  We just had Lego time.  (It was below 50 all day for the record.)

I made a mistake in math.  I did it right but there was the right number on the wrong side.

I did Station 3 and painted a Christmas tree with yellow and red dots.  The stem was black, but it should be brown.  She does have brown paint, so I don't know why we used black.

We're almost done with this year.

They're still painting the gym, so no PE.  We all went to music.  We sang, "It Must be Santa" and "Five Little Snowmen Standing by my Door."

At lunch I wasn't really that hungry but I really wanted some food but I wasn't that hungry.  I wanted some food so I ate everything in my lunch.

Hahahahaha I love you.  Now can I go listen to that book?

Here's a joke:  Monkeys are  doodies made of hair.  I love you!

Colder Than an Iceberg

Mama, I wish you had brought the car to school today because I'm so cold, I'm colder than an iceberg.

Today Bailey taught me how to tie my shoe with one bunny ear.

We read the Gingberbread Man.

We didn't go to recess.  We played with Legos instead.

We didn't go to PE either.  They're painting the gym, so we went to music.  We sang "Five Little Snowman Standing By My Door" and "It Must Be Santa." 

My favorite part about today was, I think, everything.

Here's a joke:  Computer Branch Cuter.

The Day after Thanksgiving Break/Rat

Today at school was exciting!  First because we brought a rat skeleton to school.  It came from Kaa and Paul's house.  They are Daddy's godparents.  They live in Texarkana.  Mrs. Alvarez showed us the skeleton and let us draw it in our science journal.

We had three students absent today.  I was a good listener.  Of course I stayed on green.

The state of the day was Ohio.

I was happy that I found my scarf and my Minnie mouse hat in my locker. Also, I left my lunchbox there.  That was okay because Mama bought me a monkey one anyway.

I did tablework. 

Do you know what I call a barrette?  A parrette.  That's my joke.

Holiday Crafts and more fun

I poked myself a little bit with a needle a few minutes ago.  Joke time?  Not yet.

Since Friday, I went to a birthday party, said goodbye to my favorite cashier at Aldi, went shopping at Kohl's with Mama, went to church, and made lots of crafts.  Here are some pictures:
Daddy is very silly.  On Friday night, we pretended that our ears were made of crayons.  Heehee!

On Saturday, we went to Ella's birthday at Little Gym.  Fun!

I got to do a bunch of tricks.

On Saturday afternoon, Mama and I went on a girls' only shopping trip to Kohl's.  We bought me a new outfit and one to match Baby Doll.  We were trying to take a cute picture with Paul, but he kept being silly.

Even though it was cold, I didn't wear a jacket to go bike riding because I wanted everyone to see that my outfit matched Baby Doll's.  Unfortunately no one noticed.

On Sunday, I got Daddy to help me with this craft.  He sewed a doggie bed for my dog, Gingja.  Like Ninja, but it's Ginja.  Mama made the leash and dog food.

Today Mama let me sew some things on my own.  Here I am with a pillow church.  I drew this, cut it out, sewed it, stuffed it, and sewed it some more all by myself.  I love my pillow church.

Here's me trying out my pillow church.  It is filled with cotton balls.

Here's a joke:  Do you know what I call a doodoo head?  A googoo head.  Not really, just a joke.  Do you know what I call a shooshoo head?  A poopoo head.  Hahahahaha.  I'm rhyming.

The First Thanksgiving

Here's Claire telling the story of the First Thanksgiving. 

Vermont Day

Did you know Mr. Gooch got a new student today and he did not listen to Mrs. Hi? 

We are class of the week this week.  That means that today we went to the office to do the announcements.  Mama and Daddy were there with Paul so they got to come with us.  We got to go to Mrs. Galban's office and Mrs. Freeman's office.  I don't know who Mrs. Freeman is (vice-principal.).

I thought I got to take the flag home today but it appears that I did not.

We just did math in class today.  Did you write about class of the week?  Good.

I didn't get to finish my high frequency words today.  I had to get a clipboard to go over there and make sentences.  I have a hard time with the new words.  They are:  she, with, for, and I can't remember what else.

Type the sentences I wrote.  Here.  "I have a dog.  I have a new book."  Okay?

Tonight we're going back to school for the meeting for the moms and dads for the parents that have smart, smart kids.  (gifted and talented meeting.) 

I told Bailey I was pretty smart because I know most everything Mrs. Alvarez teaches.  I told her I am a little bit smarter than her, I believe. 

If someone tells me I'm not smart, I tell them, "Don't tell me that.  I am very, very smart."

This morning Paul made me so mad.  I was as mad as the Pilgrims when the king said they had to go to his church.

Do you know what I call Mrs. Barton?  Pen Barton.  I really don't.  It's a joke.

New Hampshire Day

We didn't go to recess today because it was wet and Mrs. Terry's class didn't go out.

In math we colored things red and yellow.

We read a little book called Sit, Sam, Sit.  It was on round 3.

I went to station 4.  You make Indian corn.  We cutted a piece of white paper out and we colored it and she had little squares that were black, red, yellow, and brown.  We glued them on there to make Indian corn.  Guess what!  She stapled real Indian corn leaves on there!  They were like greyish, like the color of the deck, like real Indian corn leaf color.  Kind of light brown.

I went to Art.  We colored with some plastic that we put under the table.  We colored some insects.

Lunch was good.  And we read the book, Papa Please Get the Moon.  He got a very long ladder and it was long enough to touch the moon.  Like, he touched the sky. 

A big boy came and got our canned goods.  Another big boy was pushing a basket.  They came from room to room, room to room.

What happens if you bring five canned goods?  You get a bracelet to not wear a uniform the rest of your life? 

No, just one day.

Do you know what I call popsicles?  Copsicles.  You know what I call Sugar Dot?  Pugerdot.

Do you what I call tables?  Pabels.  Like labels only with a P.  That's all.

State stuff

After Barack Obama, Mama started putting states in my lunchbox.  The states I learned so far are:
well, I don't know.  I want some Halloween candy.  I gave almost all of mine to Daddy and now I don't have much left.  Oh well.

I went to PE today.  We played snowball fights.  I hurt my tooth AGAIN.  It was the same tooth.

Monday we did a Storybook Parade.  I was Fancy Nancy Stellar Stargazer and Bailey was Fancy Nancy's best friend, Bree.  Lola was Catwoman.  Paul walked in the parade too.  He was wearing his race car driver outfit, but he wouldn't carry his car book.  He carried a football book instead.

Yesterday I looked for my missing hand sanitizer and I found it in "Bob's" chair pocket.  I asked him to give it back but he wouldn't.  He said he bought it at Wal-Mart, but it's Bath and Body Works hand sanitizer and they don't sell it there.  Mama told Mrs. Alvarez about it since I wouldn't.  Mrs. Alvarez told Bob to bring it back tomorrow. We had to go to Mrs. Terry's class to talk about it.

Want to hear a joke?  You know what I call Sugar Dot?  Booger Dot.  Hehehehehehehehe.

Barack Obama Day 44

You have to wear this red ribbon every day to school your whole life.

Today was Barack Obama day.  He's our president now.  He lives in I forgot the name.  I don't know much about him.

Ms. Lee taught us today.  Mrs. Alvarez went to the doctor.  She just read us a book.  She read us "A Scarecrow's Hat."

We played at recess.  I played with Lola and Bailey.  Yesterday I couldn't play with Lola because she thinks Matthew is cute so she decided to chase him all recess.  I don't think he's cute and he's too fast so I didn't want to waste my recess running after him.

We went to music and guess what we played?  It starts with an instru....Instruments!  That was easy!  We played all different kinds.  One was a drum, one was sand blocks, one was a maraca, and that's all I can remember.

I wore Halloween socks.  Nobody said anything about them except Ms. Lee said, "Those are some long, cool looking socks!"

Here's a joke:  You know what I call Cinnamon Toast Crunch?  Cinnamon Toast Crunch.  Good one.

Day 43 George W. Bush

Did you know we got a new student?  His name is MMuael.

Lola gave me a note.  I left it at school.  I didn't get Mrs. Alvarez to read it.  I read one of them, but I forgot what it said and I didn't open the other one.

Nina came today.  Her name is Nina Boyett.

In P.E. we practiced jumping rope and then we went outside.

I forgot what we did in math.  In stations, I went to Station 5.  I spelled words.  I already forgot what words.  One of them was swim.  I forgot how to spell it.

I made my tablework.

My president was George W. Bush.  He lives in Texas.  Dallas. 

Here's a joke:  Do you know what I call crackers?  Quackers.  Do you know what I call cups?  cwups.  That's it.

Day 39 Peanut Farmer Day

Jimmy Carter was a peanut farmer, so my card today had a peanut in it.

Did you know we got a new student to the school?  His name is John and he ate his food faster than anyone ever.

Natalie got there late and Lola was absent. 

We went to music.  We didn't sing anything.  We watched The Magic School Bus.  It was a fiction story about a boy that made an instrument that was too tall and it wouldn't make noise.  He put something to make noise on it.  The Magic School Bus made the noise.  The Magic School Bus got sick and they put a thermometer in it and they pulled it with a rope and the kids pushed it.

We read Too Many Pumpkins about a lady that hated pumpkins.  She remembered when she was a girl all there was to eat was pumpkins.

We just played and ran around at recess.

We didn't do math because we did another paper; we did a test instead.

I went to station 2 and made five little pumpkins sitting on a gate.  Station 3 is the funnest station ever.  You paint a tree and then you glue squares on there for falling leaves.

Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate.  The first one said "It's getting late."  The second one said, "There are witches in the air."  The third one said, "Who gives a care?"  The fourth one said, "Let's run and run and run."  The fifth one said, "Let's have some fun."

Here's a joke:  Five little pumpkins sitting on a dinosaur.  The dinosaur said, "Let's have some dinosaur pie!"

That's it.

JFK Day and report cards

Today was report card day.  In kindergarten, we don't get grades, we just get a note about whether or not we can do something.  Apparently I am still developing skills in sharing, following directions, and working on computers.  I also need to practice hopping on one foot, but I'm not sure why that's important and on my report card.

We didn't go to recess today because it was too wet outside.  My backpack was heavy because it had two jackets, a library book, a full folder, a lunch box and an umbrella.

We played Legos instead of going to recess.  I built airplanes.

We read a book today but I forgot what it was.  We read Pumpkin Jack, which Mrs. Lee read.

In math we counted to five. 

Here's a joke:  Do you know what I call a cracker?  A quacker.  Do you know what I call sardines?  Sarcheese.

Harry S. Truman

Today I was frustrated because my teacher said I was being rude.  Well, she said the whole class was being rude but I wasn't being rude. 

I played recess.  You play on the playground.

I learned about the letter A, which I already know all the letters.  Anteater starts with a, and apple, and ant.

It made me mad when she said I was doing stuff mean to her which I wasn't.  She thought I was being rude to her.  I wasn't doing anything rude.  The others were telling her what to do.  She said everyone was being rude, but I wasn't really.  She didn't know.

Zachary played with me at P.E. I said, "You live down my street!"  He said, "Yes I do."

I want to get ice cream now.  I want to have joke time now.

Do you know what I call crackers?  Quackers.  Hahahahahahahahaha!

Calvin Coolidge is a cool guy

Hey, did you know another kindergarten class got popsicles today?  I saw it.  We didn't and I didn't think that was fair.

When will we go on a field trip?  Two kids in my class go on field trips all the time.  They ride the bus and I know they are going on a field trip.

The funnest part today was art.  I made a tree out of my hand and arm.  Then you color it in brown, green, and pink.

I like everything today.

Lunch was good.  We finished math today.  I was on green.

We read the Littlest Old Lady Who was Not Afraid of Anything.  I was like, "I have that one!"

Did you know next month we will wear costumes to school and dress up like a story book character?

Here's a joke:  Elephants, I call them chelaphants