Second Grade, Seven Months & Other Updates

so glad that simon is excited for school. and the pic of anna is darling. :)
a

I feel the excitement about school right know and feel like the little kid I used to be. No more 1st class. No, 2nd! Yeah! Have a great year, Simon!

I rrrrrrreaaaally love that picture of Simon!

i love that Anna has tons of handknits - where do you get them all from?!
and tell Simon congrats on getting into second grade - what an accomplishment! can't wait to see Halloween pictures!

Had to laugh at your first photo...I just took a shot of my fourth grader holding up four fingers before heading off to his first day (yes, a very late start)!
I love that Simon is still into wearing costumes! And Miss Anna, isn't she just adorable???

Gosh! Is she 7 months already? We had to keep Ella back in first grade this year...I was just looking at an old CK Studio and Simon's interests just about match Luke's to a T.

Anna is so precious! I think she looks a lot like you! So cute to hear about Simon! I bet he'll have a great year! I would like to adopt the journaling idea with my kids.

I love the peace sign Simon is flashing! CUTE! Anna is adorable!
I love that enthusiasm about school, Halloween, life . . . etc.! Just love it!

The journal is a great idea. I have a first and second grader. I am going to have them start one today. They are also into taking pictures so I think I will let them include pictures in it that they take. Just this morning I was getting the .....when can we buy our Halloween costumes. My boys love dressing up in their costumes all year long.
Sandi

I make my daughter (who's 8) write 3 things each day. Three things that she likes, remembers, makes her happy. Anything to show her how good her life is, how lucky she is, to be grateful for. Sometimes it's big things like food or shelter but sometimes she writes about her cats or tv even.

Hi Ali!! My kids keep journals in school. I love reading them at the end of the year. The teachers give them a topic to write about each day and they only need to complete a sentence or two. Sometimes they draw pictures too. They are so fun to read!!! I think it'd be great to suggest to Simon's teacher. Some of the things they write about are super easy. (like the weather!) Peace and blessings....

so happy to simon excited and I love your mom's idea about him documenting his day...what a treasure that will be for all of you.
Anna is still the cutest baby - seven months already???

I home school my 3rd grader, and one thing that he started last year was a journal. We use the Mead Primary Journal K-2, which we got at Walmart. The design is fun - room on the top half of each page for a drawing and then about 7 lines on the bottom of each page for writing. The skies the limit with regard to what he can write or draw, and it is REALLY FUN to look back on what he wrote about last year. Journals are great!

My son was tall & skinny as a baby, he is now 6' 4". Maybe Anna is going to be tall.

Those pics of your kids are adorable! Where did you get Anna's hat? I love it!

love those photos. Congratulations Simon on second grade...... Love the writing idea, may try that with my son. He has been wanting a diary.

Love the photos, especially Simon, that cracked me up. I wanted to pass a link along to you, http://www.makeandtakes.com/tips-for-journaling-with-kids I thought it was ironic that Make & Takes had something posted on journalling this morning also.

was that a peace sign or number 2 for second grade? thanks for the tip in journaling for the little ones

I am so excited to see Simon making his way through school. Although you are only posting snippets of his every day, it just seems like the work you and Chris and his teachers have put into helping him find his comfort zones is really allowing him to find excitement in the every day instead of frustration. It is so great to see him take things on. Go Simon.

thought I would share a link with you for a "Harry Potter" type frame. Using a digital frame to play a little looped clip like the pictures in Harry Potter.
http://photojojo.com/content/tutorials/harry-potter-moving-pictures/