Reading Buddies

4th Grade Reading Buddies- We love these helpers and friends!

First Grade, First Day

Fishy First Day Faces

Bible Corner

Calendar and soon to be Daily 5 area

Social Studies

 Door

Sink area

Reading Aquarium (former Reading House)

Word Wall

Top of the Reading House

My desk

"Me in the Sea"

On the first day of school we drew self-portraits in the sea

HOME!!

I had the best couple of weeks at home.  Here are a few of the highlights.

Making Taylor's 6th birthday cake- Brazil soccer themed

I was able to bring home some decorations, my favorite being star sunglasses!!

Grandma and Evy twins

I found a candle in Portuguese for Evy as well since her birthday was a couple of weeks earlier.

The family

Taylor with his Brazil ball

Birthday ice cream

Evy made herself a little bed

Taylor and I made a rocketship

At the zoo

At the park

This dear friend lived in the nursing home with my grandparents.  We went out to lunch a couple of times and to the beautiful Meijer Gardens!

Out with old work friends

The traditional late-night IHOP run

A new pizza at the BOB

Fun with the glasses

Tatiana stopped home from Alaska when I came home from Brazil

Traditional Whitecaps game

Holland sunset

Brenda and I were able to introduce our parents over pizza at my mom and dad's house

4th of July strawberries

Papa John's Pizza...my favorite!

Some of my sweet neighbors

Before the flight out we spent the day at the Chicago Zoo and met up with our old friend Elizabeth, the former 4th grade teacher at PACA.  I didn't know the zoo was free...what a great surprise!