Today, I am a kindergarten graduate!
We decorated our car for the drive-thru parade at school.
I got to see Chipper the Squirrel!
And Mrs. Flagg, too! I also got to see lots of other teachers, therapists, and paraeducators. See you next year, in one form or another!
It was Teacher Appreciation Week and my school made a video to show the teachers at their virtual staff meeting. This is my picture that went in the video!
I also continued with virtual school, of course. One of my math assignments was to make several equations that equal the number 18. We were told to use objects, like rocks or marbles, to help us. My object was drawings of amusement parks!
And we did a lot of walking…
The deck garden is coming along nicely.
And I participated in my first birthday parade. Happy 9th birthday, Phoenix! We, and a bunch of other people, drove past his house, honking our horns and waving.
This past week, my school started “Distance Learning For All,” which meant I actually had to do school work. All of my teachers posted lessons and assignments on Google Classroom.
We got to upload a picture of ourselves for our Google Classroom. I instead opted to make a Memoji on Mommy’s phone and used this as my avatar:
Here is my work about hibernators:
I also did some math work using my LEGO roller coaster cars…
…and read from one of the books Grandma sent me. (Thanks, Grandma!)
My PE teacher gave us several options to choose from. I decided to do the “40 Mile Challenge.” So Mommy and I went on a daily walk and logged my distance. I walked over 3 miles last week! I’ll keep counting until I reach 40 miles.
Outside of school, I watered the plants with my water gun…
…and built a new indoor amusement park ride.
Mommy also taught me how to play checkers.
Puzzle update: We’re getting close! Do you think we’ll finish it this week?
Garden update: We planted some individual corn sprouts, but we’re still keeping this cob growing as a science experiment.
I had my first kindergarten music performance called “Panda and the Moon.” I played a monkey!
My music teacher, Mrs. Kelly, recorded the performance, so I will have a link for that eventually.
Here we are performing the Monkey Rap: “Nana banana buh-buh-banana!”
Here is the cast! The monkeys, peacocks, moon, panda, and fish.
On Valentine’s Day, my kindergarten class got in a big school bus…
…went to the Newmark Theatre in downtown Portland…
…and saw the play, Dragons Love Tacos!
This is what the stage looked like.
This is what we looked like while we waited for everyone to get seated. It was kind of boring.
This is what me and Mommy looked like.
And after the play was over, we got to look out at Broadway while we waited to go back to our bus. (I’m the one in the blue comfy coat because, of course I am.)
It had been longer than usual since I’d been on on airplane, so it was time to hit the air again!
This time, I took my very first red eye to visit Grandma and Grandpa in New Hampshire. I get very excited when I see the list of departures.
Then we waited for the TSA escort that helps us get all my liquids through.
I did a lot of the usual…hanging out on the people mover…
…going to the play area…
…trying to avoid Mommy when she asked me to pose by this statue.
We took off at 10:45pm and it didn’t take me too long to fall asleep.
But I did wake up in time to take this picture as we approached Boston Logan International Airport.
I wasn’t done sleeping, though. I got in a few more winks on the bus ride to New Hampshire. My first red eye flight was a success!
My first kindergarten field trip was to Lee Farms (where I had many preschool field trips before).
Our school bus was late in arriving, so we spent some time in the library first. Mommy was a chaperone and was in charge of me and Anna.
The first thing we all did when we got there was splash in puddles!
A man told us about a bunch of varieties of pumpkins.
And another man showed us how they made apple cider in the olden days.
We saw a bunch of animals, including chickens. As usual, this was my least favorite part. But Anna loved them all.
Then I picked out my pumpkin! We’re going to carve it before Halloween.
Today was my first day of kindergarten!
I was a little bit nervous, but I had studied my school map, learned my class schedule, rehearsed my morning routine, and practiced opening and closing my lunchbox. By this morning, I was ready and excited!
We start every day in the school gym for “Morning Meeting.” (The lady next to me in the pink sweater is my teacher, Mrs. Flagg.)
After our meeting, Mrs. Flagg walked us to our classroom.
This is when we took our lunch boxes out of our bags, right before Mommy and Daddy said goodbye.
And this is me, super tired and carrying a really heavy backpack, when Mommy picked me up. But I had a great time! Kindergarten is way more fun than preschool!
Today was the Cedaroak Park Primary School open house. We all got to meet our teachers and drop off our school supplies.
They sent me a map in the mail and I studied it thoroughly, using it to walk all around school.
This is the library.
And this is my classroom. I am sharing a table with Maddie, Alex, Andrew, and Milo!
I am officially a graduate of Cherry Hills Preschool!
My Pre-K class had an ice cream party to celebrate. Here I am on the swings with Haroon, Auden, and Wesley.
This is one of my favorite places to go during recess. I call it “the upper level.”
For our last circle time, Ms. Tami asked if anyone had a song they wanted to sing. I said “The Bumblebee Song!”
I love this song and laugh at lots of the parts.
After the party was done, Johnny, Haroon, Auden, and I played with the bubbles that came as part of our gift from the teachers.
Here are my final pieces of school art.
And here’s a video of my last goodbye song at Cherry Hills. Next fall, it’s Cedaroak Park Primary School!