Cheatham Elementary

We are so excited for Cheatham Elementary to open this Fall 2010. Here are some pictures of the construction with some of our best friends, the Hintons.

Happy Easter!

The girls loved their first Easter Egg Hunt this year. Rachel held her basket like a purse. For the first minute, Emily was hestitant and stayed by my side. Then she raced throughout the park and easily found a ton of eggs and helped Rachel find some as well.

Bike Riding

All of the kids love riding bikes in front of the house. Emily and Rachel will bring out their bikes while Jacob plays football with the boys.

Of course Rachel has to wear a helmet so she can be like the boys.

Boon Open House

I love attending every event at my kids school. They have such a welcome atmosphere. The Open House was amazing as always and I love seeing the teachers highlight individual strengths of their students.Nathan's teacher is Collen Hite. I love her energy and enthusiasm as a young teacher. This is her second year teaching. The biggest improvement I have seen in Nathan is his writing. He is including detail and writing "superb" sentences.
Allan's main teacher is Ms. Harty. She has taught school for 37 years and will be retiring at the end of this year. He has two other teachers and rotates through classes. The biggest improvement in Allan this year is his sense of responsibility. He gets his work done on time and keeps things well organized in his binder.
Joshua loved showing us his classroom frogs. His teacher this year is Mrs. Allen who will be teaching 2nd grade at Cheatham. We'll see if he gets her again next year. He is her "go to" boy. Whenever something needs to be done responsibly, she chooses him. Joshua has become a great reader this year and is one of the top readers in his class.

Update on the Kids and My Thoughts

My Thoughts and Feelings as of Today

My younger brother Gary is getting married in two months. We will be going to the wedding in Washington DC. He asked me for all of my favorite recipes for his wedding gift. I would love to put a hardbound book together using blurb. I just need time.

I am ready for a new haircut but I can't decide what style.

I am anxious for spring just so I can plant a garden. Hurry up!

I taught preschool today. I love this group. So easy to teach and so easy to plan for.

My boys need haircuts.

I went to a great Stake RS Workshop on Saturday. Very uplifting and so many sisters shared their talents. Someone experienced said parenting gets harder when your kids get older. This thought scares me.

Allan

*started flag football and LOVES it. Practices in the airplane field close to our house. So close. So perfect. An answer to prayers. Also practices with the 7th Grade team when he can. His coach calls him BYU and loves his enthusiasm.

*loves to read. Is reading the Harry Potter series.

* likes to wrestle and play rough.

* works really hard at school.

* loves to play outdoors.

* family is very important to him, especially extended family.

* very generous nature.

* gave a talk in Primary Sunday almost completely prepared by himself. Proud parent moment.

Nathan

* loves to read. Finds books any where and as long as he hasn't read it, he picks it up. It sometimes keeps him from being on task.

* almost never has to be reminded to do homework.

* progressing on the piano.

*Awesome student.

* best friend at school is Alex.

* went a super fun blue and gold banquet - dessert bar. Very delicious.

* needs glasses. Can't see the chalk board at school.

Joshua

*keeps his toys organized and takes them to school occasionally.

* loves lego men and trades them at school with friends, especially Star Wars characters.

* has a talent for quoting movies. Memorizes easily. Always wins at Memory.

* he knows exactly what he wants to wear and what clothing he never will wear.

* has tons of friends at school and loves recess.

* all boy.

* one of the best readers in his class. Reading Lightening Thief.

Emily

* growing up way too quickly. She is so excited about kindergarten and talks about it almost daily. I'll have a hard time sending her and Rachel will miss her sister.

* beginning to open up more in strange situations. Still holds onto me but doesn't hide.

* Her vocabulary is really growing and is always asking, "what does ______ ?" The other day she asked, "What does precocious mean?"

Rachel

*loves shoes. A lot. She carries them where ever I let her. We lost one at the library the other day and she wasn't even wearing that one. I'm grateful we found it in the lost and found.

*loves to snuggle and I'm glad she hasn't grown out of it most of the time. She likes to cuddle when falling asleep for a nap.

* LOVES her daddy.

* does great in nursery. 3 more weeks until she is legal.

* loves to dance to music and loves sesame street.