Getting Ready for Valentines Day

The boys, with my help, made valentines for their class friends.

Bus Song Video

Bus Project Culmination

Every month Avery's JK class has a new project. January was about Transportation. They had a field trip to the Transportation Office in Leesburg where the buses get clean and sleep for the night. The kids asked tons of questions and learned so much about school buses. In class they built a replica of a school bus with huge card board boxes. Day after day Avery would get into the car and tell me a little more about the bus building. "Mommy today we made orangy yellow paint to paint the school bus." Well I guess that explained the color on his clothes. One morning his assistant teacher loaded Avery into the car and was proud to tell me that Avery thought the bus was lacking a grill on the bus, so they made one to put on the front. I have to admit, I was proud of him too. He has also mastered reading Emergency Exit.

Yesterday was the culmination of the "Transportation Project." The parents were invited to view what the children had created. They also had story boards of how they learned about buses. After Avery showed me all that he did, he got to eat a bus cookie that one of the parents made. It was a fun morning.

Snow

We got snow twice in January. Of course nothing to write home about, but we did get some pictures of the kids in their snow suits, which is always cute. Leah is pictured during the first snowstorm.
The boys got to play with dad and some neighbors during the second one. Eli made a massive fort, which in retrospect he thinks he should have made a circular fort. But, nonetheless it was fun. The boys played for hours.

Visiting Granny

We went up to Ohio this past weekend to visit Eli's father's mother, Granny. We also got to meet one of the newest additions to the Burke clan, Maggie, who was very cute. Leah didn't mind that I was holding her either.

We were fortunate to be able to spend several hours with Granny, which she in turn enjoyed watching Leah play and shake her tic tacs. We were also very grateful that Barbara, Grandma, watched the boys while we were in Ohio. We got some good eats at Bob Evans and Dick's Pizza, which had a sauerkraut topping, yum. Some home cooked food as well. Not bad for a couple of days.

In the picture it is Granny, Sara, Maggie, Leah and Leanne.