Hair today, Gone tomorrow

So I was taking this picture & as much as I love my mother...I look a lot like her. Well, time for a change. It's definately harder to maintain long hair. I have a great friend who cuts my hair the way I like it. I called her ASAP...sorry Mom.

I cut a bunch off!

Thanks Melanie! Now It's time to take care of the grays. :)

Happy Halloween!

Here's Jonas practicing his Halloween songs...."for this is halloween!"
At the church's Trunk O' Treat.

Getting ready for the fun!

With Jonas' Brothers...he was scared (for a second) to stand next to them.

A recap of last night!

Today Is Your Day!

You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.

You can steer yourself any direction you choose.

You're on your own. (With the help of your family)
And you know what you know.
And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go!!



Happy 9th Birthday Isaiah!!




To our Rocket Scientist/ Chef/ Singer/ Farmer/ Entrepreneur.. The world is getting ready for what you'll bring. You are so creative & bright. You are on a path that will lead you to great things. Remember who you are & We love you so much!

Today, today, today,...is someone's birthday!

It's not the pickles or the pears, it's not the elephants or the bears...
Today, today, today, today, ..today is Jonas' Birthday!!!

Happy 2nd Birthday to our little guy. He got to share with the classroom yesterday. My middle son stayed home from school & celebrated with us. Mini brownies were at the snack table.

For your viewing pleasure...(now that I know how to upload videos)
5 Little Pumpkins with Jonas

Look what's Blooming?

Here's a few pictures of my little classroom...it's not in order..I'm just sharing.

Here's the Peace Table & Book Corner. It's well used.

This is a writing/sound table. I switch out various writing instruments for the practice.

This is our calendar we use at group time. At the moment, we are also using it for parts of the horse.

Running out of shelves, use a couch :)

Classroom pet, Swimmy & Sandpaper Letter

My beautiful dishwashing table that my hubby made. The children wash their snack plates & we are now using dinner plates for lunch. It has been a very successful experience for all the children. Want one too???...my hubby is thinking about selling them.

Next post will be about the shelves...PL to Math to Cultural. Isn't it always the case??? Never enough room.

WOW!

This is a fun age. What you don't see is alot of 2nd period stuff we've done. "Show me".. "Point to"..etc. This is a video of the 3 period progress. For you Montessorians. :)

Jonas is almost 2..this week. And I know I've not been posting often...if you look in the background you can see why...we are preschooling it..Montessori style :) & having fun! So I've been really busy.

A good report

The boys really liked their school. All evening they were telling me something else that happened which was nice. Last year my middle son was a bit unhappy to go to school. Well we now have a Montessori Charter here in our city. Yeah!! The boys knew more kids than the other school. Which made it easier for my middle son to enjoy going.

A personal good report
Blooming Cactus Montessori & Childcare ..that's the name of my little classroom that I will be conducting out of my home. I've gotta start somewhere. My family has been great & supportive with this journey. More to report soon.. (with pictures)

Hope you had a happy 1st day of school? Or just a Happy Day?