Friday, September 9, 2011

Back to School

Meet the Teacher Night at Clark Davidson Elementary School

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Karaline had her first day of Kindergarten on Wednesday, August 17.  She is in Mrs. Dayhuff’s morning class where she is proud to be a Dayhuff Duckling. 

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In the afternoon she goes to the YMCA Kindergarten program which is just down the hall from Mommy’s classroom. Ms. Savute is her afternoon teacher.  She thinks it is pretty great to be at school all day and eat lunch in the cafeteria. 

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Here is her first day of school picture. 

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The YMCA program did not start until the 2nd day of school, and since Grandma had been staying with us while Cody was sick (sinus infection & ear infection), Grandma and Paw Paw picked Karaline up from her first day of Kindergarten.  Luckily for me, I had a plan time right when Kindergarten lets out, so I was in the hall watching her come down to the foyer. 

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Unluckily for me; however, she was way happier to see Paw Paw than me and ran straight for him.  At least it made for this cute picture.

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Karaline LOVES school (gosh, I wonder where she got this from?!).  We are back in the swing of things with Daisy Girl Scouts every other Monday nights, Level 1 Dance at the YMCA on Tuesdays, and WOW on Wednesdays.  WHEW!  I am tired just thinking about it!  You can support the CDS Fall Fundraiser by going to www.allamericafr.com and click on “Online Store”.  When you check out, please select the box that reads “I would like to give credit for this purchase to a school in my area.” Then enter Karaline’s name, Clark Davidson Elementary, and Goddard, Kansas. 

What about Cody?  Well, he has FINALLY learned to say Ma Ma Ma and this morning, I swear he said ball.  Cody is a HUGE fan of hats and balls of all kinds.  He got to celebrate Grandparents Day at Mardie’s house where Grandma was his special guest.  He is also very proficient at high 5, pounding, and blowing kisses. 

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Summer Vacation(s)

 

You would have thought with the entire summer “off” that I would have been great at blogging and keeping everyone updated on the Scott Family.  Somehow, despite good intentions, this did not happen!!

In June, Mom, Dad, Karaline, Cody, and I took off on a road trip to visit Jacob in Indiana.  On the way there and on the way back we stopped in St. Louis where we visited The Arch, Ted Drewes Frozen Custard, Grant’s Farm, Ted Drewes Frozen Custard, The Magic House, The City Museum, Union Station, the Butterfly House, and oh yes!  Ted Drewes Frozen Custard.  (We might have been slightly obsessed with this delicious confection!). 

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We had a great time visiting Jacob in his natural habitat.  We explored the IU campus, downtown Bloomington, and ate at some of Jacob’s favorite restaurants, spent some relaxing time at the Holiday Inn pool, and enjoyed a nature walk on the walking trail.

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In July, Kristina attended the Close to My Heart National Convention.  Since it just so happened that it was being held at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California, we decided to make a family vacation out of it.  We flew to California (Cody’s first plane trip) a few days prior to the convention and took in many fun filled hours at the Disneyland Park and California Adventure.  At the end of the week while Kristina attended the creative and business classes, Andy and the kids returned to the parks to play and made good use of the hotel pool.

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The day after we returned from California, Kristina took off for the east coast and the Mickelson Exxon Mobil Teacher’s Academy.  An all expense paid conference which focused on teaching math and science to students in grades 3 – 5.  Over 2,500 teachers from across the country applied for this academy, and I was one of 200 lucky teachers selected for the honor. Here I am with some of my new bestest teacher friends.

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  The conference was held at the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, New Jersey.  My hotel room looked out over the Hudson where I had a view of the Statue of Liberty! 

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The conference was an amazing experience and we were only a quick PATH ride away from New York City. I made some wonderful friends who I ventured into the city with.  We went to the Empire State Building, ate dinner one night in Little Italy, and went shopping in China Town.  On our 1/2 day of the conference, a group of us went took the ferry to the Statue of Liberty.  Andy came for the weekend following the conference so that we could do some site seeing.  We went to Times Square, The Top of the Rock, the NBC Studio Tour, Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum, The Museum of Natural History, rode a double decker site seeing bus and saw a TON of the city, went to Ground Zero, St. Paul’s Chapel, the 9/11 memorial preview site, saw The Lion King on Broadway, took a carriage ride in Central Park, ate at Peanut Butter & Co., Carnegie Deli, and Junior’s Cheesecake, plus went shopping (or at least window shopping) at FAO Schwartz, American Girl, and Tiffany & Co.  It was a whirlwind experience, but one I am so grateful I got to do!

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