A Visit From Samuel

Something super exciting happened this morning...we got to Skype with Samuel!  This was the first time that we had gotten to visit with him since he moved to Africa.  Samuel told us all about living in Africa.  He showed us his new home and where he goes to school.  We were amazed that his school didn't have any walls and that it was right outside of his house.  Samuel told us that even though it was morning for us, that he had already eaten dinner and was about to go to bed.  It was so awesome to talk to Samuel.  

I hope that we will be able to Skype with him again on Thursday before he goes to language school to learn Swahili.   

The 100th Day of Kindergarten!

We had so much fun celebrating the 100th day of Kindergarten!  It was truly a special day filled with lots of fun.  We had a special snack, made necklaces, read books, did art and COUNTED...COUNTED...COUNTED!!!

After making our 100 Days Brighter Crowns, we made our special snack.  It had 10 pretzels and 10 M&M's...

 10 Cheerios and 10 Corn Pops...

10 chocolate chips and 10 marshmallows... 

  

 10 cheese puffs and 10 pieces of Chex Mix!

After we made our snacks, we settled down and ate while listening to the books...

Next, we made necklaces with 100 Fruit Loops!

We even made pictures of ourselves 100 years old!

This is what we will look like!

Saying Good-Bye to Samuel

We had to say good-bye to Samuel today.  He and his family are moving to Africa for the next couple of years.  He came to eat lunch one last time before they leave.  After lunch, everyone had to give him a good-bye hug!  

We can't wait for our first visit from Samuel over Skype!  The next time we see him, Samuel will be on the Smart Board!

December's 100 Book Club

We got to celebrate these friends for meeting 100 Book Club goals this month.  Look who earned their bookmark for reading 25 books and who earned a ring pop for reading 75 books!

Cobie and Ella also met the 100 book goal!!  They got a ribbon, certificate and sat in the reading chair all day!  It's a good thing we have two chairs.

November's 100 Book Club

We had several friends who reached a goal for our 100 Book Club.  These friends earned their pencil for reading 50 books!

Grant and Jinwoo also earned a ring pop for reading 75 books!

Grant also reached the final goal of 100 books!!!!  He got a ribbon, certificate and got to sit in the reading chair all day long!