Curriculum Night

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This afternoon, Janie’s school had Curriculum Night.  All the parents came by at 4:15 and joined the class for circle time.  They passed around the Talking Stick and said a little something with the group.

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The class had also prepared a Family Book from pictures that we had sent to school.  Her other teacher, Sharla, read each student’s page from the book.  I missed the beginning of Janie’s page but caught most of it on video.

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Hm…this is all pretty accurate stuff!

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Afterward, we got to explore the classroom and saw one of Janie’s paintings on the wall.  She titled it “a butterfly”.

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They are learning about bugs right now and have a big ladybug habitat in the classroom.

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Janie painted black dots on her ladybug and glued googly eyes too.

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She also had snack with her friends.  This little girl next to her is Gabby.  Mama had a conversation with her mom the other day and learned that Janie and Gabby used to go to story time at the library all the time.  Her mom recognized her when Gabby first started this preschool.  What a small world!

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For dinner, we went to Public House and it looks like Janie still likes the taste of lemons.

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She also thought it was too dark outside so she brought her dinosaur flashlight with her for the walk to and from the restaurant.

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Commuters

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Lately, we’ve been taking the train to school without the umbrella stroller.  The N Train was more crowded than usual and Janie practiced standing and holding on like a grown-up.

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It’s a good thing school is only two stops away but she did a pretty good job staying upright and safe.

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We also decided to take the train back home (because of the free transfer/ride) and Peanut got a whole train car to himself.

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Pick-up and the Walk Home

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This afternoon, Mama picked up Janie from school and found her at the art table with her friends Radeet and Ami. One of her favorite things to do at school is cut paper into small pieces.

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We tried to take the train home today but there was a long delay.  So, we took advantage of the nice weather and walked home along The Embarcardero.  It’s the beginning of Fleet Week here in SF so there was a big navy ship docked at Pier 32.

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We stopped at the tables near the park for a popcorn snack and milk.

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Fall Picnic

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Janie had a classroom picnic today at a park in SF.

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There were lots of cool things to play on including this big spinning cage that most of the kids went on together.

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There was a good turnout and Mama and Dada got to meet her classmates and their parents too.  We all brought food and shared.

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Peanut took a nap and then got a little bit of sun when he woke up.

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Here is Janie with her primary teacher, Denise.

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On the way from the park to Uncle Jason’s house, Janie took a quick nap.  She was so tired from all the sun and excitement.

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Afterschool Noodles

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This afternoon, the whole family came to pick up Janie from school.  We found her at the water table with two boys.

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She was jumping for joy when she saw us at the door.

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Before heading home, we went out for ramen as an early dinner.  We were impressed by how well she twirls noodles on her fork now and she was apparently very hungry this afternoon!

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She still loves noodles!

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Meanwhile, poor Peanut just sat there watching us eat.  One day you’ll get some noodles!!

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Our Family Leaf

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Janie’s school has a big tree in the lobby that has leaves made by each of the student’s families.  We finally got around to printing some photos for our leaf.  Janie helped place the labels and stickers all around the pictures that Mama cut and taped to the leaf.  We’ll turn it in tomorrow and have it added to the tree.

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