Lillie Field Trip and Excel Expo

Two weeks ago, Lillie and I went on her class field trip to the zoo.  I got to ride the bus with her and I didn't get sick.

This picture is of her class when they got off the bus. They were very tired after a long day at the zoo.

Lillie has been in excel this school year. Excel is a special accelerated class that meets for an hour each week. This past Wednesday, all of the Excel students showed off their projects at an open house.  The 1st graders did a animal research project. (They don't have Excel for Kindergarteners, so they put her in the 1st grade group.) Lillie displayed her triarama of a polar bear habitat. She also completed a research packet, made a pub menu of a polar bear's diet and a polar bear out of modeling clay.

She is ready for Kindergarten, but is Kindergarten ready for her?

The day has finally arrived where Lillie gets to go to Kindergarten.  As you can tell from her "Rock star" shirt and hand on her hip, she was ready.

Yesterday, we gave her a Kindergarten book and this poem with "special" dust.  She said that only needed a small pinch, because she was only a little nervous.

Before we went to the bus stop, we had to take our pictures on the front porch.  It was raining, so some of these pictures turned out dark.  Brian went into work late, so he could see her off at the bus stop.

 Sophie was excited to see the bus...but when I asked her this morning "Do wanted to go see sissy get on the bus?" She replied, "no, I want to go see Elmo."

Lillie got on the bus and let us take her picture.  The buses were running late today, because of the new routes and all of the parents taking pictures.

Then Sophie and I went to Lillie's school to see her getting off the bus.  Since, our community is a busing community, it is a tradition to have your child ride the bus on the first day of school, but you meet them at school and walk them to their classroom.

 Lillie's Kindergarten teacher is Mrs. Barber.  She likes parent volunteers, so I will be able to help a few mornings in the classroom.  Mrs. Barber is also very warm and excited about teaching.  She was also excited  to use iPads in their classroom this year.  Gull Lake School district passed a bond for construction and technology improvements.  Every student will be able to use iPads and the high school students can even take theirs home with them.  We are glad that we choose to live in this community.  Lillie has one friend in her class that was at Jack and Jill Preschool and there are 5 other Jack and Jill friends at her school.

We got a "Congratulations Lillie" cookie and balloon to celebrate Lillie's first day of school.  She will be surprised when she gets home and I can't wait to hear about her first day.