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Boo graduated from Kindergarten last night. She cried with emotion the entire way down the aisle. Sweet girl.
Remember the notebook I wrote about last year….the one that I leave in the car? It has some funny entries I thought I’d share. Each day hearing her “most interesting news” from school was the highlight of my day.
Here’s a few of the most important things that happened at school according to a Kindergartner:
Click “Continue Reading” to read the rest!
I just finished organizing all of Boo’s papers from the end of the year and read through the last of her sentences….they aren’t as funny as “I can bloe it up” and “look out people“…. but they still made me chuckle.
I hope it’s not a hostile takeover:
Yes, I go to Michael’s a LOT:
I don’t think she’s forgiven him yet for the coffee mug incident:
Sounds dire right?
Complimenting the teacher:
And I thought I’d start making new Booisms all pretty and bring out some of the archived favorites….no idea what number I’d be on but 231 seems like a good number:
Boo got some mail today…..I think she lost her ability to breathe for a few minutes: (click here for the background story)
Oh and you know she cried. She gets so emotional. Her little nose is still red….I think she’s still star struck:
Dear Mr. Blashaw,
Thanks for being my T.V. Dad! I am your biggest fan….so is my daddy.
I love your water fountains and fireplaces that you make.
I plant flowers too.
Thank you so much for the photo.
Love,
Boo
(dictated by Boo, typed by Mom)
That made our night.
Speaking of DIY….a few quotes from Boo last night as we discussed maybe redoing her bedroom soon:
Mr. LBB: Just so you know….that furniture is really expensive. (referring to the Restoration Hardware catalog)
Boo: Oh don’t worry….I can make it all myself. I just need you to buy me a stencil.
Boo: I think I’d like my room to be the color of your and Daddy’s room.
Me: It already is that color. I painted them both the same when we moved in 4 years ago.
Boo: Oh….then….great job. I love it.
The teacher found this note in Boo’s backpack today….that Boo had written to herself as a reminder:
We aren’t quite sure when she wrote it…..but apparently it was to remind herself to tell her teacher that Mr. LBB put my new Mother’s Day coffee mug (made by Boo) in the dishwasher. The crime? The mug was NOT dishwasher safe.
Those are two of Boo’s sentences she wrote last week for school. Fitting for today. Happy Pi Day.
I picked up Life of Pi the other day…..it said “11 Academy Award Nominations” on the cover. What it should also have said:
prepare to be traumatized by animals being eaten
Boo’s favorite part….when Pi writes Pi:
You should have seen her eyes light up during that scene. If Boo hadn’t changed her name to Boo…..I’m pretty sure it would be Pi. We are beginning the long journey of adding to our family so I’ll keep that name in my back pocket.
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We spent the day in Riverside at the Fox Theater watching the play Beauty and the Beast. Boo gave her first press interview:
I guess it was a busy day because Boo fell asleep while writing out her homework sentences tonight….pencil still in hand:
The precise sentence she fell asleep at:
It’s true…..she did meet a turtle today. Meet Francis…..a turtle my mother-in-law saved from getting run over. We were hoping Francis was a desert tortoise….we are looking to adopt one for the backyard. The moment I saw Francis I knew he was a turtle…the flat shell, green color and webbed feet. Francis is back in some lush country club lake now. For now we are preparing an application for our “one day” desert tortoise…..and estate planning at the same time because tortoises can live to be 80 years old.
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A few other recent sentences I’ve collected from her school work the past two weeks….I guess this would be Vol. 2 (click here to read Vol. 1):
This was the highlight of my night:
That last sentence is “he is smart, but I am smarter.” We are still working on humility.
She also wrote “100%” and then erased it. I guess she assumed the teacher would like her sentences.
General gender:
My dad works with men.
My mom is with the chick.
Should I expect a home visit soon with the next few?
Somehow Boo managed to slip that note out of jail….
Oh lordy.
A few observations:
1. Violence
2. “My dad is my savior” !?
3. I think “sum bud e” is so much more creative than “somebody.”
I may have said “eat or lava” but I’ve never said “eat or leave.”
Um, help work.
I think she meant treat. I would never threaten the help.
I love when Boo does homework and then writes commentary:
He lost his tooth.
I wrote tooth by myself.
And my all time favorite from this week:
Boo, please…….never stop.
I cut about 5 inches off. It was Boo’s idea. I’ve always wanted to be a hair stylist…..so of course I said yes.
Me: Well….it’s shorter….I’m not sure it’s that straight though.
Boo: I love it….I feel like I’m in college.
Boo’s teacher has the class write sentences everyday….they try to come up with their own and do the best they can with spelling. I look forward to seeing what she’s written:
A few favorites:
Hehe.
Just don’t tell anyone how old I am Boo.
Mr. LBB found a little hummingbird in the driveway today….clearly in distress.
Boo insisted it was a little girl. Ugh, nothing hurts my heart more than a sweet little creature in distress. I called the zoo hospital down the street but they were closed. Mr. LBB researched what to do for an injured hummingbird. He filled a hummingbird feeder with sugar water and coaxed her to drink when she was calm. We did everything we could to keep her safe and comfortable.
We checked on her this afternoon and she had gone to heaven. We gave her a proper burial.
Boo: Can we dig her up and see if she’s still there? To see if God took her to heaven?
Her little grave is right next to our St. Francis statue. Boo insisted that we not name her but wrote on her tombstone:
I Loved This Hummingbird.
Laying on the couch with Mr. LBB a little later I heard her say “It hurts right here Daddy” pointing to her heart.
I told Boo that the best thing that could have happened to that sweet little bird was to be loved by her…..even if for just a few hours.
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As an aside:
Boo: Why does our St. Francis statue have his head cracked open?
Me: Well, a few years ago someone took it, then returned it a few weeks later……with the head glued back together.
True story.
Boo was out of school today so we spent the morning making some little boxes for Boo to give away to random people she met on the street. She hand wrote each box with a little note, stitched them, and filled them with little gifts to brighten people’s day. She even filled them with dollars from her wallet. Crafting it forward…..and we can make a ton of them using the 99 cent paper mache boxes from Michaels.
Boo wanted to leave them in the middle of the sidewalk but everyone just kept walking over her little boxes without noticing them…..so she started to give them out to random people she met. Sometimes it was because they said a kind word to her and other times it was just someone who ended up standing next to her at a cross walk. My favorite part was the hummingbird that followed her around….you’ll see it. I just get teary watching her in this short…Mr. LBB did too….I’m warning you ahead of time:
I love the idea of “crafting it forward”…..and was thrilled to help Michaels Stores spread the kindness this week to celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Week. Michael’s is giving away more than 100,000 gift cards to customers randomly in stores on February 17th.
I’ll be giving away 5 Michaels gift cards between now and February 17th to randomly selected commenters on Boo’s Random Acts of Kindness YouTube video!
Spread the kindness this week!
Is there anyone that loves memorization? Yeah, not me. As part of Boo’s weekly homework she has to memorize a bible verse and a short poem….every week. That’s a lot of memorization so I’ve had to come up with some creative ways to make it easy and fun.
Our favorite? the shower method. I write what she has to memorize on cards and tape them on the outside of the shower door at the beginning of the week. She reads it when she’s taking a bath. It becomes a game because I take away a word or two at a time and she has to see if she can fill in what’s missing. By the time all the words are gone at the end of the week she knows it backwards and forwards. If she ever forgets a word she can usually visualize the card and remember it.
Other ways we memorize things:
iPad/iPhone Recording:
Boo had to learn all 50 states and capitals earlier this year using the Animaniacs song. We recorded the song in 4 parts onto my iphone and the iPad and played it every single night. Just by listening to it over and over….we all learned it. I finally learned all the capitals…..after 35 years. We also carried around these fun flashcards by Pen and Paint for down time in restaurants and waiting rooms:
Word Scramble: CONTINUE READING
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