Emmalee, Teacher for the Day

Emmalee was teacher for morning rug time. I got to see her teach and their classroom's morning routine. She did a great job.

Emmalee's Ocean Report

This year Emmalee learned about the Ocean. This is her class report and songs they learned. She did very good and had a lot of fun.

Zachary at School

This teacher is a dear friend of ours. She taught Emmalee last year. Zachary will sneak over to Miss Felicia's class and she will have to walk him back to his class. This picture was on the school website.

To School with Zachary

Here are some pictures Charles took of Zachary and Joshua in uniform. Zachary loves school and his teacher. Zach has learned a lot of things and he loves the art and computer classes.

Back to School

The first day of school for Joshua, Rachel, and Emmalee was on Monday, Zachary's birthday. Zachary started two days later on Wednesday and Marissa started on Thursday. It was wonderful to have them all in school. I found myself alone in the car on Thursday after dropping them off with the weird feeling like I had forgotten something. The kids love their teachers and have lots of friends. Zachary's teacher is Miss Lupita. We love listening to him when he says her name. All the kids are doing very well with the Spanish language. Marissa practiced all week on her locker combination and had no problem with it her first day of school. She enjoyed putting up pictures and decorations.

Happy Birthday Zachary!!!

Zachary's 3rd birthday happened a month ago. He had lots of fun. Zachary was excited he turned three because he was now able to go to school like his brother and sisters. SO BIG!!! His first day of school was two days later. He loves school and has the best teacher ever.

Emmalee's Mexican Dance

Emmalee and George

Emmalee got to bring George home for the weekend and show him everything about her. We took pictures and then put them in a photo album to take back to school for all the kids to see what they did for the weekend. They had lots of fun together.

Newcomers Day At School

First Day Of School

Everyone was nervous the first day of school. After having covered ALL there books in contact paper and filling their backpacks until they were too heavy that mom and dad would have to cover them we set off to school. It had rained so much that there were parts of the road that was ankle deep in water. It continued to rain most of the day but they still enjoyed their day at school.
We found their classes and met their teachers. They were all excited. At the end of the school day they had made lots of new friends and were excited to tell about their whole day. Marissa's teacher is from Canada and so we told her she should tell him she lived there for a year. eh. Emma will go back to school on Thursday and she can't wait. She says its the best ever. She likes princess school with all her friends.

School Lists

We just got the kids their uniforms for school which consists of 2 polo shirts, 2 running pants, 1 wind breaker jacket, and 1 pair of shorts. You have to buy them from the school and it cost us $650 US dollars. They are not of the highest quality. In fact the shirts are quite cheaply made. We got the lists for the kids needed school supplies. I thought, without looking at the list that it would be no problem to get these. There are people who you can hire to by the supplies and get them ready for school. I thought that was kind of silly, but now, well lets just say I have repented and plan to hire a lady now. Here is why:

Joshua's List, remember this is First Grade,

1 #2 pencil
3 Highlight markers (green, pink, yellow)
1 Red pencil (not bicolor)
1 Wood ruler 30 cms. (we won't accept metal rulers)
1 Metal pencil sharpener (no toy form)
1 White eraser
1 Box of 12 pencil colors
1 Round point scissors
3 Big Pritt glue sticks
1 Plastic case with zipper (not a box)
1 Small plastic recipient with cover for the pencil sharpener trash
2 Folders, kangaroo type-any color
1 Bottle Resistol 850 with 250 g.
50 1 side white and 1 side stripes index cards 4"X6"(10.6X15.24cm)
1 Plastic folder legal size-any color
2 Used magazines (National Geographic, Better Homes, ect)
2 Big boxes of Kleenex
1 Box of wet wipes
1 English-English Dictionary (Ex: Oxford Junior Dictionary, Longman Basic Dictionary of American, Kingfisher Dictionary, .NY)
3 Construction paper Blocks, different colors, letter size
4 Modeling clay bars (blue, green, brown, white)
1 Set of 12 water based ink (fiber-tip pen) Pelikan

NOTES:
The striped notebooks and blocks will be handed out with the books package.
Books should be covered only with transparent plastic.
School notebooks should be covered only with transparent plastic. Teachers will label the notebooks for the appropriate subject.
Students should arrive the first day of school with their complete sports uniform, and all required school materials and books with name and last name on the covers.

I thought I would be able to handle this. Its a little confusing but with a little help we should be able to get through it, you'd think until you read Marissa's list....

1 #2 pencil
1 Red pen
1 Black pen
1 Blue pen
1 White eraser
1 Pencil sharpener
1 Small Pritt glue stick
1 Box of 24 pencil colors
1 round point scissors
1 Plastic ruler 20cm.
1 Yellow highlighter
1 Liquid paper
1 English-English Thesaurus
1 Plastic folder, letter size, with clip
2 Big boxes of Kleenex
1 Spanish-Spanish Larousse Dictionary
1 Big box of wet wipes
1 Geometry set with precision compass
1 Calculator (simple)
Spanish Notebooks:
50 White sheets of bond paper, letter size
1 Professional notebook, large squares, 100 sheets
1 Professional notebook, 100 white sheets
2 Lined professional notebooks, 100sheets (Spanish, Hist.&Geo)
1 Block, large squares, letter size (not covered)
English Notebooks:
1 Lined professional notebook 100 sheets (spelling)
4 Lined professional notebooks 40 sheets (Reading, Science, S. Studies, Language)
1 Block of 100 lined sheets, letter size
50 white sheets, letter size
English Math Class:
1 Inch binder any color, letter size (use the same you used last school year)
50 Sheets, grid paper for binder (letter size, 6 millimeter squares)

When I had finished this list Charles and I were laughing. There was no way we could get all this without our heads exploding. Rachel's list is about the same except they add: 1 Flute (Yamaha). Emma's list is just as bad. If we had just one or maybe two kids it would be fine but its 4 kids with different lists and you can't go to one store for it all. I will never again complain about shopping for school supplies in the states.

Home Hunting In Mexico

Here are two homes we looked at. Charles continues to look for a place for us. I thought I would let you know our plans are still to move to Mexico in June. Charles is signing the kids up for school to start in the fall. We all can't wait to join him there. While we wait we are taking Spanish lessons and that seems to go slow but it is a lot of fun.
The ward in mexico that we plan to attend is full of wonderfull people. Charles has been attending there while he is in mexico. He has been called as Elder's Quorm President. We plan to take another trip there because the school wants to test and visit with the kids again. So we may be going in April during spring break. I look forward to seeing the area and people again.