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Posted on November 12, 2010 12:00 am by TheAngelForever

When I was teaching, I was a pro at assigning projects to my students. I had a lot of fun coming up with new and creative ways for my kids to do things like book reports and science projects. Of course, the flip side of these items was correcting them. I spent countless hours creating rubrics with my grading policies, expectations for each section, and more. Once the items came in, as exciting as it was to see the creativity of my students, it also meant a lot of work correcting/grading them. Not simply slapping a grade on them, but writing comments as to why points were deducted per the rubric and beyond. In the end, it was well worth it. Of course, I did have complaints about some of my projects. The calls, e-mails, and personal visits happened many times. Most of the time, things ended well and everyone was happy.

Now I am getting a taste of life as a parent helping with projects for my own boys. NHL has had a few of them here and there, he is a second grader after all. On Tuesday, JSL (3) came home with his first ever school assignment from nursery school. I smiled as I watched the little guy get so excited that he had homework. I read the note that was on a large sheet of construction paper:

Dear Parents,

In conjunction with the upcoming holiday of Thanksgiving, we will be focusing on our families.

Your homework is to depict what your family enjoys doing together. Use pictures, stickers, etc.

Homework is due Friday, Nov. 12th.

Have fun,

JSL’s Teachers

So, JSL has been talking non-stop about doing his homework (I need to record this excitement to use for when he gets older). Thursday, he helped me to pick out some photos. We went to CVS and had them printed out. Then we sat down on the floor to arrange them on the paper. He helped me to glue them on (had special photo glue I was testing), and then added fun stickers of his choice from my collection. Here is the final result:

So my question for you this week:

If you have children, what has your favorite project been that they have brought home? If you do not have kids, or they are too little, what was your favorite as a child?

P.S. Be sure to stop by and enter my Mastermind Game giveaway and TechyDad’s Mastermind Animal Tower giveaway.

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Thanks to Kailani at An Island Life for starting this fun for Friday. Please be sure to head over to her blog to say hello and sign the linky there if you are participating.

Aloha #125

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Tiny Tweedle Dee and . . .

Posted on November 10, 2010 12:00 am by TheAngelForever

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Thoughts of Florida dance in our heads

Posted on November 6, 2010 10:39 am by TheAngelForever

Dear NHL and JSL,

This week, we told you that Uncle I, Aunt M, Cousin SG, and Cousin BA were going to Disney World. It seems like Florida and Disney World in particular were on our minds.

Wednesday morning we woke up to this scene:

JSL got into the car and we had the following conversation: "Mama what’s that?" You were pointing to the frost on the windshield. My reply: "That’s just another reason for us to move to Florida to be near Mickey Mouse!"

Of course, I think you heard Mickey Mouse and just assumed it meant we were going there. At the end of the afternoon, I picked you up and told you that SG was going to see Mickey Mouse at Disney World. You immediately insisted that we get on an airplane and go right now. You did not understand that it was not something that we could just do. Tears resulted and you insisted we had to go and see Mickey Mouse and go on your Winnie the Pooh ride.

Luckily, a visit to Nana and Papa’s house stopped the crying. A little later in the evening, you asked for your Disney World hat and proceeded to parade around the house with your ears on.

Fast forward to Thursday night. I happened to mention to NHL that they were eating dinner at The Crystal Palace that evening and going to Boma the next night. NHL, you immediately stated that we had to go now and meet them at Boma. I think you really like it there.

So many wonderful memories of Disney World and our time there. Makes me so happy that you enjoyed and remember the time there. With a little Pixie Dust, we hope to be going again soon.

Love,

Mommy

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Brother game switch

Posted on November 3, 2010 12:00 am by TheAngelForever

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2010 Halloween Memories

Posted on November 1, 2010 4:29 pm by TheAngelForever

This year, the boys had a lot of fun doing different things for Halloween. After being sick last year, anything was a huge improvement. Friday night, we went to NHL’s school for a party. The boys had a great time playing games, seeing people, and making some goodies.

Saturday, it was time to carve our first family pumpkin. Little did I know, it was also the first EVER pumpkin that TechyDad had carved. I was floored since I had so many memories of carving pumpkins with my family when I was little. Here are a few photos about this experience. TechyDad wrote more about it on his blog today.

On Halloween, we took the boys to the mall for a short time to get some trick-or-treating done. Thanks to the weather, we were not sure how much we would all want to do outside. The boys had fun, but were getting tired from walking in the crowds.

After this, we went back home and then to Nana and Papa’s house. We stayed there to play for a little while and then went to a few of their neighbors before heading back home to see some people here.

Then, it was time to head back into the warmer house, take costumes off, eat dinner, and wait for a few trick-or-treaters to come. Before we knew it, we turned out lights off and called it a night. Lots of memories made and two very happy little boys.

P.S. This is also serving as my entry in the SITs Girls Halloween Giveaway. Thanks for the fun ladies!