School Fun

Cora's school participated in "Red Ribbon Week" recently, when schools focus on teaching students to stay drug-free.

My friend Sara was invited on campus to photograph the children for the yearbook, and she shared these top three with me. Here, Cora and friends wear their sweats to show that it's "no sweat" to stay away from drugs.

While on campus, Sara spotted me with Cora in the hallway, while I was helping in Dr. Porter's class by testing students on their sight words.

Here, we're going over the list of third-grade words; it was Cora's first time seeing them, and I was curious how she would do. She did great, only missing a few in each long row, hard words like "curable," "designer," "personable," redefine" and "quotable."

Cora also participated in "sunglasses" day, where the students wore shades to show they "don't see drugs in their future."

 My friend Elaine was able to help out on the day the students got messy, removing the seeds from pumpkins. They later would be counting them. She put this little photo collage together of Cora with her deskmates, Oliver and Vivian.

 For more than a week, Cora hasn't been able to play at school because of her foot. She's played board games at recess with friends, and she's also colored. She brought home several diagrams, like this one of a dolphin, that she made on paper towels.

Stace and I are proud of her, using her break time to find an educational way to have fun.



On Monday, the doctor removed Cora's stitches. Cora was very apprehensive about this, and carried on a bit. But, we got through it, and her foot looks much better.