The girls' school celebrated Veterans' Day on Monday with a morning ceremony honoring those who've served with a moment of silence and a presentation of the flag by a local ROTC troop.
We also had a breakfast honoring any veterans who attended, and thise solemn display of one family's uniforms. I'm glad my girls get the experience of showing honor to those who have fought for us.
Also this week, Violet got to take part in two Thanksgiving celebrations. The first grade classes had a small meal together, with homemade butter. Here, Vi is helping shake the heavy cream into the yummy spread.
For Wednesday's meal, Violet took part with her math class friends from Mrs. Judge's class.
And on Thursday, Violet had a celebration with her kinder and first-grade classmates in Mrs. Hawthorne's class.
This party featured "friendship fruit salad," made from fruit brought in by all the students.
On Thursday night, we helped out with the Scooter's Jungle reward night for those participating heavily in the Triathlon.
Cora had fun racing around with her friends, as did Violet.
Thursday was the last day of school before Thanksgiving break.
On Friday, Stace and I went to parent-teacher conferences, while Grandpa took the girls to the Discovery Cube Science Museum.
We found out that both girls are doing fabulously in school, especially with reading.
Both are reading in the 96th-97th percentile - Violet has breezed through not just the first-grade, but also the second-grade sight word lists. And we reviewed Cora's GATE goals with her teacher.
It's an amazing blessing to have two bright girls who enjoy learning!
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