Swimming

Ethan has become a fish!  After successfully completing Sea Turtle (the first level of swimming) last summer after his 5th attempt, he has sailed through the rest of the levels.  During spring break, he passed both Crocodile and Whale (Level 4 and 5) and conquered both the slide and the diving board!  Way to go, Ethan!

 

The Cut!

Ethan decided the other day that he wanted to get his hair cut short, like his dad's.  he said that he made this decision because he didn't want his hair to be in his eyes anymore.  Me, being the lover of his long hair that I am said, "We can always just get a trim! :)"  But Ethan said he wanted it short.  So, we made an appointment for the cut, and today at 4pm his long hair was gone...

The Before...

During...

 And After...

Halloween Parent Day

 Today was Halloween day at school and parents were again invited into the classroom to celebrate.

Ethan and Isaiah both dressed up as Bumble Bee.

 Jonas in a lion costume...so cute!

 Ethan's kindergarten class in their costumes.  There was everything from firemen and transformers to Jesse from Toy Story and princesses.

Sandy Hill holds a parade of costumes each year, in which all of the students get to parade through all of the classroom sharing their costumes with each other.  Here the kids are watching the parade outside the classroom.

After the parade the students rotated through centres in both Mme Tuytel's class and Mme Portas' class.

 It was a fun afternoon, celebrating with Ethan's class.

Field Trip to Alder Acres

Ethan's first kindergarten field trip was to Alder Acres to choose a pumpkin, but there was lots of other activities for the kids to participate in too.  

On the hayride with Mme Tuytel and friends (Logan, Tyler and Jesse).

Climbing on the logs with friends was by far the favourite activity for all of the boys.

But, hiding in the hay and checking out the animals were also lots of fun.

It was great to be a part of Ethan's class for this special field trip.  I loved meeting his friends and seeing him interact in the school environment.  

Beautiful BC Fall Afternoon

The weather has been so beautiful, that after school we have been heading to the playground to play and really just enjoy the sun until the rain begins and sends us all running for cover.

Ethan wanted to make sure I captured his jump on camera!

The Turkey Trot

 Today was the famous Turkey Trot at Sandy Hill Elementary and parents were invited to participate.  The kids had fun running around the field after the turkey collecting 'feathers' that they later added to the turkey decorating their classroom door.

After the event, we enjoyed making a turkey craft in the classroom.  The kids carefully added, cranberries and marshmallows to toothpicks attached to an apple.  The cranberries and marshmallows had to represent a pattern that the kids had been working on in class.

Afterwards we spent recess outside on the playground.  Ethan was determined to complete the entire length of the monkey bars while I watched and his friend, James waited patiently for his turn! :)

It was awesome to spend the day with Ethan in his classroom, for the first time this year.