"Say cheese!" Katelyn had her school picture taken a few weeks ago and we got the proofs back recently. Yes, proofs. There were 5 pictures to choose from with two different backgrounds and props - my, how things changed from the Olan Mills days of my childhood! Here's (a picture of) the picture that we decided to order.
We also had Katelyn's school conference last week with her teacher, Ms. Kelly. It was a great opportunity to ask some questions and hear more detailed accounts of Kate's school days and development. Here are some of the items noted on her summary that we enjoyed hearing about...
- Social development: Kate is a social butterfly and one of the leaders in the classroom.
- Physical development: Kate is very physically active and one of favorite activities is dancing!
- Language development: Kate is excellent at communicating her wants and needs. She has small conversations with teachers and friends. She is also able to count to ten in both English and Spanish. (We did not know about the Spanish speaking skills! I know our friends, The Sandates, will be especially proud of this :)
- Literacy: Kate enjoys sitting for stories and can read along with most books read at group story time.
- Art: Kate loves art time and her favorite projects involve painting and glitter!
We are so proud of our growing girl - she continues to amaze us with the things she says and does. In the last 6 weeks or so her language development has simply exploded - we are fielding all kinds of questions and engaging in more detailed conversations these days. It's so much fun!
Katelyn is loving her Sesame Street finger puppets (thanks to Great Grandma Verla and Aunt Ronda). She wanted to line them all up on her bench to admire each one - don't you just love all those colors?!
I kept saying, "Katelyn, say cheese and look at mommy!" (I should know better because those words usually prompt her to look the other way!) Meanwhile, she was really feeling like Bert needed a talking-to. She picked him out of the bunch and said rather insistently, "Bert! Say cheese. Say cheese and smile, Bert!" Ha!
Sesame Street friends got a little harmonica concert too :)
Here are a few funny things Katelyn has said recently:
- We had new blinds installed this week by a guy from Lowe's (Wayne). The whole time he was here, she kept asking, "What's Wayne doing?" He was still at work when she went to bed that night and what do you think the first words out of her mouth were the following morning? "Where'd Wayne go? Is Wayne downstairs?" How does she remember this stuff?!
- I was getting ready to vacuum and Katelyn wanted to sit on the stairs with Dora to watch. I was about to turn on the vacuum and heard her say to Dora, "Mommy vacuuming, Dora. Kinda loud, Dora, kinda loud." A fair warning indeed!
- We ran out of pickles last week (a slight tragedy for us girls :) and I mentioned to Katelyn that we'll have to get more the next time we go to Target. We ended up at Target for a few things earlier this week and Katelyn said, "We need to get pickles and cheese at Taw-get, Mommy."
As always, thanks for reading and enjoy the day (and weekend ahead)!
2 comments:
Katelyn, such a cutie pie you are! We love reading about all the things you are "do-ning," learning and saying! You look so adorable with your gang of Sesame Street friends! See you soon!
Katelyn, What a fun post to read all about what you're saying and doing! It'd be so fun for you and Campbell to get together and talk about all your adventures!
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