First Grade | The Sweet Life of Reagan, Emmy, & Max

December ’13….

June 25, 2014 By Rebekah Leave a Comment

Rea’s Art from TC-

Our elves have made it a tradition of showing up on Emmy’s Birthday, Dec. 1st!

She did her own make up for church.

Here are the kids writing their letters to Santa. Reagan only asked for live animals.

Emmy putting lipstick on Max-

Her art class won an ice cream party at TC-

The girls and I went to see The Nutcracker ballet.

Reagan did a project on Polar Bears for her Critters class. We worked really hard on it!

Making gak!

We made polar bear cupcakes for her class!

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The kids were so glad to see Aunt Kay back in TN! She always gets a special sort of welcome from them!

The kids were fixing my hair and making me into a princess.

First Meal Prep Experience-

Mary and an angel is the Christmas Play at Long Hollow-

Our 3rd annual Christmas Craft night with Lauren-

Max helping wrap presents-

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November ’13

June 25, 2014 By Rebekah Leave a Comment

Reagan’s art from TC-

Max wrote “mom” for the first time.

Home school in the kitchen floor? why not??

I put each letter on a fish and would have Emmy catch them with a fishing rod (using magnet and paper clip). Rea did the same game with sight words.

Eating clean-

The girls tried to convince me to let them bring home this kitten.

The Knoxville K-9 Unit visited Rea’s TC Critters class! There was a bit of excitement because the officer first showed up without the dog and apologized that his dog was called in at the last minute to apprehend a criminal! The officer came in and talked to the class and after about 15 minutes the dog and another officer showed up to do demonstrations. They had not caught the criminal, but the officer was covered in mud from a chase on foot in a swamp with the dog!

The officer in the padded suit trains all of the police dogs in Knoxville. We were very privileged to get to hear him speak because he is so knowledgeable. Notice the dog in mid air! We also got to see the officer hide drugs and watch the dog locate them. We were allowed to look inside the police K-9 vehicle to see where the dog is kept. It was nice! The K-9 cars are equipped with special sensors that monitor internal temperature so that if it gets too hot the sirens will sound and fans will automatically turn on inside to keep the dog from over heating.

Police dogs in Knoxville are trained to detect 12 different illegal drugs. They also can detect bombs, missing persons, and criminals on the run. K-9 officers that apprehend drug dealers are allowed by law to keep any money in the drug dealers car as well as the car itself! These dogs are amazingly great at their jobs and love to work! They are purchased in Europe for $6,500 untrained. The pressure per square inch from these dogs’ bites is 150 lbs. and can break bones. Many of them live with the officer they work with. The “pay” these dogs receive after doing their jobs is to play with the officer. They live for this! Students were allowed to try on the bite suit. It was so heavy, many could not lift it!

The November Birthday girls (Dixie 2 yrs, Reagan 7 yrs)

The kids took notice of a beautiful sunset.

Reagan did a research project on Betsy Ross for her TC Early Modern World History Class. We were able to make a model flag with the help of Papaw & Gran.

And November brings the beginning of Christmas decorating….. yay!

1st snow of the season!

Thanksgiving at Uncle Rick’s House-

Max seeing the Spiderman inflatable at Gran’s house for the first time.

Fantasy of Trees (a yearly tradition)!

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October ’13, life is busy!

June 24, 2014 By Rebekah Leave a Comment

Reagan’s art from TC-

My egg cracked while boiling, and the yolk looked like a little chick! Creepy!

Dixie was worn out from walking.

A Thursday trip to the zoo with our friends!

Disney on Ice with Dylan

The Break Free 5K-

Here’s Rea taking a spelling test on spellingcity.com!

Sharpie tatoos (errrrr!)

Chick-fil-a lunch delivery at TC!

Pretty iphone pic from White Bridge playground-

Max liked falling asleep under the couch for a little while.

Dollywood in the fall = love!

Healthy supper-

We took Dixie to Knoxville one Thursday for Reagan to show and tell in her TC Critters Class. Emmy and I took her to the Victor Ashe Dog Park.

Some T-25 FOCUS time!

Mom and I ran the Pilot 15K race in Knoxville!

Girlies helping make jelly-

Annual allergy testing- still allergic to peanuts and eggs!

Nature Walk at Cove Lake Park-

Another Thursday in Knoxville-

This is a short clip from one of our All About Spelling lessons.

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September ’13

June 24, 2014 By Rebekah Leave a Comment

Reagan’s art from TC-

Giving and receiving love from Dixie…

Celebrating Aunt Mona’s birthday-

Watching the city’s fireworks from Mona’s back porch (an annual tradition)! It is usually around July 4th, but this year it was postponed because of weather until a few weeks later.

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Emmy told me that she colored a “tat”.

Writing sight words-

Papaw Meredith spent some days in the hospital, but kept a good spirit about him. We thank God for his healing.

Do you ever see angels drawing hearts in your driveway? I do!

Another Thursday zoo trip for Emmy and I- The otters are my favorite exhibit at the zoo. I love how they interact with the kids. As anyone can see, we love the photo opps at the zoo!

Peeking in Reagan’s class-

Snuggles-

Walking the dog-

I sampled Shakeology, but wasn’t really a fan. It is supposed to be one of the best shake mixes as far as nutrition goes, though!

Pancakes for lunch!

Dude wore 8 shirts for homeschool!

Learning about posessive nouns- (Dixie loved that lesson.)

“Watch out, Mom! I’m about to get my swagger on!” – Reagan

Rea brought a praying mantis to school-

Here’s Emmy enjoying a Thursday morning nap in the car while we’re in Knoxville. Don’t be deceived, though! We have lots of fun one-on-one time on Thursdays.