1st Mad Libs

Maevy,

Last weekend, we headed to the Nashville Children's Theater to see Schoolhouse Rock Live! Then you got to see it again with your class later in the week.

We learned all about nouns, adjectives, the 19th amendment, and how a bill becomes a law. In the program there was MadLibs game. You (with Daddy's help) came up with the words later that night after dinner. 

Here is the final story-

Today when I woke up, I was so excited because I remembered I was going to the land of make believe to see Schoolhouse Rock Live! But I almost didn’t make it. Let me tell you the books. As soon as I woke up, I conversely jumped out of my noun and put on my pizza and my yellow shoes. I ate a brown breakfast of rainbow and skittles. As I was leaving my house, I found two Poppy dollars on the buffet. I ran easily to the park so I could give them to Margot. But when I got there, all I could find was muddy, toothy, warm bear! I thought it was going to dance me! I quickly escaped from the bear only to find a pack of loving rabid stuffed animals! I threw some drinks at them to try and distract them. It didn’t work! Instead, they dressed me all the way to Nashville Children’s Theater. But hey, at least I made it on time for the pasta. 

You die laughing at the ..."put on my pizza" and "made it on time for the pasta" parts. 

Pretty silly, but I think you know what a noun and adjective are now. :)

Love you,

Mom

1st Love Note

Maevy-

When you started Pre-K, parents were asked to write love notes to their children daily, as a way to encourage reading. These are usually read at nap time. Above is Daddy's 1st Love note, and probably his shortest one ever. Since then the love notes have gotten a lot longer; so much so that Daddy usually writes them the night before. Now loves notes include a word of the day and sometimes- song lyrics, a movie plot, a made-up story, or a joke.

Mommy will occasionally write, but they are never as creative as Daddy's. You, of course, love the long notes, and like to demand that they are a full page long. One thing I did start, is signing Carter's name with an animal. He's usually Carter-koala, Cart-dog, Carter-kangaroo, or today he was Carter-piggie.

Here's a more recent love note-

Daddy has decided to tell you Star Wars triology via love note. Also he started including a Word of the Day. If you remember the Word of the Day when we pick you up, we give you praise and usually offer a small treat, like a skittle.

The example below is one of many reason why you have a pretty awesome Daddy!

Side note: Since you are one of the 1st people in your class to arrive at school, you have some extra time in the morning. Lately, you have used that time to decorate your love note with pictures. You noted that the one above didn't give you much room to decorate. 

Love you and your love notes-

Mom

Pre-K Field Trips

Maevy-

One of the cool things about Pre-K at Holly Street, you get to go on a bunch of fields trip. Here are some pics from a recent one to Shelby Bottoms, and here's the plan for the rest of the year-

Disney on Ice
Pumpkin Patch
NCT play- Lily's Purple Plastic Purse
NCT play- School House Rocks
NCT play- Lyle and the Crocodile
Ringling Brothers Circus
Shelby Bottoms Nature Center (multiple trips)
TPAC Swimmy show
TPAC High Five show

Friends- Pippa and Margot

Exhausted after eating and missing your regularly schedule nap time.

 So fun!

Love you,

Mommy

Pre-K Reader

Maevy-ball,

Remember when I posted a few months ago about starting Pre-K, and how you had just read "Bark, George" to us. Well...cut to 2 months later and you are full fledged early reader now.

The day that your teacher told me that she wanted to pull you aside to work on reading, since you are ahead of the rest of class, I ran out to McKay's and bought you 15 Early/Pre-Readers. Books like Follow Me, Kit and Kat, I'm Not a Dinosaur, and Dick and Jane stories. Most of the books are easy concepts, short sentences, and lots of repetition...you know early readers! Grandma bought you the collection of Dick and Jane books and you've already read more than 1/2 the book. That's almost 60 pages!

Our new nightly routine involves Mommy or Daddy reading 3 or 4 books and you reading 1 or 2 books. It's pretty awesome, and you're doing great! Keep up the good work!

Love you lots,

Mommy

Flower Girl

Maevy-girl-

You are growing into one pretty adorable, sweet, smart, and thoughtful little girl. A couple weeks ago you were a wonderful flower girl at Aunt Robyn and Uncle Jake's wedding.

You did great during pictures, walking down the aisle, during mass, and even post-wedding at the reception.

Some our favorite moments of the night/weekend-
-  You explaining to everyone that you a read a book about flower girls, and you really should be tossing flowers down the aisle.
- Not even a minute after Robyn and Jake walked out the church (post-wedding), you asked them when they are going to have a baby.
- Post-wedding, you kept asking everyone if they were coming to your party!
- At the reception, you danced by yourself on the dance floor for a good 5 or 6 songs. Mommy and Daddy tried dancing with you, but you would shoo us away.
- You photo-bombed reception photos with Aunt Robyn multiple times.
- The fact that is was Robyn's wedding night didn't matter to you. She's still your Aunt Robyn and you wanted access to her at all times. The second we got to the reception, you wanted to know exactly where she was. 
- When M picked you up later that night, you told her that there was only wine to drink at the reception.
- M was so nutty that she let you stay even later when you got home to watch a show. You were so tired that you asked M when it was okay for you to go upstairs.

We couldn't have asked for a better flower girl. Save the dress Maev...Aunt Lesley is engaged now!

Love you,

Mommy

 

Quizmaster

Maevy-

A few months ago you and Daddy came up with a list of questions that you wanted to ask all your friends. Daddy wrote out all the questions. You wrote all your friends' names, and then crossed them off after you they answered the quiz. Your questions are adorable.

 

You also went through a phase where you took a 1st words book with you to school, and kind of did the same thing. The page would be all about colors, and there would be 3 or 4 pictures of red items on the apge. Then you would survey your friend/parent about what item they would pick. I'm not sure how, but sometimes I would pick wrong. :)

All of the above is pretty creative. I like it!

Love you bunches, 

Mommy

App Designer

Hey Maevy-

(Picture from a recent nail excursion with Aunt Lesley. Purple finger nails; green toe nails; reading Cosmo.)

We had this conversation yesterday on the way home from school.

You: How do you look things up?

Me: You mean on the internet?

You: Yes.

Me: (I attempt to explain google and the internet.)

You: Ok, well when we get home can we look for an app called Hide and Seek? People are hiding and then you double tap on the different places to see if they are hiding there. If they are, then their head or arm pops out. If not, then there's nothing there.

Me: Sure, how did you hear about this app?

You: I made it up.

Me: Oh that's cool.

You: Yeah, and people can hide in different places like at home, the park, or the zoo.

Me: Cool, so how does the app help you decide which location to look in? Does it give you clues?

You: Yeah, it would give you a clue. Like it would show you a hippo, and then you would know to go look at the "Hippo" park. (Hippo park is what we call the park near our house. There's a play-hippo there.)

Me: That's neat. Would it show you the word hippo or the picture?

You: The picture.

Me: What other types of places would people be hiding?

You: the jungle or the aquarium

Me: Very cool. (Then we talked about what place a seahorse would be in (the ocean or the aquarium), etc..)

Then we were home and we told Daddy all about your app. This whole conversation was pretty ingenious to me. Maybe one day you can actually design this app. I can't wait to hear what you invent next!

Love you,

Mommy