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100th Day of Kindergarten

Posted on February 26, 2009 8:50 am by TheAngelForever

If you are a parent of an elementary school child you have probably done a project for the 100th day of school in recent days. Prior to winter break, NHL came home with an assignment to make something to bring in for the 100th Day of school. The instructions were simple. The project had to contain 100 of an item in a creative way. Not too hard and something we could easily do over the vacation time at home.

We went to the local craft store and showed NHL different options to use for the 100 items. He immediately wanted to use googlie eyes. We gave him the choice of a few different types that would work nicely. He selected flaming neon colored eyes. Then we looked at some options to put the eyes on. The store had a lot of fun foam shapes. One of them looked like a megaphone. it was a great shape and large enough to hold 100 eyes on it. NHL liked the idea. So we selected a black one to contrast the neon colors and picked up some double sided crafting tape to put the eye balls on. Gluing 100 of those little guys seemed like overkill.

Saturday morning we sat down at the dining room table. NHL counted out 100 eyes from the packages. He did groups of 10 and then told me he was finished. At that point he handed them to me to cut pieces of the sticker like tape. Once that was done he placed them all over the foam shape. When we were finished NHL liked the idea of adding the number 100 and his name and 2009 on the foam with fabric paint. I helped him with this and we set it to dry.

Here is what it looked like when finished:

The project went into school Monday, but they share it with the class today. This is actually their 100th day of school when you factor in vacation and snow/ice days. They will have a celebration during the day. In addition to this the entire school is having an assembly that parents were invited to. The assembly is to celebrate Black History Month. NHL’s kidergarten class will be doing a little "play" about Mae Jemison who was the first African American woman into space. He had a pretty big line to memorize and is all set. Nana, JSL and I will be heading there this morning to watch.

So what have you done for 100th day of school projects with your child/children?

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Family flip time

Posted on February 25, 2009 12:00 am by TheAngelForever

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Sesame Street Live 2009

Posted on February 24, 2009 9:53 am by TheAngelForever

Over the last three years JL, NHL and I have seen three different Sesame Street Live shows. Each one has been fabulous and encouraged us to come back for another. This year the show was Elmo Makes Music and it lived up to our expectations. The show started with Bert, Ernie and Rubber Duckie coming out to introduce the letter and number of the day.

Soon after this the stage exploded with even more favorite Sesame Street characters. The kids in the audience went wild as Cookie Monster, Telly Monster, Prarie Dawn, Zoe, Grover, Big Bird, Elmo and others joined the group.

JSL and Cousin S were taking it all in. They just sat there watching as the characters danced and sang fun songs on the stage.

The little guy started out on my lap and eventually got fussy and wanted JL. At that point I took over with the camera duties. For the first half of the show Cousin S was happy dancing in front of Uncle I to the music. It was so fun to watch her with the Mamba number.

Here is the way the kids looks after the switch off.

The boys

After a while JSL started to get into the show. He was telling JL each time he saw Cookie Monster and Grover. They were definitely the highlight of his show experience.

Cousin S was excited when she saw Count. She demonstrated her count laugh (priceless) and stood mesmerized with the happenings. She was also quite fond of the part on Elmo’s World.

Soon after Elmo’s World it was time for the characters to take a break before the second half. Here are a few more photos from the start of the show.

While waiting for the second half of the show the kids played by our seats and had some snacks. They also sold the $8 Elmos balloons that we did not purchase. The boys talked about seeing Cookie Monster and Grover again.

Little did we know that a mystery would take place. The mystery of the missing Sesame Street characters. The two in question are seen below. They are fuzzy and blue. One may be seen eating a cookie and the other with a Super cape.

Why the mystery? Neither of these characters showed up again in the second half of the show! There was much disappoinement, but they did get over it. During the second half of the show Cousin S also made up her mind that she wanted to sit with Uncle JL and JSL. She made herself right at home and enjoyed the view.

The rest of the show was more fast paced than the first act. Bert came out for a 1970’s Disco number, Big Bird and Baby Bear (we all cringed when he showed up on the scene) sang Rockin Robbin, the Count did a tribute to the number 8, and there was the finale. Here are some favorite photos from the end of the show.

If you ever have the opportunity to see a Sesame Street Live show I highly recommend it. They put on a highly entertaining production for a reasonable price. I hope we will be able to see them again in 2010!

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The 2009 Sesame Street Live Pre-Game Show

Posted on February 23, 2009 12:47 pm by TheAngelForever

We arrived at the theater for Sesame Street Live about an hour before the show started. We wanted to make sure we had time to find parking and settle the kids in. After looking at the Sesame Street merchandise, that we did not purchase, we went to find out seats and take our winter gear off. The three kids sat down to check everything out.

As you can see JSL brought his Cookie Monster stuffed friend and Cousin S brought her Baby Elmo. NHL preferred just to sit back and wait for the show. He was afraid to move, go say hello to friends or do anything. He simply wanted to sit and watch the stage. In fact he got quite upset with photo taking that disrupted his view.

Meanwhile the two little kiddos were having fun checking out each other’s stuffed friend.

The little kids got a little antsy waiting, so we gave them some snacks brought from home. They enjoyed and then Cousin S decided she had to explore the theater some more.

Finally the time was near. We had to get the kids seated. When we started JSL was sitting with me, Cousin S with Uncle I, NHL solo and JL taking photos.

The lights went out and Big Bird started to talk to the crowd. It was finally time for the show!

Cookie Monster here we come

Posted on February 22, 2009 10:27 am by TheAngelForever

Just over two years ago I started my blog. Back then it was on Live Journal and I was experimenting with how to do things. My second ever post was about our first time at Sesame Street Live with NHL. Last February we went to our second Sesame Street Live. JSL had just gotten out of the hospital, so JL and I took NHL alone. It was just the escape from reality that we needed. There is just something about Sesame Street Live.

This year we were not planning on going to see the show. Since we are going to Disney World we were going to skip it entirely. Then I realized that my brother and niece were going to be visiting when Sesame Street Live is here. I casually mentioned it to Uncle I. He said it was up to us. We decided it would be a lot of fun to take JSL and Cousin S to their first shows together.

JSL does not really watch Sesame Street much. Not to worry though, he knows the characters and has what we think is a favorite already (see title). He loves to sing along with Sesame Street songs in the car, so he will be all set to do that today. This morning I even found the Elmo sweatshirt that NHL wore last year. It is a little bit big on JSL, but it makes today even more special. Here is my little guy all ready to see his Sesame Street friends.

More photos to follow soon. We have to make sure to share so Aunt M does not feel left out. She will not be with us so JL will capture lots of memories for her.