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Thursday, November 12, 2009
We're still here. And, we're healthy. We've all had our bouts of illness, but for the most part (knocking on wood), have been able to bounce back quickly. Poor Josie got sick right before Halloween, and had to miss a couple of parties, but was well enough in time to be able to go out in the neighborhood for trick or treatin'. It was a very sad thing having to be the one to tell a sick little girl that she can't go to a party she has so been looking forward to.
Here are the unicorn, the hero, the witch and the little lamb:



A happy surprise for Miss Jo, she received Student of the Month at her school for September! Apparently, each teacher in the school submits their nominees and discusses with the principal, who then picks the recipient. I don't think she really knew what was happening when the principal showed up in her classroom to congratulate her. Jo's account was that "I had to go stand in the front by Ms. Peterson, then she talked, and all the kids clapped."

We've had our first official teacher-parent conference. Really makes it real, this whole "we've got a kid in school" thing. Our conference went swell - Jo is doing just fine across the board. Not that we had any worries. The only constructive criticism her teacher offered is that Jo is a bit of a "wanderer" and doesn't commit to free-time activities without a little guidance, and isn't interacting socially quite as much as she'd like to see. But, like I said, we don't have any worries, and this is pretty much just what we'd expected. She'll decide in her own time when she's ready, and if there's anything I've learned with my Jo, it's not to rush her or pressure her. There is another "wanderer" in the classroom, and her mom and I are hoping to connect the two outside of school and help them form a friendship.



She's so purty...



Eve and I are attending an ECFE (early childhood family education) class on Wednesday mornings. She loves it. And I love it. She's so proud to be able to go to "her school" with "her teachers." Here she is going on her first big kid bus ride with the ECFE group to the apple orchard. This was a happy day for Evie...




At the apple orchard:

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