October and November School Events

It is amazing how fast the time has gone by once school has started. With Emma in Kindergarten, we have entered the world of elementary school activities. Here are a few of the events that we participated in throughout the fall.

In October, Emma (and the rest of the family) participated in her annual school walkathon. The walk, called the Cat Walk, is a fundraiser that raises money to support the school. Emma was very excited to participate. She took cookies to Daddy's work and asked for their support and on the day of the walk, she finished her lap card with an amazing 49 laps. Here are a few pictures from the day:


Emma gets her lap card punched as she goes around

It was a really warm day, but Emma was a trooper throughout

She had lots of support from the family!

We are really proud of Emma and at an assembly this week, she was awarded a medal for raising the most money for all the kindergarteners.

At the end of October, we celebrated halloween in a low key kind of way. We carved our pumpkins:



Dan got a little creative with his carving implements

Our finished product

We also attended Emma's school halloween parade:


Emma ready to parade through the school

The kindergarteners paraded through the older grades' classrooms

Emma's class all dressed up


Today, to celebrate Thanksgiving, we attended Emma's Thanksgiving feast. The children dressed up as pilgrims and Native Americans and feasted on turkey sandwiches, cornbread, fruit, and pumpkin pie.


Emma's place setting

Emma was chosen to be a pilgrim

The pilgrims and native americans eating in harmony

Ian got to join in the fun, too! He even got to watch Charlie Brown with the big kids

Emma shows off her turkey

Reading together after the feast

Emma the indian showing off her corn crop.

We are really enjoying Emma's kindergarten year and look forward to many other fun events to come!