A Day at the Zoo

Last weekend, we had yucky weather due to Hurricane Matthew and during the mist of that storm, I came down with a stomach virus and then I have shared my virus with everyone in my family, it's been a rough week. We have had a nice weekend and today the weather was beautiful, so we took a family trip to the Riverbanks Zoo.  We had not seen the Sea Lion exhibit and now that Alexis is almost 2, she really enjoys seeing animals now.  We had a very nice morning and a great trip to the zoo.

Alexis spotted the tiger first and got very excited.

Grizzly Bears, the last time we saw them back in April for Madalyn's school field trip, they were both sleeping.

The zoo was decorated for Halloween and for "Boo in the Zoo"

Alexis liked the penguins.

She also liked the fish. I think it was because she get close to them more than the other animals.

We fed the giraffes.

Madalyn's two favorites: the giraffe and the zebra

Sea Lions

We couldn't leave the zoo with a ride on the merry-go-round

Alexis first merry-go-round ride

 She liked it! :0)

Farm Girls

Hurricane Matthew-No School

So, we found out yesterday afternoon that school would be closed for the next three days due to the amount of traffic that would be coming through our area with the evacuation routes. So, today, Madalyn and I had school at home. I had her weekly newsletter with her skills she was learning this week in school, and we started from there. I have lessons planned for tomorrow and Friday as well. I didn't want her to get too off track with being out for this long. Plus, it also gives Madalyn something to do during the day and helps keep her busy.

Our school day began at 9 am instead of the usual 6 am today and that was really nice. We started with Math, learning about AB patterns.

Reviewed shapes

Used Play Doh to make shapes. Then Madalyn had some free play with Play Doh while I cleaned the kitchen.

We had morning recess...it was a little windy and a bit chilly this morning. We went on a fall nature hunt.

Alexis joined us for our morning recess time. :0)

It's fun to be outside!

Practicing the letter Y

Sight Word for this week "the"

We read The Very Hungry Caterpillar book and sequenced the food the caterpillar ate.

Madalyn had some time on the computer with ABCmouse.com and we had a field trip this afternoon....a trip to the dentist for a check up.

Madalyn got these bracelets and ring for being good at the dentist. She experienced her first time having X-rays done. Everything was good, however, the tooth fairy is going to be very busy at our house over the next year or so. All these permanent that are lined up to be coming in. :0)

When we got back from the dentist, we had our afternoon recess. It was a good day and we will repeat tomorrow, without the dentist of course!

LIFE

Just a random post here....

Madalyn is my special helper at school. Every morning she helps me turn the computers on in the lab before going to her class.

Today we ran some errands and Madalyn wanted to go to McDonald's (of course :0). She really LOVES superheros and the special toy for this month is the DC Comic SuperGirl heroes....It's funny how superheroes were popular when I was her age and Wonder Women was one of my favorite. Somethings never go out of style or change.

Grandparents' Day Lunch

Our grandparents' day lunch at school was postponed a few weeks because they were redoing the gym floors. Today, Kevin's mom, came to school to eat lunch with Madalyn. Then Madalyn got an extra special treat, she got to leave with her Meme! :0) Kevin's dad was at home sick in bed and my parents had been on a tour of New England and got home very late last night and couldn't make a 3 hour ride this morning to come eat lunch. So, it was Madalyn and Meme today.

I didn't have a class at this time, so I got to sneak into lunch for a little bit to check on Madalyn and Meme.

This was Madalyn's hallway display for grandparents' day.

Madalyn's 2nd Lost Tooth

Back in August, I noticed that Madalyn was developing a space between her front two bottom teeth. A week or so after that, I saw the surface of a permanent tooth come up. The tooth came up behind the baby tooth. So for the last month, that baby tooth has been hanging on. It was wiggly but not to the point it would come out.  Madalyn was also starting to complain about the tooth hurting and it being hard to chew.  So this past Friday, Kevin took Madalyn to the dentist to get the tooth pulled. It didn't take much to get the tooth out and Madalyn said it only hurt a little. They just had to use some numbing cream, and nothing else, which I was glad. I was the child that had all but 2 of my baby teeth pulled because all of my teeth came in behind my baby teeth and none of them were wiggly. She was very brave and did a super job at the dentist. When Madalyn woke up Saturday morning at 5:45am!! She discovered that the tooth fairy had come to visit her and left her a two dollar bill for her tooth.

Leaving the dentist office...Kevin sent me this picture. :0)

You can see the permanent tooth in this picture and how it came in behind the others.

Since Madalyn's tooth had to be wiggled out by the dentist, the tooth fairy thought this tooth was worth $2 instead of the usual dollar. :0)