50's Day!

Hey Daddy-O's!

We had a rockin' good time on 50's day celebrating our 50th day of school!  How can it already be the 50th day of school?

Fifty awesome days of getting to know your kids better, teaching them, guiding them, and seeing successes every day.  It just doesn't get better than that.

We did a lot of fun activities on 50's day to celebrate:

*We counted 50 things.
*We counted to 50 by ones, tens, and fives.
*We made 50 tally marks.
*We discussed how the 50's were different than today.
*We did the twist.
*We tried blowing bubbles with bubble gum.
*We hula-hooped.
*We had root beer floats.
*We had a SOCK HOP dance.
*We tried to hand-jive.

It was a blast!

Here are some pics of us trying to blow bubbles with bubble gum.  They tried so hard- and some succeeded! :)

 

 

We hula hooped!

Mrs. Minneart was a great hula-hooper! :)

ROOT BEER FLOATS!  Yum!

The sock hop was really fun!  We danced, danced, danced! :)

Finishing up some of our packet.  If you could have fifty of something, what would it be?  

I'm really looking forward to seeing what the next 50 days bring!

As they would say in the 50's, I've got to split! :)

Until next time,

Love is in the air!

Q and U said "I do." 

A match made in heaven-- alphabet wedded bliss.

The wedding of Q and U is one of the things I truly look forward to each year. It is a big deal. The girls look so beautiful as queens and the boys look so handsome as quarterbacks. The ceremony itself is just precious, and the dancing is adorable. I love it so very much! 

We try to make it as much like a real wedding as possible. The queens all held lowercase "q's" and the quarterbacks held uppercase "q's."    

                          

                          

Then, the uppercase Q and U came walking down the aisle! AWWW!!!! (My seamstress skills were seriously put to the test on those love birds)! :)

Here comes the bride.....

 

Our new principal, Mr. Carlson, performed the ceremony. He did an amazing job. His demeanor and voice in the ceremony was so good- I seriously could have believed I was at a real wedding. He even danced.  It was awesome.  

                           

                            

I think my favorite part is teaching the kids how to "slow dance" before the wedding. Now, we definitely are not talking Dancing with the Stars. Unfortunately, I was born with two left feet. Nope, a simple "one, two" step, back and forth will do; and they did it- and it was just about the cutest thing I've ever seen in my life. Then, after the wedding ceremony commenced... they danced. <3

 

 

 

We even had spins.  Yes, seriously.

I would like to take credit, but I did not teach them that. :)

Now, what is a wedding without a little fast dancing?  Not a wedding in my book! :)  

We did the chicken dance.

We did the cha cha slide (which, by the way, I could use some serious tutoring in). haha.

We danced to "Stayin' Alive!"

Most importantly- we had fun!  

By the time the dancing was over- refreshments were definitely in order. The juice and cookies were inhaled by our lovely queens and quarterbacks.

 

Q and U had a blast and send the warmest of thanks to all of their wedding guests.  

They are on their honeymoon now.

In QUebec. :)

Until next time!!