I wanted to do more than just back to school
pictures, so I thought I would introduce you to the students as well.
Chipette:
Chipette is in third grade this year, which is
hard for this mom to believe. Didn’t I just bring her home from the hospital a
year ago? Chipette is my lover of life. She is quickly becoming one of my
favorite people to be with because seeing the world through her eyes makes
everything new and exciting. She is the artistic one in the family. Chipette
loves music, art, crafts, sewing, but her passion is dance, ballet to be
specific. And she has talent, real talent. Already she has skipped three ballet
classes at her ballet studio and is starting Ballet 5/Pre-Pointe this year as
an eight-year old! Her goal is to one day be the prima ballerina for the New
York City Ballet.
The thing I love the most about Chipette, though,
is her heart. She is a romantic and a dreamer. She feels for those who are
mistreated and is upset by injustice of all kind. I can look into the future
and see that she will do amazing things with her artistic, tender-hearted spirit.
I look forward to calling her my friend one day in the future, not just my
daughter, because she is such a joy to me.
Apparently she thinks I have horrendous things planned for third grade because after the cute picture above she had me take these. I promise she is not being sentenced to a year of hard home school time!
Magpie:
Magpie is starting Kindergarten this year, and she
is very excited! Magpie is my cuddler and my home body. For Magpie, nothing is
more important than family. She doesn’t like it if anyone is away from home,
and she doesn’t like to be away from home for very long. She is also witty and
funny with a subtle sense of humor. Some of the things she says leave me
laughing for a very long time!
Magpie also is very independent, determined, and
quite a bit sassy at times, but we are working on developing those things into
strong character trait. She is definitely NOT a follower, and doesn’t mind
doing things alone even if no one else is interested. I can see Magpie being a
strong leader one day because she knows what she wants and doesn’t mind
speaking up to tell others what they need to do.
Monkey:
Monkey is two for most of this school year and is
a typical two-year old boy. He loves construction machinery, tractors, and Pa
Paw’s truck. Anything round, he throws. Unfortunately he has a pretty good arm
and great aim. You can ask Preacher Man about his accuracy since Monkey threw a
pizza crust at him not too long ago and pinged him right in the neck!
Monkey also has a sensitive side. He LOVES babies
and tries, in his way, to be gentle with them. He gives hugs and kisses if he
hurts someone. He’s a little shy, but will warm up to people pretty quickly. He
also LOVES making people laugh, even if he has to fall down or run into
something to make it happen.
Peanut:
Finally, our honorary Tree Dweller this year is
Peanut. Yes, I know peanuts do not grow on trees, but it was the perfect
nickname, so I went with it. Peanut is my “job” this year since I am watching
him for his mother while she teaches at one of our local schools. However,
Peanut is not really a “job”. He’s a sweet, one-year old boy, who quietly roams
around our home playing with Monkey, Magpie, and Chipette. The one thing I know
for sure that Peanut enjoys doing is eating! He doesn’t eat a lot, but he eats
all the time. We are all looking forward to having Peanut with
us on our learning adventures this year. Thankfully he is an easy-going baby.
He needs to be with our crazy lifestyle!
Not a typical Summary Saturday post, but I wanted
to share who these kids are that you read about so much on my blog.
Look for updated curriculum for Chipette and
Magpie under my Curriculum tab! I will be reviewing what we used this past year
for second and Pre-K soon, so watch for that as well.
Praying that everyone has a great school year for
2012-2013 in the tree house,
Chelli
Looks like a wonderful bunch of students!!
ReplyDeleteThey are! We're really looking forward to our year.
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