Christmas 2010

C opening presents at home with Obaachan

This is at Grandpa and Grandma's house with his cousins

There's Grandma too

Holiday Performance

C and his classmates sang and made hand movements and had a fun time! Aren't they cute!?

There were 2 performances since there are 6 classes of 20 students in first grade.

C's was the second performance.

Academic Achievement Award

C received an award for being one of the top of the class. Here he is with Mrs. T., his 1st Grade Teacher

Here he is with both his Principal and his Teacher

With some of his classmates

Trip to Spain: Barcelona

We took a short trip to Barcelona, it was so beautiful there, the architecture there is AMAZING! We wished we could stay there for at least another week. Someday it would be GREAT if we can go back.

This is in front of Temple di Sagrada Familia. C with Obaachan

Same shot, C with Mommy

Night view of Sagrada Familia. This building is still not complete, it's been building since 1882!

We went to Parc Guell, another of Antoni Gaudi celebrated architectural inspirations

This is in a small city called Girona

A Cathedral in Montserrat

Votives leading to the Altar

Detailed Stained glass was breath-taking

Best Buddies

We Love Learning our Wakko's 50 States & Capitols!

C's thoughts about School

It was a warm afternoon walking home from school. I had picked up C from the bus stop and we were slowly walking home. As always, I asked him how his day was. He said with a quick nod, "It was good." I asked him if he had learned anything new that day. He told me, "No, I usually don't. They often talk about things I already know". This is a kid who gets excited about learning something new. One of the days, he jumped off the bus, then shouted, "Guess what I learned today! I learned that trees have a bark and under that bark, they have a heartwood, in the heartwood are rings and counting each ring tells you old the tree is!" I guess I had never taught him that, so it was great that he learned something new at school!

A few days later C and I were walking home from the bus stop and he pondered out loud, "I think school is a little boring. They keep repeating things even though I want to keep moving on... can we homeschool Mommy? It would be exciting to go on field trips and go to the park days.  I wouldn't mind homeschooling if I can have play-dates with "I" (best friend in 1st grade)."

If you know anything about me, you know I've sputtered before when I said I'd homeschool. Honestly, I'm just scared. I don't know how long I can continue to teach him. He's bright, very bright. According to testing he's 99.8%.  I don't know if I can handle his constant questioning, every day, all day!  I'm not very patient, my mother agrees.  I tend to be moody sometimes and C is very sensitive and picks up on it right away.  I don't know how other moms do it without losing their mind.  I've been running from this responsibility for a few years now.  However, I've been praying and I keep getting a nudge to go ahead...
Thinking about "Jumping in with both feet" into unknown waters... let's hope I'm not in too deep!