Dads Take Your Kids To School Day

Dustin brought Xavier to school for "Dads Take Your Kids To School Day" this year and it was super cute. They drew pictures and mama was able to crash the party for a couple pics. Love these boys!

A Weekend with Llilliana the Llama!

Xavier's class pet, Llillianna, spent the weekend with us a few weeks ago so we took her around to have all the fun! A Target trip, to the Walker's to see the chickens, a park play date, donuts and church! It was a fun weekend with this sweet llama!

First Grade Teddy Bear Picnic

Hawks Rise always hosts a picnic for first graders and their parents. It's called the Teddy Bear picnic and kiddos eat lunch, read books and bring a stuffed animal. It's just as cute as it sounds. :)

Here are pics of X and I at his picnic! So thankful for our sweet school.

AR and Behavior Charts!

This year, Xavier set a personal goal of earning 100 AR points throughout the school year. To put this in perspective for the non-teachers around here, the expectation his teacher had for him was to earn 32. He was adamant that he reach this goal so Dustin and I hopped on board and decided to support him. We are all in when our babies set goals, especially if it has to do with their reading and learning!
Because I am the way I am....I created this AR chart for him. For each 10 points, he earns a cool reward. He has scooted through this chart much more quickly than we were anticipating and already has 45 in just mid October....

It has turned out to be lots of fun for our family to track and of course Luke wanted in on the fun. Because AR is obviously not something Luke can do, we made him a behavior tracker. For every great day he has at school, he gets a hole punch. He works to earn rewards for his behavior and it has gone great!

They've both earned cool prizes like frozen yogurt, playdates, toys, candy, new books, and family dinners.