Kid's Council
Kaira and I joined a local group called the Kid's Council, which is a group that helps let kids to volunteer and philanthropic work. The first event that we attended was to make/decorate Valentine's for the children in one of the local Children's hospitals.
SciPort
We made another trip to SciPort, and brought one of Kaira's favorite classmates, Henry, with us.
Basketball Hoop
Kaira has been enjoying playing basketball so much, I decided to put up a basketball hoop in the backyard for her to practice on. There was a concrete slab already out there in the back of the yard, so we just added the hoop and were set to go. She has been having a lot of fun shooting around by herself or playing one-on-one with me.
A Kid's Meal that comes in a car! She loved it!
Girl Scout Field Trip - to the Police Station
Kaira's Daisy troop went on a field trip to the Police Station.
They got to check out the fingerprint database on the computer, and each got to do a fingerprint themselves; They also got to sit in the room where the officers do roll call and receive their assignments every morning
Then we got to go down to the garage and check out the different patrol cars and bikes. The girls even got to take turns sitting on one of the motorcycles.
They also got to climb inside one of the patrol cars...
The troop with a couple of the officers at the end of the station tour.
Kaira in her smock with all of the current patches and petals on it. They receive a petal for each activity they do or a trait they learn. The center of the flower is from learning to recite the Girl Scout promise. Some of the petals they have earned - the orange petal is for showing responsibility (by taking care of the garden they planted together), the light green petal is for being considerate and caring (which they showed by caroling at a nursing home), and the dark green petal is for understanding how to use resources wisely (learned from visiting a local recycling center). They will also be earning a petal from their police station visit, so only two more to go! There is also a patch at the bottom from visiting the fire station, and her honorary police officer sticker on the other side.
Artwork
Some Valentine's day and President's day art from school. For the president one, they had to draw themselves, add the beard and hat, and then complete the sentence, "If I were president..."
Basketball Team Photos
Playing at the park
One of our many days hanging out at the park. And the last one, Kaira posed and wanted me to take a picture of her (look how skinny she's getting!! I swear she eats... a lot!)
Self Portrait
A picture Kaira drew of herself... (I added a similar picture of her for comparison - hers is a good likeness!)
Karen's Stuff
Starting this semester and continuing til the end of the second year, we will be learning about the body system by system. We started with Musculoskeletal, which we just finished (the pictures below are from the party celebrating the end of Musculo). We are now in the beginning of Neuroscience, which is one of the longest and will take us clear through til the end of May.
Our most recent post-test class party was 80's themed. I went all out with the big 80's hair, purple tights, teal leg warmers, big earrings, and of course... the bright blue eye shadow.
And some of my classmates that looked, like, totally awesome. And someone even did Flashdance!
