Daily Picture Project - Day 77

Last half of school before Christmas Break! Yeah! BTW, those are Tom's cowboy boots she has on below!)

"I know I have some Big Shoes to Fill taking over Dad's job in the house. But this hat makes up for my lack of skills!"

Daily Picture Project - Day 76

Had to get a picture for the year with the snow!

"Walking in a Winter Wonderland"

Daily Picture Project - Day 75

Moving on with Metaphors...

"Decided to throw some light of the subject of Santa's Reindeer by sending Santa a letter"

Daily Picture Project - Day 74

Slight pause in the metaphor material. Natalie is sick today. Tummy ache. Though I actually think it may be last-week-of-school-itus. Reading Peter Spier's Christmas book. One of her favorites. Having Tomato Soup. Another favorite. Getting mom to let her stay home. Learned skill.

"Life is good!"

Daily Picture Project - Day 73

Moving on with Metaphors...

Last week I grasped the concept of Algebra. Next week, Quantum Information Theory!"

Daily Picture Project - Day 72

More metaphors! This has turned into a fun lesson about the difference between a "cognitive metaphor" and "visual metaphor". Good concepts that all third graders should understand! Leave it to me to make this less fun...

"Natalie was too busy climbing the ladder to success to see that she had left her snack in kitchen."

Daily Picture Project - Day 71

Metaphors for the Menorah! (We celebrate all religions in this house!)

"Natalie proved to be slower than molasses during the day's first contest"

Daily Picture Project - Day 70

"Zombies make great Pets, They already know how to play dead!"

Daily Picture Project - Day 69

"Traditional Tree or Teal Tinsel Tiding Tree?"

Daily Picture Project - Day 68

Today is Natalie's Pappaw's birthday.  So, we gave him a call on Skype. Happy birthday Robert!!!

"Happy Birthday Pappaw!"

Daily Picture Project - Day 67

"Go AWAY, you're not getting a picture of the back of my hair!"

Daily Picture Project - Day 66

To culminate Natalie's rough couple of weeks (if you haven't heard the details about this, trust me, she has not had a good couple of weeks!), yesterday she cut her hair. Not a lot. But enough. AND we got the second email this week from the teacher regarding homework that was not finished so she had to miss recess. Anyway, she has created a "Hidey-Hole" behind the TV (yes, right where the wires are) and hides in there when she wants to be alone. My theory is that as an Only Child, she cannot be too far from parents, just out of sight. Otherwise she would "hide" in her room, right? So, that is where she was this morning...

"If I hide back here, nothing bad exists"

Daily Picture Project - Day 65

Yesterday Natalie announced that she could no longer support our Daily Picture Project. It was taking up too much of her time. Have I mentioned how bad of a week she is having???  But she pulled herself together this morning and came up with a good idea. Gotta love resiliency! May need to point out that the bottle that has tipped over and is dripping onto her PB&J is Tabasco. We forgot to position it so a viewer could read it!

"I feel like today is going to be a HOT day"