first week of school

well, we made it through another first week of school here in the linares household.  it was a week of firsts for two of the three girls.  sarah's first day of high school (did i just say that???? where has the time gone???) and savannah's first week of middle school!! 

here is sarah on her first day of high school.  she had to get up at 5 a.m. to catch a 6 a.m. bus!!! she actually got a do-over and had a second first day because the afternoon of the first day of school we received a call from the high school of the arts that she auditioned for back in january saying that she got one of the open slots!!! congrats go out to her!!!  needless to say she was super thrilled and is now attending Dreyfoos School of the Performing Arts! She was accepted as a Theatre major and has enjoyed the first week immensely! the bonus is that her bus comes an hour later so she can sleep in until 6 a.m. well, at least until she starts going to seminary and not doing home study, that is...but one step at a time.

  savannah was made for middle school.  she absolutely l.o.v.e.s. it! she sets her alarm and gets herself up without any more prodding from us! we love it too! she has enjoyed the freedom of going to classes on her own and not having to stand in a line like a small child.  she enjoys her classes and has made some new friends.  she also has many of her elementary school friends in some of her classes.  we enjoy hearing all of her middle school adventures upon picking her up.  

 as per school regulations, all students must have a clear or mesh backpack, so savannah requested that i crochet one for her.  it is still a work in progress, but she was able to use it for school this week.  just have to add a flap, one more outer pocket and some inner pockets...

new shoes!

grace was off to 3rd grade this year!!! she was super excited because her teacher seems very nice.  she said she was lonely in the car on her way because she is used to having a sibling ride along, but she is the only one in elementary school this year! 

 stylin' hair!

 new shoes!  she has been waiting for red converse!

 ready to start the first day!

whew! 3 kids in 3 different schools and all far from each other!!!  but, i got a feelin', whoo! hoo! that it's gonna be a good year!!

a rock star from outer space

even though this was something grace did way back during school, i just found the pics on the camera.  make fun all you want, you all know this happens to you as well.  she had an assignment to craft an alien.  being the hip-rock n' roll-lover that she is, she made a rock star alien.  that's my girl!  i gave her an empty jello box, some googly eyes, paper and feathers and she came up with this! it was her idea to add the straws.  

how could you not love an alien with lips like these?  so rat your hair, stick your tongues out, raise your lighters in the air and rock out!

catching up with school stuff

 i know these are really old, but who cares.  i wanted to get them up mostly for me and the girls' benefit.  a few of the school happenings from last school year and the first day of school this year.

savannah had her 3rd grade recycled fashion show and my girlfriend, jennie, helped her make a skirt out of a man's dress shirt.  looked so great that she wore it to church until recently when she outgrew it.  super cute.  and they even made scrunchies from the cuffs! i wanted to put the pics of the process up but haven't been able to get the pics from her yet and i just want to post this stuff.

gracie with her end of the year happenings.  her class did a mother's day luau and for the end of the year they always do a cute concert and then an awards ceremony and picnic reading afterwards.  we get to sit outside and read the things they have written throughout the year.  super cute and fun.  

gracie with all of her buddies.  so cute!

first day of school 2010

 it's hard to believe that this one is in 7th grade already! where does the time go? 

 on to first grade for grace.

 savannah is the fantastic fourth grader!!!

new shoes for the first day! 

  no more tables. she's a big girl with a desk now!

savannah with one of the best 4th grade teacher in the world! sarah had her as well. we love mrs. ball!

sarah had to go with us to see her teachers from grades gone by.  one of the best 5th grade teachers EVEH!!

one little, two little, three little indians

every year at the girls' elementary school they have a kindergarten indian pow-wow. this year it was gracie's turn. they make a vest and head bands and practice their thanksgiving songs to perform for the parents.

since i am all about being lazy time efficiency, we used savannah's from three years ago. (that she also used in preschool. dang! i should be a poster child for a reusing campaign.) we did add a few more "indian" drawings and her hand print. it was very cute and they were adorable as always.

rock star indian.

all hail the honor student

this was sarah's 1st, and hopefully not last, honor roll assembly for middle school. this is her first one ever for that matter. they don't do them in our elementary school here. (whatever!)

anyhoo, the story behind this is that she set a goal to make straight a's this quarter. the week of finals she had almost all a's except a few b's in a couple of classes. of course she was sick finals week and had to really hussle to get those last few assignments done to bring up her grades. she did bring up 2 out of the 3 b's, but we wouldn't know for sure with math until she made up the final she missed while out sick. so she takes the test and totally aces it! yahoo!

to get an a you have to have 89.5% or above. guess what she ended up with?????? 89.3%!!!! are you kidding me????? i asked her if she asked her teacher for a quick extra credit. no! hopefully she will be more aggressive with that next time if she needs to be.

we are proud of her nonetheless. keep your fingers crossed for this quarter. so far, so good.

as you can see she really likes being in front of large audiences. the nerdettes.

the wedding of the century

dum-dum-de-dum!

in the kindergarten this year there was a wedding. yes, i said a wedding in kindergarten. it was to bind forever in holy matrimony the letters q & u. it was adorable. all of kindergarten attended in their best attire and since one of gracie's teachers was in charge of it, her class was able to participate. gracie was one of the bridesmaids! isn't that a hoot?

here is the principal presiding over the ceremony.

there was even a wedding cake!

everyone had to bring a "gift" for show & tell that started with "qu". gracie brought a "quillow". if you don't know what that is please try to figure it out by the context clues and picture.

here she is with just a few members of her posse at the "reception".