Natalie's class

Natalie's school does something called Bible Days around Halloween. Today was the day! I signed up to help in her classroom, and it was so much fun! While it wasn't a typical day, it was so cool to see Natalie in her class (this is my first time) - she's learned so many songs (with motions), follows directions nicely, and it was so cute to see her engaged in play with her friends. She's very outgoing with her classmates, and likes to suggest games (like house or tag), or play games suggested by others. Her class is small, 9 students total, which is wonderful - it has really fostered a sense of closeness with the kids, and they all look out for each other. I'll be volunteering in her class more often. Her teachers, really all the staff there, are just wonderful people - I can't think of a better place for her to begin her education!

So, Bible Days is her school's Halloween celebration. The kids can dress up as an animal from Noah's Ark, an angel, or any character from the Bible. Natalie went easy on me and went as a sheep (she has a sheep ear headband, I blackened her nose, and made her a tail out of a piece of elastic and one of Oliver's socks - hot glued cotton balls to it, then strung the top through the elastic). They went from class to class hearing stories and doing crafts, having snacks. The Kindergartners were really impressive - they did the story of Creation - the full thing - and most of the kids had memorized the first two chapters of Genesis. Then Natalie's class went back to their room, and their teacher told they story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abendigo (that's totally phonetic, I'm too lazy to look up the proper spelling). She asked for some volunteers to act it out, and Natalie was one of the first to raise her hand. She was Shadrach, and did a great job with her role! After all that, the kids went trick-or-treating through the church office.

And one last thing...

Jon just took Natalie up for bed. She wanted a shoulder ride, but he said no because his back hurts. She told him "I'm calling a police officer". After they went upstairs, I heard her through the monitor, saying "Hello, police officer. Daddy won't give me a shoulder ride. He's a bad boy". Stinker.