Maggie is sort of showing us how part of her school routine goes. Ms. Kim asks the kiddos in turn if they are thumbs up or thumbs down today and why. Apparently the cool thing to do is to give double thumbs down and then all of a sudden switch to double crazy thumbs up. We got to go to an open house last week and see Maggie's room and teacher and classmates. The kiddos all voted on what they wanted their parents to experience from their school day, so all the moms and dads got carpet squares and sat on the floor. We did the weather report, sang the alphabet and all the letter sounds, recited the class rules in rap, sang the months of the year, went through the days of the week a la the Addams Family theme song, pretended to be dancing mooses (meese?), and danced and ran in place and stood up and sat down and stood up and sat down. And got a good idea of what it's like to be a Butterfly (Maggie's room's theme) in the morning. We met some other parents and Maggie introduced us around to some friends, and like usual, even though she didn't want to come she came close to a hissy fit when it was time to go.
Maggie also got to spend a day with Baka Sue and Scotty this week while I nursed a cold and Bill wrote some lectures. They went fishing, rode in a tractor, ate popsicles, toured the house being built, napped all in one bed, foraged for coal, and all in all had a terrific time. Maggie came home jazzed and exhausted, carefully sharing her souvenirs and full of stories. Whew!
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