Crazy Hair Day!

Today is Crazy Hair Day at EP Rayzor!

Normally I just do the colored hair spray... maybe a few braids or piggy tails and we're good to go. Well, a few months ago I stumbled upon this blog (and evidently she got many of her ideas from here) and saw these super cute crazy hair ideas and thought "Oh yeah! We are so doing this!" All I needed to do was convince the girls!

I knew I wanted to do the Rose Garden one and I also wanted to do the Beehive. However, when I attempted to get Hannah's hair into something that resembled a beehive, it was a disaster! So, since I had enough flowers and 2 pieces of the white picket fence (is that THE cutest finishing touch?) I decided to do both of them as flower gardens. Hannah just has bumble bee's flying around hers while Haylee has butterflies.

I think they both turned out super sweet... what do you think?

my two little garden gnomes!

from the back... I sprayed their hair green to look like the leaves but it's neon. I think it turned out really cute anyway!

Hannah's garden

Haylee's garden

(just on the off chance that anyone wants to do this... here is where I found the white picket fence for SUPER cheap!)

When we pulled up to the school, I didn't see very many other kids with crazy hair. I was worried that the girls might be too embarrassed but they weren't at all!

Too much fun!

Young Author's Day...aka Helen Keller's Hero Head

Hannah learned so much about Helen Keller!

Did you know that Helen Keller :

*is credited with bringing the dog breed Akita to the US?

*was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom?

*first word she learned to associate with an object is "WATER".

*first spoke the word "IT"...and Hannah learned the process by which Helen Keller was taught to speak. (by Helen placing her hand on her teachers face... thumb on the throat, first finger on the lips and middle finger on the nose... so she could feel all of the different sounds being made)

Hannah's class had to choose someone who had made a contribution to society to do a research paper on. Other famous people chosen were Rosa Parks, Philo Farnsworth, Abe Lincoln, Caesar Chavez, etc.

They did a lot of research at school and even created a PowerPoint presentation about their chosen person!

But the one thing that stumped us was that she had to create a "Hero Head" based on Helen Keller; essentially a potato head based on their chosen person.... really?!? Helen Keller doesn't really have any distinguishing features to speak of. I mean, Abraham Lincoln has that beard, Daniel Boone has his coon skin cap. What could Hannah do for Helen Keller?

Here is what she came up with and I was so proud of her!

Hannah's "Helen Keller Hero Head"... turned out pretty cute huh? You can also see some of the artifacts that Hannah chose to talk about laying on the table.

For Young Author's Day the parents got to see the presentation of the report. The teachers make it a very special day with treats and all. It's a lot of fun and Hannah did a great job with her reading!

Here is Hannah hanging out with "Honest Abe"... the kids could dress up as their person. Hannah tried to dress like Helen Keller.

Hannah is intently listening to Cole do his presentation on Philo Farnsworth... the man who invented TV!

Here she is sharing her PowerPoint presentation.

Her dyslexia teacher, Mrs. Vaughn, even came down to see Hannah's report. So sweet of her!

Hannah really enjoyed learning about Helen Keller and had fun creating the Hero Head. I, however, am glad it's over! Only 7 more days of school and then the girls are mine! =}

Boosterthon 2011!

It's that time of year again... time for the Boosterthon Fun Run!

E.P. Rayzor had their annual Boosterthon Fun Run on Friday. This program is so great because it not only gives the school an opportunity to raise much needed funds, it also teaches the students positive character traits. This years theme was "Leader LAUNCH!" where the students learned that leaders are:

Learners
Active
Uplifting
Not Bullies
Courageous and
Helpers

Each day a Boosterthon guy comes into the school to discuss the daily trait with the students. These Boosterthon guys are also positive male role models in the school and the kids LOVE them! They are treated like rock stars when they are in the school... the kids flock to them, want to talk to them, high five them, etc.

Anywho, both girls ran their 35 laps and between them raised $280 for E.P. Rayzor! Here are a few pictures from the day:

This is Rayzor, the school mascot. He's showing his support with his cute little "Boosterthon" t-shirt!

Some of the students getting ready to start the Fun Run!

Our favorite "Boosterthon Guy", Dynomite Dave! (yes, I introduced him to one of E.P. Rayzor's greatest teachers last year and rumor has it there is a ring coming in the near future but that is another story for another blog entry...)

The teachers are so enthusiastic! All of the kindergarten and 1st grade teachers made tutu's and dressed up for the day! (the one on the left with her hands up is Mrs. Lewis, Hannah's 2nd grade teacher last year {now teaching 1st grade} and the one on the right is Miss Jones, Hannah's 1st grade teacher and now Haylee's 1st grade teacher)

Haylee with her game face on... "Lady, no time for high-fiving... I am trying to raise some money here!"

Haylee, getting one of her 35 laps marked off! (the shirts have a track with numbers on it... each time they run a lap someone marks it off so they can keep track of how many they completed)

And heeeeeeeere's Hannah! Running her way to $$ for the school!

Hannah getting one of her 35 laps marked off!

I really enjoy the Boosterthon program and look forward to a few more years while the girls are at E.P. Rayzor. Thank you so much to all of those who supported Hannah and Haylee, they were SO excited to report their pledges at school each day! (if we didn't contact you about the Fun Run it's not because we don't love you... we just know there are many worthy causes out there to support {like the girls selling Girl Scout cookies, etc} and didn't want to wear out our welcome!)

Can't wait for the Fun Run next year....