Don't Color on the School!

The boys got home from school one day and before they were all the way inside the door I hear from Logan "You'll be getting a call from the principal."

"Great. NOW what?" I asked.

"Matthew colored on the school." States Logan.

"Aaannd" starts Orin "He won't listen to Safety Patrol."

When I questioned the trio further, I learned that Matthew found a crayon on the playground, picked it up and decided it would be a good color for the school's wall.

In addition, he's been being a stinker to those in charge of waking the "walkers" to and from school.

I immediately called the school to let them know we'd be coming scrub the wall. They were appreciative and said there would be lesser consequences because we were handling things from home.

I was almost disappointed when I saw the damage. So much fuss over such a small amount of "art". If he was going to get himself in trouble, he could have made it worth his while. (At least he chose a school color.)

A little WD40 and some soapy water to scrub that off afterwards and voila! No more blue brick.

As for the attitude adjustment - the threat of having to hold hands with an older brother on the way to and from school was enough to deal with that.

Logan's "Impressive" Project

Obviously, Logan did an exceptional job with this school project.

Good job, Log!!

EcoMonster

Logan's assignment is to build a monster exclusively of recycled recyclable materials.

No parental assistance allowed.





I'm impressed.

First Day Of School 2009

The first day of school this year was rather uneventful. No one was upset to be returning.

Fine Arts Festival

Logan's art teacher submitted his masterpiece to Wooster's Fine Arts Festival held at Wooster High School.

The arrow is pointing out Logan's display in the midst of all the creativity at the Festival. (Of course I managed to block out the actual artwork.)

Focused on the Food

With a most dreadful look on his face, Logan told me he was sent to the principal’s office. My reaction, of course was “WHAT?! WHY?!” Logan never gets into trouble.

He began to tell me a story which made me laugh.

In line for lunch someone (we’ll call him kid #1) apparently said something I don’t care to repeat to another kid (we’ll call him kid #2). Both are friends of Logan’s. Logan was standing next to kid #1 and wasn’t paying any attention until kid #1 screamed the unspeakable something for the entire lunchroom to hear. There was some commotion and kids #1 and #2 were taken to the office.

Some time later Logan was called to the Principal’s office as a witness. Mr. Frank asked Logan what went down in the lunch line. Logan said as he slapped his belly, “Mr. Frank, I was hungry. I just wanted to feed my gut. I was so focused on the food I don’t know who said what.”

Mr. Frank chuckled and told Logan to return to his class.

Anyone who knows my son knows he wasn’t exaggerating. The boy loves his food. This time his love of food kept him from having to rat out a friend – even if it was deserved.

Lewis and Clark

Orin's latest big assignment was a report. He was to pick a famous explorer, write and present a report about him/her and make a replica of this person using a 2 liter pop bottle. Orin chose Lewis AND Clark. Yes - he was the only one in his class to choose a duo. He did GREAT on the report and the pop bottle people turned out wonderful. His grade... A+.

Wacky Day Trio

Orin Wacky Day

Orin's attempt to clash as best he could was a success!

Matthew Wacky Day

Matthew's Wacky Day theme was "everything's backwards".

(We tried backwards jeans, but decided using the bathroom would become a disaster and opted for backwards swim trunks over the jeans.)

Logan Wacky Day

Logan's Wacky Day costume was a sort of farmer/surfer/mohawk/geek look.

Logan's Underware Sign

Logan's class sang the Rudolph song with the silly words. When they sang the silly words, someone held up a sign with a picture of the silliness. Logan got to hold up the silliest of all... UNDERWEAR!

Logan's Underware Sign #2

Orin

Orin's Christmas Program

Logan's Christmas Program

Unfortunately, I didn't get as good a view of Logan as I did of Matthew and Orin.

Matthew

Matthew's Christmas Program

Teacher Gifts

This year's teacher gifts were simple. We mixed "equal" parts applesauce and ground cinnamon into a dough then rolled it out to about 1/4 or more inch thick. (The recipe called for equal parts, but I had to improvise.) I found a template of a primitive looking star on-line, printed it out, traced it onto cardboard then cut it out for our pattern. We cut out the stars then used a straw to poke a hole for the hangers. We left them to dry on cooling racks for several days. When they were ready, we tied raffia through the holes and voila - an inexpensive, but thoughtful way to say Merry Christmas. The ornaments smelled WONDERFUL and we had a great time making them.

Cool Class News

Every month Orin's teacher has the students submit a short story or article for their "Cool Class News" paper. She types them up and sends the newspaper home at the end of the month. Orin's article in this month's paper was the shortest so far this year, but more meaningful.

It's Christmas!
By Orin Selby

The main reason of Christmas is that Jesus was born. Every Christmas is about celebrating the birth of Jesus. It's also about giving people presents. You get to see all your family members. I just love Christmas.

Short and sweet and to the point. He told me he thought about it and wanted to make sure people know Christmas is about Jesus since they're really not allowed to sing about Him in programs and what not at school. Christmas is about presents, too, but Jesus is much more important, so he put Him first. (How thoughtful.)

And to think... When I first opened the Cool Class News and saw how short O's article was I thought he just didn't feel like doing his homework.