Happy Halloween!

So I have never been a really big fan of Halloween, but I have to say as a school teacher I love it! Let me explain by saying I do not love the days leading up to it at school, but I do love the actual day! It is so fun to see all of the kids in their costumes, and their excitement. In the last couple of years I have also learned that first graders have no clue who classic characters are. Last year as a team we all dressed up as Wizard of Oz characters, and this year we are all Alice in Wonderland characters. I have decided if you aren't Hannah Montana, Spiderman, or Iron Man they just don't know who you are! Anyway we are having a lot of fun and here are some pictures to enjoy

First Grade Team- Hidden Hollow 2008-2009

Picture Time

So we have figured out that if we take Hannah to get her pictures done on her birthday and around Halloween time, that gives us professional pictures every six months or so. This year Hannah has been so excited to dress up as Sleeping Beauty! I think she has been talking about it since June. Anyway here are the latest pictures. She is two and a half in these (give or take a couple of weeks!) Enjoy!

Strange things happen at night!!

So there are many members of the Coombs family that come alive at night, especially when they are young. (Not mentioning any names Uncle Terry) Anyway, since Hannah has always been a really good sleeper, I was hoping she wouldn't be one of those kids that got up in the middle of the night and did strange things. Well, I can officially say that Hannah falls into the category of things that go bump in the night.
Last night, I guess you could say early this morning, around 2:30 I woke up and Hannah's bedroom light was on. I yelled from my bed, Hannah what are you doing? To which she answered Mom, I need to play dress ups but I can't find my pink dress. I quickly got out of bed to talk to her. Of coarse she was wide awake and wanting to play. After a couple of minutes we reached a compromise where she could wear her pink dress up to bed.
I thought all was well and taken care of until about 4:15. Again I woke up to Hannah's light being on. When I looked up to see what was going on, I saw Hannah standing right next to my bed. This time she had not only her pink dress up on, but also her tiara, gloves, shoes and wand in hand. When I asked her what she was doing, she replied "I am waking you from the spell" Because I was so out of it, I said "What spell?" She calmly answered "Your sleeping spell, please give me a kiss!" This was just too much for me, I had to start laughing. Again I had to convince her that it was night time and not time to be playing. This time I wasn't as lucky and I couldn't convince her to take her tiara, or shoes off!

Halloween Soup!

So I don't know about any of you, but Halloween is not really my favorite holiday. Since becoming a school teacher, I have learned that I'd better start liking it or just be miserable for the entire month of October. (since that is all first graders want to talk about as soon as it turns October). Anyway, so last week we were reading in our poetry books about Halloween Soup. As we were reading I suddenly got a great idea. We were going to make Halloween soup at school. So the first thing I did was have the kids help me make a shopping list (of course making lists is on the state core). And then I told them that I was going to go to the store and see if I could find all of the things that I needed. So the poem mentions things like chicken ears, lizard tongues, zebra toes, spider tails (I know spiders don't have tails), etc. My next job was a bit harder and that was finding candy that went along with each item in the poem. I have to say I didn't get everything, but most things. The funniest part of the whole thing was that I totally had my kids freaked out. That is all they wanted to talk about for the entire week. A couple of kids said that their moms wanted the reciepe, others said that they wern't allowed to eat it. It was hillarious. I have to admit that for a short moment I actually liked Halloween. It was fun!
Ingredients that I used

Randomness

So I know it has been a totally long time since I have posted anything new. Not that nothing new has been going on, actually to the contrary. There has been so much going on that I don't have the time to post. So I thought I would just share a few pictures and update you on a few of the happenings in the Coombs household.

Hannah really enjoyed watching the Olympics. Her favorite of course was the gymnastics. I can't say that I blame her. Anyway she came downstairs one day with her leotard on and her metal that she got from swimming lessons on. She then informed me that she was a gymnastics winner.


Hannah has started preschool and she absolutely loves it. She can't wait to get there and she fights Chad everyday when it's time to go home. Her favorite thing to talk about is her school friends and Miss. Clarissa. The other day she informed me that she has bones in her face and hands. When I asked her if she has bones in her feet as well. She put her foot right in her face and then said "I totally do mom." I later realized that they were learning about their bodies at school.

Because I am at a brand new school this year, we went about three weeks without a playground. For weeks my students would write in their journals about the new playground and how excited they were for it to be finished. When it was finally ready for them to play on it looked like a million little ants on a crumb of bread. I was actually really impressed with how well behaved they were and how they all just waited their turn. It was really fun.

What a difference a day makes

I don't know really what to say with this post, except that I am so excited! Just take a look for yourselves.

Chances Are?

So I was going to post this to my Hannah says section of the blog, but it is too long of a story, so here goes. Hannah's new favorite thing to do is read stories to herself. As a first grade teacher, (and a biased mother) I would have to say that she is really good at looking at the pictures and telling an accurate story based on what is going on in the picture. Anyway, her favorite books right now are the "If you give a mouse a cookie" series. Recently her story telling has sounded something like this... Once upon a time there was a princess, and "Chances are" she didn't like her stepmother. It really cracks me up that she inserts the "Chances are" line from her favorite books into each story. Anyway yesterday she was reading a book she has about turkeys and this is what she says... "If you give a turkey a waddle, chances are, she'll want a neck!"
Isn't she the most clever girl ever. I have to say that I couldn't stop laughing at her. I hope this gives you at least one thing to laugh about today!

Disneyland Fun

All summer we have been looking forward to our trip to California, and most importantly to Disneyland. That is all Hannah has been talking about for months. I have to admit, I was looking forward to it, but it was a little bitter sweet. It was sweet in that I knew Hannah was going to love it and I was excited to see her little dreams come true. It was bitter in that I knew once it was over that marked the end of my summer and back to the grindstone.
Well the trip went on without a glitch and we had a wonderful time. One of the highlights was a Princess dinner full of fun and visits from the very best, i.e. Ariel, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and Snow White. Hannah could not stop smiling and was such a little princess herself. I loved to watch her and her little eyes light up.
Here are some fun pictures that show her great excitement.

Princess Hannah

Lately I have been trying to download all of our home videos onto my computer and put them all into one movie so that I can burn them onto a DVD. it has been a lot of fun to watch Hannah as a baby and growing up. She loves it!! Her new favorite topic of conversation is when she was a baby. She asks a million questions about things that she did, or things she didn't know how to do as a baby. It is really fun. Anyway, through the process I have realized that I haven't taken any video of her recently. So, I got the camera out yesterday and taped her doing two of her favorite things (singing and twirling). I hope you all enjoy and you don't get to dizzy watching.

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Happy Father's Day

Hannah has the best dad in the whole world and here are a few reasons why...
- He tells really good jokes
- He plays games and reads stories to her
- He draws pictures with her on her art easel
- He teaches her about animals and takes her exploring by the lake
- He lets her help in the garden even if she makes more of a mess than he would like
- He loves her and kisses her all over every day
- He loves her mom and works really hard
- He has a testimony and shares it by the way he lives his life
- He says prayers and tucks her into bed every night

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