For the past couple of months Rylees first grade class has been working on their "Someday" books. Now that they are completed, parents were invited to come to an Authors Reading. The day before Rylee came home from school and announced that she was going to wear a dress the next day and her fancy high heeled church shoes. She immediately went upstairs and laid out her fancy dress and shoes all ready for the next day. The next morning after she got dressed she suddenly expressed her doubts. She wasn't sure if she should wear a dress because she was worried about being the only one to dress up. I told her she could wear her maxi dress which was still nice but not as fancy and after thinking it over she decided to stick with the original outfit.
I got to the school about ten minutes before the start time and when I got into the classroom I saw that the front row already had people sitting there and the empty chairs that were left had what looked like reserved papers and some had cute little packages. I didn't know what that was all about and decided to head to the third row. As I walked by I tried to spy on the papers and packages but couldn't really see what they were very well. A minute after I sat down I had another couple sit right in front of me and I thought not very happy thoughts about that situation, made seeing very difficult. A couple minutes after that Miss Hixon saw me and informed me I had a seat saved up front. What!? Sure enough there were two seats that had reserved for Elizabeth Peterson papers and one had one of the cute little packages I was trying to spy on. Apparently Miss Hixon rewards parents who have volunteered throughout the year by saving them front row seats. I love that idea, what a great thank you for all of our helping. Plus the extra thank you in the way of a cute little package with lotion and soap was really excellent. I loved the "helping Hand" thank you and I don't have it pictured but all of the kids had signed the back. What a sweet idea!
Since I had two seats reserved for me and only one of me I let my friend Jessica Mortensen, who's daughter Claire is in the class, sit next to me. This proved to be really great when it was time for Rylee to do her reading as I had Jessica take pictures with my camera while I video recorded. So nice not to have to juggle the two which is what I usually end up doing. I also returned the favor when her daughter got up by taking pictures with my camera since Jessica was too slow with the camera on her phone.
After the kids were all done Miss Hixon pulled out an extra book for each child that she had made for them compiling school work and pictures from throughout the year. Another fun and fantastic idea!
While we sat together and looked though her books we got to eat cake and I was definitely a fan of that. Rylee did such a good job on her coloring and stories. I loved everything about this book and am so happy that they have the opportunity to record things that they "dream" about as first graders. Some of her things really made me laugh!
I am not sure that this is necessarily a dream since we go every year to the beach and play in the water. :)
I absolutely love this picture she drew of her future family. How cute is she with her husband and three kids, one being in a carseat. I also like that she will not get her drivers license until she is married with three kids and they celebrate by going out to eat.
OK this picture and dream made me laugh so hard. She is going to make a beautiful cake and eat it all by herself! Where did she learn that from? ;) It is hard to see but in the picture she is so happy with her cake meanwhile two of her kids are watching her and crying! So sad. Plus there is her Husband looking for something in the basement. I love the spiders and that he has a flashlight.
Interesting that she cannot buy food until she is rich. Nice that she will share the food she buys with her children though, unlike the cake she eats by herself. :)
Hey, walking without a cane is a great dream to have for when you are old!
I included just a couple of the pages from her Keepsake book.
Loving the cute little Rylee Elf so much! She is already such a great example to her parents!
This page was awesome. Miss Hixon had an app that would age the person 100 years. So on the 100th day of school they took pictures to see how they would look at 100. Rylee will have some very lucky Grandkids because she will make an adorable Grandma!
To see that Rylee will be the class of 2025 is so crazy to me. It seems so far away yet so close. I know the years will continue to fly by, not sure how I feel about that situation happening! She wrote that she wants to be an artist when she grows up. Considering how much she likes to color and draw that is not a very big surprise to me. I am just so happy that I get to be the recipient of so many of her drawings!
Loved all the work that went into making these books and am very grateful for all the memories they hold and am glad that Rylee will have these to look back on for a very long time.