Veteran's Day Concert

The 3rd grade put on a great Veteran's Day concert today!  Brendan took the afternoon off an came to the school with me to see the concert.  It was so cute and very well done!!

Declan's Montessori Music Performace

 The Montessori program had their music performance today.  They were so super adorable! Declan did great and sang every song!  It was the first time that I have seen him enjoy being on stage!

The Worm Eating Warbler

 Aoife's grade is doing a project on bird migration with the Smithsonian and a school in Nicaragua.  Each child was assigned a bird to research and write a presentation on - Aoife's bird was the Worm Eating Warbler.  The presentation was great and all of the artwork was beautiful!!

Jamestown Field Trip

Today I got to go with Emmy's grade to the Jamestown settlement!  We had so much fun and it was a beautiful day.  We had to get up super early to leave on the bus at 6am but it was worth it.  We had a fantastic tour guide who really brought everything to life!  The Smithsonian was there working on an excavation of the settlement which was amazing!  Usually the pits are covered but we got to see what the basements of the buildings looked like - truly incredible!  

First Day of School - 2016

 WE MADE IT!!!!!  It's the first day of school - finally!  We have had such a great summer but with all of these changes on the horizon, it was hard to wait through the last few weeks of summer!
Aidan started Middle School today and had to get up very early this morning - his bus comes at 6:55 am which means he needs to walk to the bus at 6:40.  The girls really wanted to see Aidan before he left for school so they got up an hour early to see him off!  Declan even ended up waking up right as we were taking pictures - so he made it into a few!!
After a LONG morning, Emmy and Aoife got on the bus to their new school!  Declan was so excited to go to the bus stop to see them and his friend off on the bus.  After they left on the bus, we drove over and met them at the school.  It's a tradition at their new school that parents walk the kids to their classrooms on the first day.  It was a little weird but nice to see them getting settled.  Emmy already knew a few people in her class and she seemed fine.  Aoife was a little worried because she didn't know anyone - but I'm SURE she'll be right in the mix in a few days!!
Afterwards Brendan and I went to breakfast with Declan - I think he likes being an only child!!

Taylor Elementary - 5th Grade Greek Parade

 One of the fun events that the 5th grade does at the end of the year is the Greek Parade.  Each student gets to chose who they would like to dress up as - God, Goddess, hero, monster etc - from Greek mythology and then they proceed out of the school, are announced and then parade around for all of the other students to see.  Aidan choose to be Prometheus and even had an eagle pinned to him that was pecking out his liver!  Super cute (??) - Anyway - everyone had a great time and it was a beautiful Virginia summer afternoon.  Emmy (and 30 of her friends) were pretty happy to be able to stand with me while I took pictures of everyone for the 5th grade slideshow.  Declan was not impressed and played by himself on the playground during the entire parade.

Aidan and Emmy before the parade:

All of the Prometheus's

 the parade!

 Aidan and Andy after the parade:

 Declan!