Fashion Frontier

Our fashion show production class served up a nice summer fashion show titled "Fashion Frontier" on June 9. I was part of the awesome visual team who also created a magnificent window display and stage design. The whole class did a terrific job "Yeee-haw!" Ya'll enjoy the highlights:

The Little Man

For some reason, Alex's school picture was not delivered with the rest of the class last fall. Today we finally got it. Isn't he handsome?

Back to School night

This past Thursday was Back to School night at Plavan. David was excited to be able to check out more of his old school.

Here is the inside of the Plavan. David said not a whole lot has changed aside from the paint. They are still using the same metal folding chairs he sat on as a kid. Click the picture for the full size:


Next door to Alexander's classroom is the class of his former pre-school teacher, Miss Jill. Last year her dad built her a jungle hut for her class, for her room's "Welcome to the Jungle" theme. This year she chose Peter Pan as her decorating theme and her dad built her this AWESOME pirate ship out of wood and plywood

Even the gangplank folds up and sails fold down. How cool is that?!

post by Armilyn

First Day of School

Wednesday, September 3rd, was Alex's first day of kindergarten. About 2 weeks earlier, we had been informed that he would not be going back to Newland Elementary, where he had gone to preschool for the past 3 years. Instead he would be going to Plavan Elementary, which is the elementary school I went to a long time ago. Alex was familiar with the school since we go to the playground all the time, and he went briefly for summer school during his first year of preschool.

So of course we had to bring him to school the first day. Alex's Oma showed up as well. We all met Alex's kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Knutsen, who we found out had helped to teach Alex during that summer school 3 years ago.

Alex and Mrs. Knutsen

Alex was a bit overwhelmed with all the activity--it was very crowded with all the parents dropping the kids off--but he just checked out the playground. He also ran into some old friends, as we found out his entire preschool class had been transferred from Newland to Plavan as well. So many of his old classmates and his teacher, Miss Jill, were there to our surprise.


Alex checks out the playground before class

We went in and I got to check out my old school. It had been 22 years since I graduated, and 11 since I was last inside. It looks pretty much the same, with just different paint. The library is still in the middle and they even have some of the old furniture. I can't wait until back-to-school night so I can explore some more.

post by David