First Grade Plays and other Katelyn Stuff

Last week, Katelyn's class did their First Grade Plays.  They did them in their classroom on a makeshift stage.  It was sooo fun, and all of the kids did a great job.  They had to memorize their lines for one play that they were in, but the second play was read.  When I asked Kate if she needed to memorize her lines for the play "The Homework Lesson", she told me:  "NO, Mom, it is readers theater."  I laughed, because I don't think I "knew" what reader's theater was until I was in college or at the very least in high school.  She played the teacher for her readers theatre. They did a cute one about a mean teacher giving too much homework.  Her expression and inflections were just adorable!  I love that she gets such a well-rounded education at Kent City Schools.  She went into 1st grade unable to read, and now she is reading chapter books like crazy.  I have had some deja vu from my childhood when I have to lead her through the school parking lot while she is reading a book.  We have been sooo blessed to have such great public schooling available for her in our area, and her teacher this year has been absolutely phenomenal.   We are so proud of her.   Pictures of the day here:  Flickr set

Another cute thing is her new sign on her door:  NO Toddlers Alowd. Whoever could she be referring to?  Ha, ha! Once again, I don't remember having a concept of what a toddler was at age seven either.   

One night, we were talking about heaven as she has become really interested in it since she made the wonderful decision to believe in Jesus at Release Time Bible class at school a couple of weeks ago. She and her friend decided that it would be really cool if we could all (parents too) could be kids in heaven so that we could all play together.  I just love how kids think!   She also asked some sweet questions about her Grandmom Marlene who passed away just shortly before she was born. She wanted to know what happened to her and why she went to heaven. As we were talking, she said, "Mom, I never got to talk to her.  I can't wait to see her and talk to her in heaven."  I told her how much she loved our girls even though they were not born yet. She wanted so much to hold them and love them. Somehow, I think that is going to be a great day when they finally get to meet face to face!