First grade edition of the Top 10:
-Anything and everything related to Cars 3!
-Saturday nights with Tyler and Carleigh
-The Haunted Hot Rod episode of Mickey and the Roadster Racers
-Swimming at the MHS pool
-Lulu & Rosie…and Lacey too!
-Learning to read
-Collecting Indians, Cavs, Browns, and Buckeyes cars & trucks
-Building with Legos
-Playing Memory Match Game & Go Fish
-Building with Tinker Toys!
Thanksgiving was highlighted today by Alan bringing his Thunderhollow criss-cross race track to share with his cousins. They loved crashing cars on the race track. The kids also enjoyed a game of hide and seek with Grandma Debbie!
When we got back home, Alan decorated his new, much taller Christmas tree. After realizing one string of lights wasn’t enough for the new tree, we went to Target to get another set. We also picked up some Cars 3 ornaments, as the year of Cars 3 continues on!
For the second year in a row, Cassidy’s birthday party was held at Chuck E. Cheese’s. Alan and I loved it because we got to play air hockey together. Later on, after the kids ran out of tokens, Alan, Xavier, and Josh entertained themselves by running through the play area and hanging out in their cage hideout. They had so much fun that they closed the place down for the second year in a row!
Mrs. Russo likes to post photos from 1st grade periodically on Twitter. Here are a few of Alan – with Brady, with Ryleigh, and with the whole class.
For his Thanksgiving homework assignment, Alan disguised a turkey as a construction worker to avoid being spotted on Thanksgiving. It was a throwback to the same preschool homework assignment for Mrs. Davisson’s class, when Alan also disguised a turkey as a construction worker. Alan’s interests haven’t changed since then!
Cars 3 is now out on DVD, and Alan became a proud owner of a copy the first day it was available. We have been waiting since the summer for this DVD to come out, and we wasted no time in having a movie night together last night!
It’s fitting that Alan also lost another tooth yesterday (next to front big right tooth). Nothing has defined Alan’s first grade year more than Cars 3 and losing teeth!
Congrats to Alan, the student of the month representative from Mrs. Russo’s class for November! Alan, along with the other five first grade winners, was invited to lunch with the principal, as his reward.
I was thrilled to see Alan’s smiling face come through on my Twitter timeline while at work this afternoon. Best post I’ve ever seen on social media. 🙂
Alan’s first season in the Mayfield LBJ basketball league is officially underway! Alan has worn his lucky Cavs Championship shirt to the first few sessions. It must be bringing him good luck because today he made his first ever shot on the big hoop!
My camera was fortunately in hand, so here’s his form on the shot:
Alan’s friends playing in the league include Noah, Grady, Anton, Joshua, and De’Onta. Alan partnered with De’Onta to work on bounce passes.
Alan’s school celebrated active and retired veterans of military service at a school assembly this week. Alan wished his own Veterans Day Hero, Uncle Josh, could have been there with the other guests being honored, but Alan was still able to hang up Josh’s picture in the hallway. 🙂
Alan and I put on our LeBron jerseys – circa 2008 and 2016 – and headed to the Q today to watch the Cavaliers take on the Hawks. Alan was content to buy popcorn and watch the whole first half from our seats. He cheered on LeBron — who finished with 26 points one game after becoming the youngest of seven players to reach 29,000 career points — and learned the names of the new Cavaliers.
We also explored the concourse and stopped over at the Wine & Gold United Headquarters. Alan found his name on the hardwood floor (all by himself) within the first “A” in the “All For One and One for All.” Only one name can be listed for each season ticket holder group, and after using my name last year, this year we used Alan’s!
Upon closer examination, we realized that like Alan, Daddy also chose to be Batman for Halloween in first grade! It’s uncanny sometimes how similar we are.