School plus some fun activities

Cups practiced blowing into the mouth piece of the clarinet. (It's not easy. I tried, and I couldn't make a sound.)

This girl loves slime. (This had a frog and "frog eggs" in it.)

The family enjoyed many popsicles this summer.

See how he treats his dad and me differently! (And this popsicle was mine even!)

Gofres started his second round of swim lessons.

Apple picking has been a side benefit of going up north to celebrate Agong or Ama's birthday in September over the past few years.

Uh. . .something in this picture reflects Gofres' latest obsession?!

Baby and puppy accompanied me to the West Seattle Farmers' Market this past Sunday.

I was not kidding about the popsicles. 

Gae had the no sugar added Strawberry Banana popsicle.

 Don had the Pineapple Jalapeno~

@ Seattle Pops

The tragedy before school one day. . .

Gofres accompanied me to school to count out milk for each class and shelf books every Monday last year. I thought he would get bored, but he managed to stay happily occupied most of the time. I thought I would keep an eye out for him when I saw little people in the library this Monday, and he was not surprised to see me in a familiar setting.

A week in school

How well did Gofres manage to photo bomb?

Gofres knew the drill. Without prompting he got his folder out and was insistent about zipping up his bag.

Upon entering the classroom he went to the back wall and lined up to check himself in by swiping his name from the top to the bottom of the line on the smart board.

Then he sat down, took out his pencil case and started working on his morning work: writing his name kindergarten style.

Big smiles at the end of the day. . .

He learned to write his name well and still has to work on the h. 

 Miss Rainbowdash has had math homework everyday of the second week.

Gofres wanted to bring a flower for his eighth grade buddy on her birthday. When Cups found a new sprig of peppermint in the yard the next day, he said, "We could have brought that and wouldn't have to spend money."

Two of the besties Cups and Eva at pancake breakfast, hosted for kids who read for at least 15 minutes everyday of the summer - and allowed to miss up to 8 days.

Gofres and Dino, one of G's best friends and Eva's little brother, were happy to see each other. The Kumon teacher encouraged the kids to read at least five days each week - 20 minutes for kids under 10 and 30 minutes for kids 10 and above. Cups and Gofres - a student by association - have been well motivated all summer and collected prizes every week.

Every year each student gets a poster, a book and a goodie bag. Gofres pulled out a Batman poster from seeing the corner of it. A new student in Cups' grade saw that Gofres was all Batman from his backpack to poster and gave Gofres his Batman book.