January Accomplishments

This month we have a new imaginary friend.  His name is Texas.

Most of her stuffed animals have names now instead of just being named dog, caterpillar etc. 

In Montessori:  Was the line leader, calendar keeper, Meteorologist, substitute

This month she has started to give us thumbs up when she likes something.

At Texas Roadhouse for dinner with Bonnie.  We had just finished eating and just as the waiter came back to see if we needed boxes Rachel yelled at the top of her lungs she needed to go to the bathroom.  Yeah besides the waiter the rest of the restaurant heard it also.  I was embarrassed but the waiter was pretty good natured about it.  He just laughed and said, "I think she needs to go?"

Conversation with Scott as he was getting her up one morning:
Scott:  Rachel it's time to get up
Rachel:  Dad leave me alone I'm not a morning person.

Discovery Center Montessori Field Trip January

This month's field trip was to the Discovery Center.  I had never been there.  So it was good to go see what it is all about.  They always gather together at the beginning of their field trips to sing their hello song.  This is them all singing.

 Rachel being the most animated of the group during the song.

 1st thing she did was this balance beam.  We didn't last long here.

 This was definitely the favorite thing to do here at the discovery center for her.  We did this several times and she wasn't happy if she had to wait for someone else to have a turn.

Look how high I can go all by myself.

 One of the scientists did a science show for us.  It was lots of fun.  Rachel listened pretty intensely for her. We are learning about liquid nitrogen and how it reacts in different situations.

 She put 10 blown up balloons into this cooler of liquid nitrogen. Yes all 10 went into this cooler

 They came out looking like this.  After they warmed up out of the cooler they filled back up to the regular size.  The molecules go back to their normal size.

This was fun for me mostly.  We made this arch out of blocks and it actually stood up by itself.  It was awesome and everyone left it up the whole time we were there.  As you can see in the back there were lots and lots of different experiments we were able to do.  We stayed for about two hours and then Rachel and I went out for lunch.  It's kind of a tradition now that whenever there is a field trip we go to lunch.

Let it Go Song

Rachel loves to watch the Let It Go Song from Frozen on You Tube and she especially loves it now on the big screen.  I ended up recording her singing it and doing all the actions.  It's very good for being 5 years old.
Let It Go - Frozen

New TV

So our friend Drummer decided that she wasn't going to have her super bowl party that she normally has.  So Scott decided he wanted a new TV.  Well we went in search of a new one.  He of course wanted an 80 inch and I saw the price and said, "No Way."  The 70 inch was about a thousand bucks cheaper.  So we started researching and found one at Sam's Club that came in a package deal for the same price it was here at Walmart without the package that went with it.  This is our brand new TV.  It's totally awesome.

 This is the picture I sent to Scott while at work so he could hurry home after work.

 He got home and we put the TV up on the wall.  It's awesome and so huge.