Change of Schools

The Lubbock ISD Board of Trustees approved on Thursday morning the relocation of the PK/Head start classes that are housed on 4 campuses to 16 elementary campus. This is in an attempt to save some elementaries that have very low numbers, to save money by closing down our campuses, and to gain money to continue our full day pre-k programs.  Martin will most likely be torn down because it is so far East that no one is willing to buy it.  2 of the campuses will be used for other LISD usages and the 4th school was bought by Sodexo which is our custodial company.
Therefore, I will no longer be at my sweet school for the upcoming school year (2010-2011).  I will be moving to Jackson Elementary which is on the East side of Lubbock.  It currently only has 180 students attending with 2 teachers for each grade and it has 10 empty classrooms. From the website that they have, it is an older crowd of teachers and the principal has 2 campuses that she is responsible for (Guadalupe is the other one which 3 of our fellow teachers will be moving on to).  There is no special education classrooms available for students there at this time, so I will be the first.  I will be going with 5 of my fellow teachers that are 4 year old teachers. So starting as soon as possible we will begin packing up the hoards of materials that we have in our classroom and labeling them to head over to the new school this summer.  We will have to spend some of the summer unpacking our things and getting it situated since there is not enough time at the beginning of the school year to unpack and set up the classroom.
I am very nervous about this move.  I think it is going to be a big change for us as pre-k teachers, but it will also be a big change for the school.  We are bringing in a very different curriculum and we are bringing in many more kiddos then they are used to.  We shall see how things turn out in a couple of months! Wish us luck!!!

Much Love,
Jessica

Addison can Read

We have been nonchalantly doing sight words with Addison since she was able to start signing. We started with Hot only because she really enjoyed signing that word and thought we could show her what it looked like. She picked up on it really quickly. We have moved to her name, mommy, and daddy. She is doing really good and is doing expressive and receptive skills!



Much Love,
The Reynolds

Happy Easter

We had a great Easter weekend! Nana and Poppa came for the weekend, which was a nice visit! We went to Vintage Township on Saturday for their Easter Celebration. They had a big Easter egg hunt, which Addison loved!! She did so good waiting until they told her to go, then Daddy and Addison went running to get some eggs. I think she ended up with about 7 or 8 eggs, which is pretty good considering how many toddlers were out there with parents! We then got to take pictures with 2 Easter bunnies, the character bunny and the real bunny. Addison wanted to give the character bunny a kiss and was very excited to see her (much better experience from her Santa experience). She then sat next to the real bunny and pet him! This was such a fun time! We then came back that day and made homemade ice cream for our Easter dessert. While the ice cream was going, we enjoyed our first experience with chalk. This was messy and lots of fun!
On Easter Sunday we had Mia, Pop, and Mammy join us for our family celebration. The Easter bunny visited Addison with lots of eggs in the backyard and a basket full of books and some bubbles! Addison had a hoot with the eggs in the backyard. Every time she saw an egg she would scream and run after it. When she opened her eggs and found money in them she would scream, "MONEY!" Oh boy, are we in trouble! For lunch, we had a very yummy ham, party potatoes, roasted green beans, and rolls! It was wonderful! For dessert we had homemade apple pie and homemade ice cream. It was fun to use our new table and the leaf for it! We were able to fit all 8 of us at one table. We ended the day with a trip to the arboretum where we took some pics of the beautiful daffodils.
YEA for a wonderful Easter weekend!!
There are more pics on our picasa web page

Much Love,
The Reynolds

Poker Face

Addison's new favorite song!!

Bye Bye Paci

This is the paci graveyard or the paci hiding spot. Since we have been back from Dallas/Spring Break, Addison has been paci free. We told her the first night when she asked for it that we left it at Uncle T's and that she was going to have to be a big girl. She looked at me and said, "okay mommy" and that was it. That was it? If I knew it would have been that easy I would have done it quite a while ago. She has asked only 3 or 4 more times, but it has been an easy easy transition!! I think it has helped that she only has been able to get her paci at bedtime for the past couple of months. YAY for Addison and YAY for us!:)


Much Love,
The Reynolds

Birthday Flowers

My beautiful flowers that were delivered to school for my birthday!! Thank you Thomas! I love you and I loved the flowers so much!

That's where I found you and that's where you found me!

For my wonderful husband!!
There is no special occasion for Thomas and I, but I wanted to say how much I love my husband and how great my life is with him! I am thankful to have come to Lubbock so that we could come into each others lives!! How lucky I am to have him. I love you Thomas




ubbock is for lovers
and long lost, land locked, land lubbers
but as for you and me
we're not afraid of the sea
even with so much to discover
lubbock will always be for lovers
'cause that's where I found you
and that's where you found me

In this dusty Texas town
I wondered what I found
the first time you sat next to me
I didn't believe in love at first sight
but at second I just might
'cause two looks is all it took for me
the white cotton fields
and tireless oil drills
they're all well and good for industry
but as I watched this unfold
I knew I'd struck gold
and that I would follow you across land and sea

lubbock is for lovers
and long lost, land locked, land lubbers
but as for you and me
we're not afraid of the sea
even with so much to discover
lubbock will always be for lovers
'cause that's where I found you
and that's where you found me

The bright northern lights
and Himalayas' dazzling heights
I'm sure they're stunning sights to see
but seeing the west texas sky
in the reflection of your eyes
was enough to take the breath out of me
from singapore to bangalore
paris, new york, or DC
we can go as far as our hearts may roam
but if home is where the heart is
I know where the start is
and forever until the end, will always be

'cause lubbock is for lovers
and long lost, land locked, land lubbers
but as for you and me
we're not afraid of the sea
even with so much to discover
lubbock will always be for lovers
'cause that's where I found you
and that's where you found me