What is the weather like today...

The weather changes from week to week here in the South. This time last week it was 8 degrees and we were hoping for snow. Just a week later the high for the day is almost 50 degrees warmer! With all the crazy weather on our brains the boys have decided that we should blog about our favorite kind of weather and why. 

Dudley - Fall weather because I like to play with the leaves on the ground. 

Jackson - Summer weather because I can go outside and go to the basketball court next to my house. 

Sohum - I like icy weather because when the lake is icy I can go skating on it. 

Carter - Snowy because I get to throw snow balls at my neighbors.

Stephen - Snowy because we don't have to go to school

Will - I like snowy because we don't have to go to school and also fall because it is really beautiful

Chris - I like snowy weather because I get to make a snow man. 

Frank - I like snowy weather because you get to build snow men and snow angels. 

Renat - I like rainy weather because you get to walk in the rain. 

Reese - Spring weather so we can play outside. 

Kevin - Super hot weather because we get to go swimming. 

Madoc - My favorite kind of weather is summer because you can go to the Sugar Shak at Rosemary Beach. 

Michael - Sunny weather because I can drive my 4-wheeler after school

Aadil - Warm weather because I get to go outside and practice basketball.

Noah - I like summer weather because I don't have to go to school for a long time and I get to have some cousins over.

Craig - Super sunny because I can play with my friends and play basketball.

Witt - Super snowy because then there is a lot of snow to start a snowball fight and you will be in that spot for a long time because there will be a lot of snow to pick up. 

Whit - Summer weather because I get to go to our lake house. 

Reid - Summer weather because I get to go to my land.

Kindergarten Coders

Today we participated in Computer Science Week by learning how to code. Yes, I said code! These kindergarten boys know their way around a computer. We started with the basics of coding. The boys took to it quickly and seemed to really enjoy and understand it. Who knows where the boys will be able to take this new knowledge. Here are some pictures from our "Hour of Coding". 

Christmas Gift Ideas and our Kindergarten Wish List

Christmas is a great time to think about giving as well as receiving. We all get excited about getting gifts but it is just as much fun to give them. Here are some things we would like to give as well as a wish list for ourselves. Merry Christmas! 

Here is what we would like to give:

Dudley - my Transformer toy to my friend Tyler

Sohum - a Kindle Fire HDX to my sister 

Carter - a train set to my brother

Stephen - a Christmas plate to my parents

Frank - a Lego set to my brother

Renat - a Skylander to my sister

Reese - Lulu Lemon gift card to my mom

Aadil - a bow and arrow to my mom

Michael - a Power Ranger sword to my little brother

Madoc - an iPod to someone in another country

Kevin - a Starbucks gift card to my grandmother

Reid - a cross bow for my dad

Whit - a Lego rescue ship set to my brother

Witt - an Xbox One to my big brother

Craig - a blanket to my friend Jack

Noah - a rece car track Lego set to my big brother

Chris - a remote control helicopter to someone that doesn't have one

Jackson - a remote control boat to my friend Drew

Here are a few things we have on our own wish lists just in case Santa checks our our blog! 

Reid - a cross bow

Whit - red electric scooter

Witt - the Skylander Swap Force Dark Star Pack

Craig - a Power Ranger sword

Noah - the Lego fire station

Aadil - a space heater

Michael - a Skylander Swap Force Starter Pack

Madoc - Kindel Fire HDX

Kevin - the Ultra Sonic Raider Lego Ninjago

Reant - Skylander Tree Rex

Reese - a 5-in-1 Sports Scooter

Frank - Ninjago Snack Car

Chris - Scooby Doo stuffed animal

Stephen - Motor Scooter

Carter - Catchers Glove

Sohum - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Wii game

Jackson - a cross bow

Dudley - iPhone 5s

How to cook Thanksgiving dinner. Kindergarten style!

It is always fun to have the class give their best directions int he kitchen. We are looking forward to Thanksgiving dinner and here is how the boys would get it ready if they were in charge.

The Turkey
Purchase a 5 pound frozen turkey.
Let it that in the refrigerator for 5 days.
Preheat the oven to 7 degrees.
Cover the turkey in salt, dressing, ketchup, pepper, and butter.
Stuff the cavity with  spices, pepper, onions and ranch dressing.
Cook the turkey for 3 hours.
Let the turkey sit for 74 minutes before serving.


Sweet Potato Casserole
Purchase 6 large sweet potatoes.
Peel and boil the sweet potatoes for 10 hours.
Mash them up with mashers.
Add one cup of cubed Swiss cheese, about 2 cups of ketchup, 4 cups for sugar, and 10 cups of pepper.
Top with oil to give it flavor. 
Pour in a casserole dish and cook at 20 degrees for 50 minutes.

Green Beans Casserole
Get 30 cans of green beans.
Pour in bowl and add flavor, fresh tiny green beans, little tiny pieces of rolls, 5 cups of butter and 13 tablespoons of hot sauce.
Pour in casserole dish and cook at 29 degrees for 8 hours.


Stuffing
5 Drops of Ketchup Powder
7 Loaves of Corn Bread
5 Loaves of Rosemary Bread
6 Drops of Mustard
9 tablespoons of pepper
12 sleeves of Saltines
15 Eggs
39 Tablespoons of Butter
10 stalks of Celery
Mix everything together.
Cut the turkey in half. Stuff each side with stuffing. Put the turkey back together so it looks like a whole turkey. Put cheese around it. After the cheese melts it will stick the sides together.
Cook at 400 degrees for 81 minutes.


Pumpkin Pie
The Crust - Use white bread  and  9 sugar cookies. Put them together and make a circle for the crust. Put in a pie dish. Cook at 100 degrees for 19 seconds.
The Filling - Scoop out the inside of 5 baby pumpkins. Add 10 cups of white sugar and 10 cups of brown sugar. Fill the pie crust. Cook at 30 degrees for 31 minutes.
After cooking, top the pie with 20 drops of whipped cream.

Hope you enjoy our special Thanksgiving recipes! Happy Thanksgiving! 

Being Thankful All Year

Thanksgiving Pictures

November is finally here! We all think about what we are thankful for around Thanksgiving but the boys and I think you should remember these things all year long. Here are some thing we are thankful for all the time. 

Reid - My Family
Whit - My cat Holly
Witt - That I have the nicest family in the whole wide world.
Craig - My class and my whole family. I will love them forever.
Will - My friends and my family.
Aadil - My food and water.
Carter - Our hearts
Kevin - The world
Frank - Nature
Renat - This whole country
Madoc - All the states that God gave us
Stephen - That the Native Americans and Pilgrims  found this country so all the people that want to live here can live here.
Noah - My whole family, my cousins, my nanny and grandaddy, and my grandma and grandaddy.
Chris - The whole class and the teachers
Dudley - My dogs, my family and my cousins
Sohum - My whole family,  my pet goldfish, and all the people that live here
Michael - My Parents

Pumpkin KWL

Fall is finally in the air here! The temperatures are finally below 80 and we are ready for some fall weather. One thing that always makes us think of fall is pumpkins. We have started exploring pumpkins this week and thought we would learn something new by making a KWL chart.

K - Here are some thing we KNOW:
Chris - they are hard
Reid - the stem is hard
Witt - you can carve them for Halloween into Jack-O-Lanterns
Sohum - you can get a pumpkin and you can make the face and then you can put a light bulb in to it can glow
Dudley - they are kind of gooey inside
Kevin - they are gross on the inside
Reese - you can use it a lot of different ways
Michael - they are really heavy
Renat - there are a lot of seeds inside
Stephen - the seeds taste like pumpkin pie
Aadil - some are big
Will - farmers grow them
Carter - you can put lanterns inside of them
Craig - they can have sprouts in them and there is lots of yucky stuff in there
Noah - they are so round that you can roll them like a ball
Madoc - some pumpkins have leaves on them stem

W - This is what we WANT to learn/know about pumpkins:
Stephen - Does the size of the seed determine how big the pumpkin will be?
Renat - I wonder if you drop the pumpkin if it will pop or not.
Michael - Are some pumpkins so huge that you have to roll them to move them?
Kevin - If there are a bunch of pumpkins that roll down a hill will they all break?
Reese - If you throw a ball at a pumpkin will it come back or make a hole?
Carter - How many lines are there on pumpkins?
Reid - How big can they get?
Craig - How do the seeds get in the pumpkin?
Sohum - How do the seeds grow the pumpkin?
Frank - How to the pumpkins get the food that helps them grow?
Madoc - I wonder if pumpkin seeds are slimy.
Dudley - I wonder of pumpkins can get gooey on the outside.
Jackson - I wonder if you can draw a jack-o-lantern on paper and then copy it on a pumpkin?
Chris - I wonder if the pumpkin breaks if a dog scratches it.
Will - How do pumpkins grow into different colors?
Noah - Can a pumpkin bounce?

We will post again with the L of our KWL at the end of the month! 

It is November 4th and we are ready to add the L to our KWL chart.
Here is what we L - LEARNED about pumpkins.
Renat - They have a lot of seeds.
Sohum - Outside they are very hard and inside they are smooshy
Madoc - There are lines on pumpkins.
Will - They grow in a field.
Chris - They grow on vines.
Stephen - The stems on orange pumpkins are larger than the stems on green pumpkins.
Witt - There are so many lines you can barely count.
Aadil - The grown seeds inside the pumpkin.
Reid - They get picked by hand.
Michael - I learned that some are so large that you have to roll them to move them.

Fall Break is here!

We have been in school for about two months and it is time for a little break. Our Fall Break is this week and some of the boys are taking fun trips and some are going to have great staycations here at home. Here is what we will be up to on our break. Some have been elaborated a bit and some are accurate. Either way, they are fun to read! 

Jackson - I am going to a football game to see Ole Miss play.
Frank - I am going somewhere that has a lot of rides and I get to go on bumper cars.
Sohum - I am going somewhere to go hand gliding.
Chris - I am going to this big mountain to look at the stars and I am going to a beach where I can go waterskating. Then I am going to this place where I have to sign in to go on a boat trip. Then I am going to a museum and then we are going out to eat. It is going to be a long trip.
Noah - I am going to have a staycation. I will probably go to fun places.
Steven - I am going to go to St. Louis and then I am going to Six Flags. The amusement park not the water park.
Madoc - I am going to Tanzania and New York to visit my cousins.
Reese - I am going to Washington, D.C.
Aadil - I am not going anywhere. I am going to play with my brothers.
Renat - I think my mom said we are going for like a cruise for like 5 days. It has 4 pools.
Carter - I am going to Disney World and my brother is going to have his birthday there.
Kevin - I am going to to go Little Rock to stay at a hotel and eat a bunch of bacon for breakfast.
Reid  - I am going to the lake at my land.
Whit - I am going to Florida and lots of people are going to come with me.
Witt - I am going to the beach and I don't know which one it is but it is the one with Sugar Shack.
Craig - I am going to the Children's Museum water park.
Will - I am going to the Little Red River and I am going fishing there.