Traditions Montessori celebration of Asia - end of year show

Videos to come!!!

Mother's Day tea at Traditions Montessori

What a special morning with my littlest !!! 

Grammie and Papa visit, Franklin Safari field trip and Hot Shots

G & P came up and treated us to dinner and gelato while Daddy was at a conference!

     Jonas grew lovely carrots in his garden box at school!

   Traditions Montessori had a field trip to the Safari Zoo. We had a WILD TIME!!!!

We fed all kinds of creatures from the bus!

Jonas wanted to pose in front of this lemur because he reminded him of Zaboo from Zoboomafoo!

We love our Arthos!

Group picture of some other wild creatures :)

And home in one piece!  What an adventure!

Jonas is loving Hot Shots this semester, I am so thankful. It has usually been some teeth-pulling to get people to play soccer in our house for some reason. I didn't expect it to be fun for that aforementioned reason, but it really has been!

Look What I Can Do - 2016 - Jonas

We enjoyed visiting Jonas up at school for his "Look What I Can Do" presentation! All the boys have done this at Montessori school, and I had to sniffle a little bit when I realized this might be the last of these we see! :(

Jonas shows Milo his tying skills.

In true Montessori style, the older child helps the younger, reinforcing his own knowledge in the process!

Nesting dolls. A great study in proportions!

 Here he is checking his own spelling. After we called out a word, he searched for the letters and then checked his own work! I was sad we didn't get time to the math work he has been doing. Maybe I'll get a second chance to learn math by watching him! 😂

Just some preschool pics - Traditions Montessori School

Daddy plays the violin on Jonas' birthday

Twin day silliness with buddy Will

Mommy reads Jonas' "biography" on his birthday

                                                     
                                                Jonas walks around the sun 5 times!

                                 
                         He labels the months in order (with a little help from Mrs. Ledbetter) :)

Digging time!

Spelling using the moveable alphabet

Group pic at the Thanksgiving program

Family dinner after the Thanksgiving program

Mondays are make your own snack day!

There is always something healthy and fun to look forward to!

Buddies!

Field trips, Sponsor couple grads and Mother's Day Tea and chess tourney

I enjoyed accompanying Dominic's 4th grade class to the George Bush library. I hadn't really gone through the museum before, just seen special exhibits over the years. I was inspired by the Bush family's story and family history!

Our very first sponsor couple graduated from our sessions! We loved our time with this amazing, wonderful couple. Congratulations Matt and Elizabeth!

Jonas learned how to pump on the swing!

And I was treated by him to the annual Mother's Day tea at his school. I treasured this special date with him!

Jonas with Ms. Tena

Dominic also was selected to participate in the school district's chess tournament. He won some, he lost some, most importantly he learned new things while having fun!

Out of Africa - end of year program at Aggieland Country School

We had a wonderful evening in "Africa" with beautiful jungle animals at Jonas' end of year show. Here he is with Jaydn, the grand daughter of the Motekaitis' neighbors since the 70's here in College Station! Jaydn's mother attended Bronius' mother's Montessori School, Mary of the Oaks as a child :)

Jonas practicing the steps to Pato, Pato.

The Lion Sleeps Tonight.  Videos to come soon, if I can figure out how to post them from my iPhone : /

Flags from the United Nations

Jonas and Niam

Jonas receiving his diploma ;)

This is always a special evening we look forward to as a family, with song, dance, treats and friends.  We are thankful for this international school community!