I absolutely LOVE Kindergarten, especially the homework kits. Each kit comes in different container, and has a theme. For example, a cooler, a sewing kit, a shoe box, and a laundry basket. Each kit includes books and games that teach me math, reading, and geography.

My teacher Andrea is so creative. We’ve made puppets for every letter of the alphabet. We trace, color, and cut our animals and put them on sticks. My favorites are Sydney the Snake and Thai the Tiger. Andrea sends music files home to mom and dad so we can sing a song that teaches the sounds of the letters. And then we practice our handwriting for each letter in upper and lower case.

We even planted a garden at school, with each of us caring for our very own plant. Mine’s kale.

Here’s my Halloween class: Cambrie, Brady, Phoebe, Juna, Madelyn, me, Leland, Tristan, Skylar, and Anjali.

I lost my first tooth at school, and the second in Budapest!

Wendy and Devin came to visit and took me to Jurassic Quest, which all the adults hated it!

Summer always comes late in Santa Cruz, and the Fall has been filled with fantastic beach days, often with Ben and Owen! I had my first sleepover at their house, so mommy and daddy could go to a party in San Francisco.

I’m an orange/white belt now at karate, really improving my focus and even practicing with a staff. The best part of the class is the warm-up because each of us takes a turn pretending to be a creature, while the class has to guess what we are. Daddy took me for a manicure to have my nails painted green so that I could be a peacock!