3rd Grader

Year after year, the feedback from Jack’s teachers is that he is a self-motivated, focused, responsible student.  I walk away from each and every parent-teacher conference full of pride about this kid…and, maybe a little disbelief at how studious he sounds because he would certainly rather be playing around outside than studying when he’s at home.  The only thing lacking might be his neatness and organization skills—which makes us all the more thankful that Jack has Ms. Jarrett this year, THE most organized teacher I’ve ever met.  She’s also a lot of fun and Jack has a running joke going with her about the Florida-Auburn rivalry.  Third grade has been a fun year for Jack—he couldn’t have asked for a better group of friends in his class or a better teacher.

Here are some highlights from late winter/early spring of Jack’s 3rd grade year (most of these images are from other parents or Jack’s teacher):

{Living Museum Day—Jack’s class all represented Americans who were the first to accomplish something.  Jack was John Glenn, first American to orbit the earth.}

{Valentine’s Day shoebox monster ready to chomp on some Valentine cards.}

{Field trip to Discovery Place.}

{Jack’s class pet, Toothy, came home with Jack over one weekend.  It rained most of the weekend so we had to get creative to take him on adventures—bowling and Mexican food.  They did get a little soccer in Sunday afternoon.}

{Our studious boy—the light was so pretty, I felt inspired to photograph the ‘everyday’ like I used to all the time when the kids were little.  I guess I got a little distracting…and then maybe a little annoying.  Oh well.  Love this face.  Oh, and in this picture you can really see the extra permanent tooth that Jack has coming in on his upper left side and that is pushing his two front teeth off center.  He had an extra baby tooth in the same place that had to be pulled.  The permanent tooth will have to be pulled, too, which is a bigger undertaking and involves an oral surgeon.  We have to wait until we can clearly tell which of two teeth in that space looks most similar to the one on the other side.}

{And, a quick soccer portrait in the backyard—Jack has to submit a photo each year for a soccer ID card in order to play competitive soccer.}