We started our Owl Days today. OMG!!! Owl Origami is very, very challenging. It even stumped Ms. Erickson and we had to start all over again. But, as you can see, after an hour and a half we got it. Lots of geometry review as we went!!! :0) Tomorrow Jeff the Nature Guy will be here with a live Great Horned Owl. We will also make and eat our owl snacks.

Tomorrow is picture day. Please dress nice. Everyone, even those not buying pictures, will be photographed for the class picture.

Tomorrow is also Hawaii Day. All kids were able to buy in. Kids may bring clothes to change into after our pictures tomorrow.

We had a very special visitor today...Mr. Ashcraft stopped by. He used to be the counselor at Bitterroot but took a job in Wyoming awhile back. He is on spring break so dropped in to say hello! Cool!!!!

Nightly writing tonight: Allison Letter for Ch. 6, White-Out.

Lastly, this morning at CC meeting we talked at length about YOU!!! We talked about parents and how hard being one really is. We talked about how our parents are our friends, help us, listen to any problem they have, and love us no matter what. We also talked about how our friendship with our parents is not a two way street. We talked about how kids should not be sounding boards for their parents. Some kids have to listen to money, relationship, and other hardships their parents have and that is not their job. We talked about that this doesn't mean that when they ask for something their parents can't respond with no son/daughter we don't have money for extras right now. I know you know what I mean. We ended this part of the conversation with tips kids can do to help if this is happening to them. This includes resources Bitterroot has to help those in need, talking to our counselor and getting advise on how to tell mom or dad that we don't like to listen to adult problems, and/or write parents a letter and being honest with them. We talked about all the pressures kids already have just being a kid, and how they will grow up and have adult problems soon enough. :0)

We ended our CC meeting by listening to the song Eric, by the Clintons Band out of Bozeman. You can youtube it to listen. Awesome song!!! We talked about how we need to NEVER lie to our parents because we will continue to need them to believe in us all our lives. After listening to the song, I had them write a letter to their parents. The letter was to be from the heart and to tell them things they wanted to be honest about. I did NOT read these, and told them it was from them to you. Please take the time to read them tonight and hug your child. No matter what it says or if we agree with it, it is what is in THEIR heart regardless right now. I also said that you should save this letter and pull it back out in a few years to see how much they loved you when they were little. They will be rebellous teenagers, like the one in the song, soon enough. I also shared that my nephew, the one that lost his mom this summer, would probably give anything to have his mom come back to Earth and tell him to go to his room or to ground him. I hope this lesson taught kids that parents are so important and that no matter what mistakes the kids make their parents will forever love them.

Enjoy your night with your child.