memilyrae | 
07 20th, 2011| 
Remember these two?
Well, they made a baby!
Isn’t he sweet?!
Liam James Alexander Shaw
7/18/11
7 lbs 7 oz
7:07 pm
Jul
19
Can I just say how much I love our school! Spencer attends Reagan Academy and I. Simply. Love. It! I love the structure. I love the staff. I love the things he has learned. I love the building. I love the push they have for parents to get involved. I love it all!
We receive newsletters every week (and some during the summer) and we just received one today. I love the push they have to always improve and be better. Here’s a little snippet:
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During our frequent visits to classrooms last year we quickly noticed that the instruction taking place was clearly phenomenal. We have recently received preliminary scores from our end of the year testing that confirms what we saw early on. Reagan Academy was part of a select group of charters and districts nationwide that were asked by the U.S. Department of Education to participate in a special “blended” test that measures student progress as well as proficiency at the end of the year. Gains by Reagan students were 67 percent higher compared to the other schools nationwide in Math (Our 7th and 8th Grade Math was 120 percent higher) and 22 percent higher in Language Arts. Many congratulations to our students and parents and a tremendous “Thank you” to our amazing teachers. You could not find such amazing teachers anywhere else.
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Steve and I could not be happier with the experience we have had so far with Reagan Academy and are SO glad there are programs like charter schools out there.
Simply. Love. It!
May
29
So, I made the mistake of showing Steve this picture and now we both want it.
That’s right…that’s Chocolate Chip Cookies, Oreos, and Brownies topped with ice cream. Um…yum! Anyway…I took this picture before topping it with ice cream and it’s definitely not as pretty but it IS yummy. And evil. Very evil. For my waist line. I found the concoction here…let me know if you end up trying it!!! Maybe your picture will turn out prettier than mine!
May
26
I took some video of Spencer’s Kindergarten Program. These kids are so cute!
As a first time Kindergarten parent, I just have to say that I think Spencer (and I) had the very best teachers there could be! Spencer has learned so much and is always happy to go to school. He loves the environment in Mrs Frisby’s classroom (as do I!) and we can all tell how much love Mrs Frisby and Mrs Henry have for the children. They are my kind of gals! The kids in their class look at Mindee and Tracey as more than just teachers, but also as friends. They are my friends too and I am soooo blessed to have had the chance to get to know them! I loved being involved in the classroom and I’m almost afraid that I will not have as great of a connection with ANY of Spencer (or Evie’s) future teachers as I did this year. I can truly say I love those ladies as friends and as Spencer’s teachers! What an amazing year!
Oh, yeah…MY BOY IS A 1ST GRADER!!!! AHHHHHH!!!
May
26
Pledge of Allegiance
German: Counting to 10, Months of the Year, Days of the Week; Spanish: Counting to 10
Apr
27
Steve works for Novell…sorry, I meant, WORKED for Novell. As of today the announcement was made that the sale went through and Novell is now owned by Attachmate. They are separating Novell into Novell and Suse…so I guess Steve really works for Suse and Attachmate owns Suse. We are not sure of the changes yet or what will affect us but it will be interesting to see.
Apr
22
I haven’t done much with pictures lately so here’s just a catch up photo style
1, 2, 3 – crazy snow storm
4 – kids in a tub
5, 6, 7 – my closet I converted to a food storage closet! YAY!
8, 9 – lil g…sleeping and modeling a cute vest!
10 – Spencer’s healed bone!!! He’s walking great (still limps a little…might be mentally limping)
Other than Evie and I having strep, Stephen trying to catch up on school projects (work projects put school projects on the back burner), Spencer healing, Evie being her sweet, emotional self, and holiday/school projects…not much else has been happening.
Mar
29
Mar
29
Hallelujah we are DONE! Well, not completely true actually…we will have another check up in 3 weeks…but the bones are healed and the cast is off!
The weirdest thing ever…the cast caused Spencer’s leg hairs to grow…my 6 year old has long black leg hairs!!!! WOW…that’s weird. Poor kid has dry skin too.
I marked the current (left) x-ray and the x-ray from 2 weeks ago (right). It’s amazing how fast bones grow back!
Dr McLean is awesome! She works so well with kids and Spencer likes her. She always challenges him to a “don’t smile” contest…and he loses every time!
