Raelin's Special Day

Raelin's school has special days for each of the kids where they get to be first at things and they get to bring things from home for show-and-tell. Raelin's special day was last week and Ryker and I went and spent the day with her at school. She told the class about her guys (stuffed animals) that she had brought and she got to be the leader for a couple of activities. Ryker loves going to Raelin's school and he had a great time too. Raelin's teachers are so nice and they let Ryker participate with the class.
The class did some Halloween projects that day. They made pumpkins that puff up as they dry (some mixture of shaving cream, glue, and paint) and they made lanterns with pumpkin faces on them. The kids had a great time. Raelin has gotten some pretty great compliments from her teachers this week. They tell us that Raelin is a great friend. She plays with every kid in her class. She even tries to play with one little girl that won't really play with anyone else and even though that girl doesn't want to play, Raelin keeps trying. Raelin also plays a lot with a little girl that doesn't speak any English. They giggle and laugh together and I'm sure Raelin tries to speak her Spanish-babble to her. She told me she sings the songs she knows in Spanish to the other girl (she likes to sing Love One Another in Spanish). What a sweet kid! I love it! We've got to get working a bit more on the Spanish around here...