This is the last week of school for Lee and Friday is her last day for this school year. Bo and I went to her third grade skits and awards program on Wednesday morning.
And Today I went for the Terrific Kids Presentation ceremony. Terrific Kids is a student recognition program that promotes character development, self-esteem, and perseverance. Students work with their classroom teacher and establish goals to improve behavior, peer relationships, attendance, or schoolwork. Students then work toward achieving the goal during a specific time period. TERRIFIC is an acronym meaning: Thoughtful Enthusiastic Respectful Responsible Inclusive Friendly Inquisitive Capable. Lee was nominated by her teacher as a terrific kid. This morning ceremony was for the whole school, Kindergarten through Grade Six.
I’m glad I don’t work for a CPA firm, otherwise it wouldn’t be a Spring season at my house but more like a Tax season. If you haven’t filed your 2010 taxes, you still have time and surprisingly some of my co-workers didn’t know that you can still make a deductible retirement contribution such as a traditional IRA contribution to the 2010 tax year. The deadline is April 18th and you can count this towards last year’s tax return. I didn’t make any contribution to my 401K at work this year, so this is a good alternative for me.
I’m not sure what processed me to stop by this place to take a picture after work, perhaps it’s the spring flower tree.
Canon T2i, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens, Manual, f/4, 1/1600sec, ISO 400, focal length 67mm, evaluative metering Canon T2i, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens, Manual, f/4, 1/500sec, ISO 400, focal length 105mm, evaluative metering
I pass this neighborhood everyday and if I were to tell my cousins in Laos that not everyone living in America lives in a big house, I wonder if they would believe me.
Canon T2i, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens, Manual, f/11, 1/125sec, ISO 400, focal length 105mm, evaluative metering
I think this is what they would imagine what living in America is like.
Canon T2i, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens, Manual, f/11, 1/100sec, ISO 400, focal length 40mm, evaluative metering
Big or small, it is still a house.
Canon T2i, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens, Manual, f/11, 1/60sec, ISO 400, focal length 105mm, evaluative metering, closeup cropped
Learning is different also, this year Lee started learning the multiplication table. I recalled that we had to recite the multiplication table every morning before class, repetition seems to work for us growing up in Thailand. As for Lee, her teacher takes a different approach and the students have to sing the multiplication songs. I guess learning could be fun, and the only drawback is that the student would be singing in class while taking the test.
Multiplication Table 2
Multiplication Table 3
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Multiplication Table 7
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I’ve been sick in the last few days and I haven’t been working in my garden much. I think the chance of me seeing my broccoli growing is next to none, someone has been in my garden.
