Kinderbugs

I feel like sharing a couple of pieces of work from Kiernan's first days of kindergarten. These are the first two things he brought home. Since I can't send these to all of you, I offer you electronic versions. You are welcome to print out your own copies and put them on your fridge. Or download them and put them on your desktop...your virtual fridge.


They were studying insects that week. It's been exciting to hear Kiernan tell us the three parts of the insect, and it's been very amusing hearing kid after kid tell parents, "Worms aren't insects!" I've heard that many times over the last few days. My favorite was the adamant way one kid corrected his older sibling with this information, and with the fact that spiders, also, are not insects.

I particularly like this second picture, because my favorite bug is the ladybug. And Kiernan knows it.

The variety of colors in both pictures is no accident. Kiernan is nuts for colors. He recently went through a R.O.Y.G.B.I.V. phase where he would draw rainbows and spell out the colors and use different colors for each letter. I'm very excited about little things like this because I'm not very good with colors and he very clearly is. This makes me happy.

Finally, there's this:


I include this because my mom found it amusing. I had taken a picture of it when I was entering the school grounds to pick up Kiernan on the second day of school because I found it charming. The next week when Kiernan's Nana and Aunt Hope came with me to pick him up, Mom noticed the sign and laughed, charmed by the very same thing that had inspired me to take this picture.

So I include this for her, and for you. Love to all.