Joyria and Mr. Piggy have such as special bond! Joyria was the one that was so in love with Miss Piggy as well. As soon as she enters the classroom in the morning, Joyria goes over to say "Hello" to Mr. Piggy. When given indoor recess or free time, all Joyria wants to do is hold and pet Mr. Piggy! She is so kind and gentle with him. How sweet!
We have taught the kids that, when Mr. Piggy is in his green igloo house, he wants to be alone. So, they are not to touch him while he is in there. It is definitely for his own sanity!! Ha! Ha! On this day, Joyria REALLY wanted to play with Mr. Piggy. She never did touch the cage, but she kept waving her hand and saying "Come on Piggy"! Awww....
Miss Piggy started this tradition. She was quite popular around the school and everyday at lunch we would leave with approximately 5 apples that students, from different classes, had saved for her. It looks like Mr. Piggy has definitely continued this tradition. Once everyone learned that we had gotten a new guinea pig, apples, carrots, celery, etc. started pouring in! Like I said, that's one spoiled guinea pig!
Ms. Kelli is a regular in our classroom! We love it when she comes to visit! We can't wait until next year when she brings Baby Blair to come and visit! Ms. Kelli is expecting a baby girl in July!
Ms. Kelli was so kind that she volunteered to come all three days! On this day, she and her group presented their word project to the class!
On Wednesday, Grandma Sandra (Ms. Malcom's grandma) came to help! We had a great time with her and she even let us all call her Grandma! Enoch especially had fun when Grandma got down on the floor with him and pushed him on the Sit-N-Spin!
Grandma Sandra is the one that gave us our kitchen set! We love it very much!
Our class picture at Area Track & Field!
The girls (DeAsia, Lucy, and Joyria) before they began their 50-meter dash!
Lucy and DeAsia were in the same heat and raced each other! Lucy won first place! DeAsia took her time down the track! Ha! Ha!
Joyria did an awesome job on her 50-meter race and had several high school students from Greater Atlanta Christian School run behind her cheering her on! She loved that and giggled down the entire track!
La'Shawn tried his best during his wheelchair raced and push himself the entire way! Way to Go La'Shawn! That was hard work!
DeAsia loved Mrs. Stowe's hat!
This was the funniest part of the whole day! Lucy and Joyria began with two volunteers that were supposed to assist them in getting to their heats, etc. By the end of the day, they had an entire fan club of high school students! You can't see it very well, but Lucy is the little orange shirt that you see in the center of the circle below. She was actually arm wrestling one of the high school boys! Ha! Ha!
Ms. Kelli (Ms. Malcom's sister) and Santoes were great friends!
Mrs. Higdon, Ms. Malcom, and Mrs. Stowe pose for a picture!
Another funny picture of Lucy and Joyria's fan club! All of the students behind them are a part of their fan club! They followed them around all day, played with them, and gave them lots of attention! They also all cheered for them during the softball throw! :-)
We also ran into one of our old friends from last year, Izaiah! Izaiah was in Ms. Malcom's class last year at Fairview! Ms. Malcom was so happy to see Izaiah and so was Lucy! Izaiah was one of Lucy's best friends in her class last year!
One the way home, Lucy and Joyria sat together on the bus! They are great friends!
DeAsia asked Ms. Malcom many times throughout the day to "give her sugars"! She loved participating in Special Olympics and was so happy all day! You've got to love that girl! She has a special place in Ms. Malcom's heart! Ms. Malcom doesn't mind giving her "sugars" anytime she asks for them! :-)
After a long, exhausting day, Aaron took a nap on the way home! How sweet!
Today was very difficult as well because we always included Miss Piggy in parts of our classroom routine, such as calling her name during roll and greeting her in the mornings. After I explained to the students that Miss Piggy would no longer be with us, I asked if anyone had anything to say about Miss Piggy. Lucy immediately raised her hand and said "I love Miss Piggy". I explained that we all loved Miss Piggy and thanked Lucy for sharing. Joyria then raised her hand. I asked her if she had anything to say about Miss Piggy. Joyria pointed to her cage and said "Piggy". Joyria was Miss Piggy's special friend. As soon as she entered the classroom every morning, Joyria went straight to where Miss Piggy was laying on the floor and petted her. Lastly, La'Shawn raised his hand. I asked La'Shawn if he had anything to say about Miss Piggy and he simply said "Love". That was all he had to say! EVERYONE loved Miss Piggy!
Below are a few pictures of Miss Piggy over the last three years! There will never be another class pet like her!
La'Shawn wasn't so sure about getting his hands dirty but he loved watching his friend, Lucy, do it!
Aaron loved it even more- Obviously!
Santoes wasn't quite sure why we were letting him to this! Ha! Ha! Mrs. Higdon showed him that it was okay and boy did he enjoy it after that!
When I say he enjoyed it, I mean he ENJOYED it! Ha! Ha!
What a cute smile, Lucy!
Mrs. Stowe and Enoch work on decorating Enoch's flower pot! Once the flowers begin to grow, we will give our flower pots to some very special people (we can't tell who yet)!
Joyria puts her seeds in her potting soil!
Lucy loved planting her seeds!
