Celebrating Veterans Day in Kindergarten

Notice my boys cutting up in the corner!
Sean is showing the class a solar powered, hand cranked
radio they gave out in Africa.

Cullen's class.

Getting ready to march and sing
"God Bless America" They do this
EVERY morning. I love Catholic School.
Then one student wins the "Patriotic
Citizen Award" Cullen suggested to Mrs. Lohr
that Sean gets that special award today.
Isn't that the sweetest?? Sean put it with his
prized Army awards. :)

Sean demonstrating all his gear and showing them
the First Aid kits they carry.

Marching to "God Bless America!"

The whole class marching. :)

Still marching at the end...

Cullen leading the march. :)

Saint Paul

Not sure if you can read this...
My name is Cullen.
The saint is St. Paul.
Fitting, his grandpa's name is Paul. :)

Celebrating All Saints Day

Cullen came home that day and talked a lot about
all the Saints and asked a little about St. Nicholas and
St. Anthony. I told him St. Nicholas is Santa, he got a kick out of that.
Then I taught him the prayer to St. Anthony, when you lose something.
We said it, in hopes he would find Cullen's lost school uniform belt... We'll have to say
it a few more times, it hasn't appeared yet. :)

Mrs. Lohr asked Sean to come in and talk to Cullen's class about his job as a Solider in honor of Veterans Day. Cullen was so excited to have us join him at school. (I was actually there all day. I helped in centers in his classroom in the morning, went to the lunchroom to serve food, then back to the classroom for Sean's presentation.) This morning as I was taking him to school, he said "My whole family is going to be at my school today!!"

Sean went above and beyond during his presentation and show 'n tell! He wore his uniform and put together a slide show of various pictures of jumping out of airplanes and different countries he's been to. He included these two, Cullen felt really special. :)

At Sean's Special Forces graduation. :)

Cullen at 6 months old, in NC. His first time
watching Sean jump from a plane. I told him, I have vivid
memories of him sleeping with his bottom up in the air, on a
blanket in the shade during the whole thing.

Sean did an awesome show 'n tell... bringing in cold weather MRE's (Meal Ready to Eat) for the kids to taste. He showed them medals, equipment, coins, flags, let them wear his kevlar (helmet), it goes on and on.... At the very end he explained the use of Chem-Lights (glow sticks) then he gave them each one. The kids were ecstatic!! Then they all marched around the classroom and sang "God Bless America!". It really warmed my heart.


God Bless America.