First international food and book club

Michelle Jenson and  I started a new book club tonight: an international food and book club! We recruited a total of 12 women to join our cause and the first meeting was great. With Michelle’s time in South Korea, we chose the book Please Look After Mom. Michelle showcased her Korea serving ware, handbook dresses, and her phenomenal cooking skills. We had beef and spicy pork bulgogi, several types of kimchi, sweet potato noodles, and a delicious dessert that was like a flat Korean churro.

I thought the book was well written if very sad and haunting. Doing a ton of background research on South Korea was actually my favorite parts as I learned so much I never knew. 

The ladies gave provided plenty of thoughtful discussion and I look forward to learning about many more countries, cultures, and their food.

Vienna Town

 On a long drive through Florida, Vienna entertained us with tales and songs of a were-whale-peanut and eyeballs with a hole in it. She shared some of the voices from Vienna Town (inside her brain.) She said, “we worked harder than monkeys in

a ha-cha-cha shop.” Oh our silly Vienna!

Felicity's Leprechaun House

From Felicity's kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Zan:

Hello!  

What a fun day we had today making leprechaun homes!! Thank you SO MUCH to all of you who donated to make this happen. Our students were so excited and worked so collaboratively together! (Thank you also to whoever donated timers to our classroom!).

Felicity’s Daddy-daughter road trip to Utah

 

To make up for some missed Elf-ventures in 2020, Branden took Felicity on a 4-day road trip to see Grandma Nelson. They

were also able to visit with uncle Eric and aunt Kim, aunt Trina and aunt Wendi as well as attend the funeral of great uncle Neb. Felicity was in heaven to get Daddy all to herself for so long!

More Nora Praise

 Fri, Feb 26, 10:58 AM

Good Morning-

I send a lot of emails to parents whose kids are not doing what they are supposed to do. Today, I decided to change it up and send emails to some of the parents whose kids always do exactly what they are supposed to do. 

I want to let you know that I think Nora is a great kid. She is attentive, respectful, kind, and works really hard. She is also very willing to participate and engage in class discussions and does so very intelligently. You should be very proud of her.

Have a great weekend.

Logan Fry

Language Arts

Chilton Middle School

On Feb 26, 2021, at 10:57 PM, Amber Joy Nelson <amberjoynelson@gmail.com> wrote:

Thank you so much for your kind note Mr. Fry! It’s always wonderful as parents to hear when Nora is thriving. Thank you for your hard work and service as a teacher; Nora has shared with me some of your classroom discussion topics and I’m glad our kids have someone pointing them in the direction of common sense and reason!

Sat, Feb 27, 7:23 AM 

Thank you! I’m glad she is sharing those discussions with you!

Praise for Nora

 Dear Nelson Family, 

Nora was singled out as being a positive role model in class today by the substitute.  “Nora was a good example of taking her data and on task.”  Nora, you have demonstrated your integrity time and time again.  I appreciate you and love that you are in my Science class.  

Thank you so much, 

Mrs. Prater

Telestrations Gone Wild

In our family game of telestrations tonight, Felicity had to draw a “fried egg with face” which turned out like this:

Branden saw just her drawing and thought it was a picture of this:

We all laughed until our cheeks hurt!