PRINT a Keepsake of Our Class BLOG

Due to parent request.......
IF you want to print a keepsake copy of your child's kindergarten year, please follow the directions below!  I went through and deleted all post that were notes, etc so book will be ready to print.  PLEASE note that IF you order by 7/2 you can save 15%.  (Check out how on website when you log in!) FYI...you can actually go through the process below and "view" the book and look at your options BEFORE you purchase the book!
1. www.blog2print.com
2. click on "I'm on blogger" and enter the following address
(www.kbillups.blogspot.com) and then click on "print my blog" (this is when you will see a message about saving the 15%)
3.click on "range only" and on the left click on the following dates
(oldest - 8/20/12 and newest - 6/2/13) **This is important or you will also be including this post in your book!  :)
4. continue to scroll down and make choices
(page template (compact will be cheapest)
(Page Breaks - no cheapest)
(Photo size - med)
(covers - pick your choice ...create your title and cover (you may want to actually pick a photo of your child from your photos for this) and last write your dedication or special message to your child.
5. click on "create my book"
6. you are ready to check out...select the book you want to purchase
(Prices examples...SOFTcover COLOR book - $51.35 to black and white book for $21.35)** don't forget to get your 15% off...a friend of mine told me they run sales very frequently!

ALSO, IF you do order a book, I would LOVE to hear how the process worked for you AND your thoughts on the quality of the book and overall opinion if it is a good keepsake!  Email me your thoughts....jbillups@mid-prairie.k12.ia.us

We Will Miss Mr. Cayton!

Last week we brainstormed a list of things we want to remember about Mr. Cayton!  The children each wrote a letter to Mr. Cayton and we had invited him to our room to eat ice-cream and give him our letters!  The children ask if they could give him high fives and hugs and Mr. Cayton eagerly agreed to both!  Some of the things the children thought of; lots of high fives and hugs, finding our Gingerbread Boy, serving us "lunch" on our first half day of kindergarten, eating ice-cream with us, showing us how he ties shoes, giving us Super kids and he thinks we are super kids, helps us make good choices if we have to go to his office (their words, not mine) and he helps us get healthy with Live Healthy Iowa!   As you can tell Mr. Cayton was an active principal that believes in interacting with the students and his presence made a difference!  THANK YOU Mr. Cayton for caring!

Live Healthy Iowa!

GREAT work Mid-Prairie students!  We were VERY excited to see the trophy we won for Live Healthy Iowa!  We couldn't have done it without encouragement from parents!  THANK YOU for your support and encouragement!

Mid-Prairie's Trophy for Live Healthy Iowa

Children's Museum

What a fun filled week!  THANKS to parents that were able to go along to help!  The children enjoyed interacting with each other as they experienced many community helpers!  Some of the favorites were the newly remodeled grocery store, pizzeria and hospital!

Farm Fun

A big THANK YOU to Rob and Char Brenneman (Brenneman Pork) for hosting us on their hog farm!  The children came up with questions and listened as Erin (TJ's mom) told us about pigs.  We enjoyed a hayrack ride around the farm and made stops to look at the baby pigs and we even rode across the scales to see how much the truck weighed!  After a lunch in the yard, we had hands on experience climbing in the farm machinery and the highlight of the trip.....petting the baby pigs! Enjoy the pictures!!  AND thanks to the parents who were able to go along!!  We couldn't do it without you!

THANK YOU Rob and Char!