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The school jog-a-thon. (10/5/12)
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Crimping the edges of a chicken pot pie with Sarina. (10/6/12)
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On the playground after school, Elaine tackles the climbing wall. (10/8/12)
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It
crumbles in the face of her mighty climbing skills. Well... not
really. But she climbs to the top, no problem. (10/8/12)
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Climbing on a giant dome. (10/16/12)
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According to Elaine, the dome turns people into lizards when they're inside it. (10/16/12)
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Along came a spider... (10/10/12)
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Elaine pretends her dolls are all little sisters. (10/15/12)
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It makes Elaine exceptionally happy to take care of her "little sisters." (10/15/12)
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Considering a tiny pumpkin before deciding that it's too small. (10/19/12)
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Cradling her pumpkin-baby. (10/19/12)
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Elaine
saw me drawing a tesseract. So, I taught her about dimensions,
hypercubes, and folding up pieces of paper to make a cube.
(10/19/12)
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At
first, the idea of a hypercube worried her, but then she decided it was
really neat and wanted to make her own cube out of a folded up plane.
(10/19/12)
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Then Great-Grandma Pearly taught her how to cut out paper people. Scissors are such fun. (10/19/12)
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For show-and-tell, Elaine brought in Kelly. (10/26/12)
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Beforehand, the class worked on drawing cats. Elaine's drawing was, of course, a rendition of Kelly. (10/26/12)
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Teacher Naja helps Elaine do a flip on the rings. (10/29/12)
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Solo work on the uneven bars. (10/29/12)
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Elaine and I carve a pumpkin together. (10/29/12)
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Elaine
carefully specified all of the shapes: crescent moon eyes, a nose
that's flat on top and "fluffy" underneath, and a mouth that's a
"rectangle with squares in it." (10/29/12)
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Then the industrious child decided to carve a pumpkin all by herself. (10/29/12)
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Without any help at all. (10/29/12)
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She chose to carve a bat on it, just like the pumpkin her dad carved. (10/29/12)
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At
the kindergarten Halloween party, the kids sang songs and played a
rousing game of "pumpkin, pumpkin, boo!" in their alphabet
circle. (10/31/12)
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Decorating cookies next to Darth Vader and across from a praying mantis. (10/31/12)
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Crafting a pumpkin with googly eyes. (10/31/12)
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On
Sesame Street, Abby Cadabby has a propensity for turning things into
pumpkins. Our Abby Cadabby, however, turned this pumpkin into the
number of the day. (10/31/12)
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Halloween was brought to you today by the letter "E" and the number "1." Also, two -- count them, two! -- batty bats. One, two. Ah, ah, ah. (10/31/12)
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Abby Cadabby meets a black cat while trick-or-treating with her teacher Mrs. Sparklenose. (10/31/12)
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Meet the Muppets! From left to right: Mrs. Sparklenose, Piggy with Kermit, Beaker
with Dr. Bunsen Honeydew's head, the Swedish Chef with a chicken, Elmo,
Abby Cadabby, Cookie Monster, and Count von Count. (10/31/12)
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Elaine
and Auntie M. top off the evening by trading costumes. Then the
new Miss Piggy karate kicks her way around, while shouting "Hi-yaa!"
(10/31/12)
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