100 Days Smarter...

Tuesday marked Sullivan's 100th day of Kindergarten.  And what Kindergarten class would be complete without celebrating such a milestone?!

Sullivan's class was asked to bring a collection of 100 things (pennies, marbles, legos, etc.) and collect them into ten groups of ten.  Sullivan brainstormed what she wanted to bring, but nothing around our house was tickling her fancy.  So when we were walking around the hardware store last weekend running errands, her project jumped out at us and hit us in the face.

Sullivan chose to collect paint sample colors for her 100 day project.

To give back story to her decision, Sullivan is addicted to paint samples at the hardware store.  It never fails that she asks to get some paint chips each and every time we are in the store.  She never does anything with them and 98% of them end up in the trash can when we get home, but there is something about picking out colors that she just adores.  (Quinn too!)

So when she asked to take paint samples on that given day, the resounding answer was YES!  In fact, take 100 samples.  As we sat there collecting all the color cards, I felt a little bit bad taking so many.  But in the name of a class project needing complete, we had to do what we had to do!

In the days leading up to the 100th day, Sullivan collected the colors, sorted them into groups of ten, and then glued the samples onto card stock.  She loved making her project and couldn't have been more proud of it!

She even made a beautiful cover for it...

Here she is with her finished products...

She also sported the 100th Day of School button shirt that I made for Quinn when she was in Kindergarten.  I spent way too much time sewing on those buttons for Quinn to not get as much use out of it as I could with Sullivan.

When Sullivan came home form school, she proudly claimed that her friend Phoebe loved her shirt and wants me to make her one too.  Sullivan asked, "Mom, can you please make her one!?  Please?!" Sorry, Charlie.  Phoebe is out of luck on this one!

Sullivan is now officially 100 days older and 100 days smarter!