2015
September
NEWS
The Silent Journey and Practicing Montessori as a Parent Thank you to all those who joined us on the journey exploring our Montessori environments and materials.
After reading many of your reflections and observations I feel that was not only a way to open our classrooms to you, but to share this philosophy on a deeper level. I had several parents exclaim how this would impact the way they structured their child’s space at home! Thank you to the staff and parents for all your hard work.
Another way we try to demystify Montessori is to give you a daily glimpse into the magical Montessori environment your child is in through Montessori Compass. Soon you’ll get to view a cumulative record since your child has begun this year. We will send these out electronically the day before conferences on October 7th.
If you’d like to learn more about Montessori, here’s a list of great books: How To Raise an Amazing Child the Montessori Way
“Great and simple introduction to some Montessori ideas and ways to bring them into the home. Particularly useful for the infant and toddler ages. But, please disregard the unhelpful and misguided section on toileting. See “Diaper Free Before 3” by Jill Lekovik for toileting advice!”
Montessori Madness! A Parent to Parent Argument for Montessori Education
“A wonderful parent-to-parent discussion of Montessori concepts. A call to arms for a revolution in education. This book is easy to read and is very inspiring. Written by a dad at a Montessori school in Austin, TX.”
Child of Mine: Feeding with Love and Good Sense, Revised and Updated Edition
“A wonderful discussion of feeding your children without falling into the traps of battling about food. The primary idea is drawing a sharp division of responsibility between parent and child in respect to eating. From infant breast or bottle feeding through the preschool picky eating stages, this book is wonderful!”
Diaper-Free Before 3: The Healthier Way to Toilet Train and Help Your Child Out of Diapers Sooner
“The best book available about the toileting process. Toileting, like all other ar eas of child development, should be a gradual and natural process. Avoid all the gimmicks and reward systems and singing potties! Present young children with accurate information about their bodies and opportunities to practice without shame or pressure to “produce” and they will teach themselves to use the toilet.”
NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children
“A very interesting look at recent scientific research on several aspects of child development. Great chapters on the “Inverse Power of Praise” and on the effects of loss of sleep. Also, interesting information on childhood lying and sibling rivalry. Very approachable and sometimes surprising.”
Trees Make the Best Mobiles: Simple Ways to Raise Your Child in a Complex World
“A nice book of very simple meditations on gentle parenting. Great reminders of how to relax and focus on the beauty of life with young children.”
One Hundred Child Development Tips: Insights and Suggestions from Montessori Teachers Montessori Insights for Parents of Young Children: Applying Montessori Principles in the Home
“Lovely pamphlet full of parenting gems!”
What’s Going on in There? : How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life
“Development Neurobiology for the rest of us! How the brain and the senses develop from the prenatal period through age 5.”
Listening to Children Set
“Very respectful way of helping and staying connected to children as they process their emotions.”
Playful Parenting
“Very respectful way of helping and staying connected to children as they process their emotions, especially through play and special time.”
The Blessing Of A Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children
Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius
Your Self-Confident Baby: How to Encourage Your Child’s Natural Abilities - From the Very Start Redirecting Children’s Behavior
Please let me know if you have your own favorites that you’d like me to add to the list. Blessings, Mrs. Loree
Dear Families: We are enjoying this new school year and working with your children. The Mother’s Day Out experience will encourage the development of your child’s self-direction in the Montessori environment. The use of materials in a Montessori classroom involves many motions, like walking, carrying, pouring, and the constant use of the hands. These first few weeks we have been focusing on methods of observation. Children in the classroom are encouraged to observe the teacher giving lessons and other classmates working as a way to learn from their peers. The teacher determines when the child is ready to be introduced to new learning materials and lessons in the classroom. One of the most basic lessons a child learns in a Montessori classroom is to choose a work, do the work properly and quietly, and when finished with the work, put it away and choose another one. Some habits of our routine are: sitting quietly, working quietly, using an indoor voice in the classroom and staying in line when going outside. We record this information in Montessori Compass and use this to give a summary of the child’s progress to the parents during parent/teacher conferences. One of the main goals of the MDO program is to encourage the children to become independent and to allow them to explore the environment and manipulate the objects in the environment freely. All the activities allow the child to grow physically, emotionally, and intellectually. We sing songs at circle time to build vocabulary and we also use nomenclature cards. We do yoga activities, cooking projects, art, playing instruments, gardening, and other activities that help develop the child’s knowledge. We have worked very hard these weeks to ensure a smooth transition. Please don’t forget to label all of your child’s belongings. Your support is well appreciated! Ms. Eva, Ms. Mary and Ms. Ashley MDO children work independently in the classroom and share quality time with their friends when playing.
MDO
PRACTICAL LIFE
Anna is learning how to cut a cucumber. We have individual snack work as part of our routine. ART
Saylor loves art time. This week we had the children glue apples on to the paper and we are teaching the children colors. Mrs. Eva talks to them in Spanish while doing this and we also go over it in circle time. COOKING Kate helped to prepare the snack. We made quesadillas for our cooking project. She enjoyed doing it even more when she was eating it!
Children are learning rhymes and songs during circle time and music time
The Toddler 1 class has been very busy working on beautifying our classroom by making apples for our tree in the reading area.
In September we have been learning about the color red and the circular shape. Whether its tearing, gluing, painting or lacing, its all been red and round!
Toddler 1 We have also been learning new songs in circle time. During circle time we have started repeating the days of the week song and months of the year song as well as counting the days on the calendar; the children love to use the pointer on our calendar. Circle time has also included rhythm sticks, egg shakers and scarves as we keep the beat and sway to the music. We have been cleaning up our spills on tables and sweeping up beans off the floor. Watering our plants and taking care of our pet “Buddy.�
Happy September! Mrs. Anna and Ms. Annabel
Happy Fall, let’s hope cooler weather will be coming soon! Thank you to all the parents who joined us for the “silent journey.” We hope you got a small glimpse of what your children get to work with everyday. The children have started to settle into the daily routine, and we are still working on “cycle of activity.” The cycle of activity is being able to choose a work off a shelf and work with it for an amount of time, and place it back on the shelf. Once we see the children demonstrating this, we will continue to add new works - many that help to develop the child’s fine motor skills, along with keeping them interested in doing the works, which ultimately builds their concentration.
Children are always eager to embrace their independence carrying their own bag, walking into class, and changing into their Montessori movers. They love to do things by themselves. It’s a pleasure caring for your sweet children. Toddler 2 team Mrs. April, Mrs. Lilly, and Ms. Eliane
“Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed” -Maria Montessori
Samuel practicing rolling a rug
Claire working on her fine motor skills with “Feeding Mr. Hungry�
Emery working with the play dough
Victoria focusing on the pegging work
Adam is stringing wooden pieces
Toddler 2
What a beautiful start to the 2015-2016 school year! It is wonderful to see first year toddlers walking up to their classroom and carrying their own bags! Independence is what we strive to master at St. James, and we wanted to thank you for supporting the philosophy we truly believe in. Toddler 3 has been hard at work this month! We have been teaching the children how to choose/unroll/roll their work mats as well as the work cycle. So far we are having success! Some of the children are already using their work mats without being asked! They are also learning the procedures and the routine of the classroom. The children love to know what the next step is throughout the day and they are already catching onto transition times. Lucy explores kinetic sand
This month we learned the color red and had works around the classroom revolving around that color such as paint, play doh, and manipulatives.
Anna is feeling playdoh and ripping it apart
Will does his first flower arranging work!
The children have been learning so much at a fast pace, they are also learning to explore our playground! The natural playground on the top of the hill seems to be a popular area for play this year; the dump trucks and rock pit have been a hit too!
Sitting listening to a lesson on egg shell crushing
We are enjoying learning about each of your children and are excited to get to know them better!
Ethan observing his friends working through binoculars
Ms. Coral, Mrs. Amy, & Mrs. Amanda
Toddler 3
Primary 1
Dear families of Primary 1, We are off to a good start this year and we’re keeping it going strong! The children are continuing to familiarize themselves with the classroom and are showing good work ethic. We have been utilizing our circle time to come together as a group to revisit our expectations on basic classroom protocol (e.g., how to walk around a rug, how to put work away, how to sit at circle time, etc.). The children enjoy changing the calendar and discussing the weather each day, but their favorite thing to do as a group is participate in singing songs and doing fun activities together. So far this year, we have been pleased to see that some of our older children are stepping up to help the younger ones in the classroom by showing them and reminding them how to do a particular work or where they can find a towel Birthday circle time to clean up a water spill on their own. This is why Montessori is so awesome—children learning together and from each other!
Ben watering plants
In general, some of the things our first-year students are doing mainly pertain to works in Practical Life and Sensorial. Pouring, transferring, lacing, scrubbing—all directly aimed at strengthening fine motor skills and developing order and concentration. The children enjoy helping to be a part of taking care of the classroom, too. They help water our plants, arrange flowers for the tables, and help feed our classroom pet, a red beta fish that they voted to name Captain James.
SMAT
Our second-year students are beginning to take what they learned from working with the metal insets and applying it to practicing beginning handwriting. We have a light box in our classroom that helps them trace letters and numbers, but most importantly refining their skills at holding a pencil and getting into memory the flow of learning how to write. They are learning to use the Small Move able Alphabet to construct simple three-letter short vowel words (e.g., cat, man, rag) using what they have learned from the Sandpaper Letters and letter sounds.
Our Kindergarteners are showing much effort and pride to being the responsible leaders of our classroom. They are working hard on practicing their spelling words, tackling math equations with the colored beads, and choosing more challenging maps to construct. We are proud to have them help us lead by example in our classroom!
Cameron with his map
For more specific information on the things your child is doing in our classroom, please remember to check Montessori Compass for a daily report and for all communication. As always, if you have any questions/concerns/ comments, please feel free to send us an email! We look forward to the start of fall with you all! Mila with the Pink Tower
All our best, Mrs. Amaris & Ms. Kim
Primary 2
We have had a great four weeks of school. We have been BUSY. 25 children all working on a different work. And some of those works have “cool� pieces apparently, because we are missing some of the pieces. If your child comes home with a small object of some sort in his/her pocket that you do not recognize as coming from your home, suggest to your child that the object might possibly belong in their classroom and have them return it to a teacher. We are settling into a routine we will keep throughout the school year. The use of materials in a Montessori classroom involves many motions—walking, carrying, pouring, speaking, and the constant use of the hands. One of the most basic lessons a child learns in a Montessori classroom is to choose a work, do the work properly and quietly, when finished with a work put it away and choose another work. When the students stands up to return the work, they must remember to push their chair in (so no one trips over it and so that the room stays neat). We have been working on this most basic lesson since school started and will continue to do so the entire year.
In addition, our focus has been on establishing some habits of our daily routine: sitting quietly around the rug, working quietly, using an indoor voice in the classroom, and staying in line as we travel as a class around school.
Please allow your child to independently put lunch boxes, sweaters, etc. in their cubbies and also independently retrieve those items at the end of the day. One of the goals of the Montessori classroom is to lead the child to independence.
PLEASE LABEL YOUR CHILD’S CLOTHING: sweaters, sweatshirts, ties (boys), etc. All the best! Mrs. Barrineau and Ms. Marla
Primary 3 It is incredible to realize that we are nearing the sixth week of the school! Time is already flying by. These last few weeks, the children of Primary 3 have been busy bees! They have been getting to know the new children, reuniting with old friends, practicing lessons from prior years, and discovering new materials in the classroom. We have also celebrated birthdays for Levi Wester (who turned 6) and Asha Madden and Alex Rambo (who turned three).
Astrid and David are happy to prepare snack
I can say with certainty that we (children and teachers included) are absolutely loving the extra space and bathroom facilities that the summer remodel brought us as well!
The children explore the Show & Tell items
Much of what we do in the first weeks of the school year centers around the classroom community: our daily routines, how we care for the classroom, how we care for each other, and how we care for ourselves. These are truly the issues of life! It is beautiful to see each new effort to clean a spill, to help another child, to put things away there they belong, and to resolve a conflict peacefully. It is not always easy to live in community, but relationships are essential for children (and grown-ups) to flourish and mature into the best versions of ourselves. Wyatt waters a classroom plant
It is a joy for us teachers to be reminded of this daily as we grow in community alongside the children of the primary three classroom.
Asha feeds the fish Patrick helps Jolene with her work
- Ms. Tamara and Ms. Jaymie P.S. You might hear your child practicing peaceful conflict resolution with phrases like, “It bugs me when you” ... “I wish you would” ... or more simply, “I don’t like that!”
Primary 4 How quickly the first month of school has come and gone! We have been so busy with work that it is hard to believe we have already been in school for 27 days—we know because we have been keeping track of the number of school days during circle time with our beads. Ms. Bianca and I have thoroughly enjoyed getting to know all of the children and we have a feeling we have a magnificent year ahead of us! This past month we really dug deep into our Montessori roots and focused on many Practical Life works. The children have been enjoying all of the food prep work that we have available, as well as dishwashing, laundry folding, and using our hands to transfer objects. The Practical Life area sets the tone of the classroom by fostering independence, allowing
Walker slicing bananas to serve to friends
Eva and Liam folding our classroom laundry
the children to build and refocus their energy on repetitive movements, and aids in the development of concentration. Our classroom has also spent a lot of time on Grace and Courtesy. We have practiced how to greet someone, how to interrupt, and how to say excuse me. We practice these during group time with fun role-playing games that allow all the children the opportunity to participate.
Our second years and Kindergartners have been drawn to the Cultural area of the classroom. The second years have begun to memorize all of the continents and some have even started pinpricking the continents to make their own World Map. The Kindergartners were so thrilled to be back in school and to begin work on new maps— they have been intrigued by the maps of South America and Africa thus far.
Elizabeth learning the continents with World Map
We have also seen great interest in works where the children can match objects to initial sounds (i.e. an apple for ‘a’, a bat for ‘b’), writing stories with the Moveable Alphabet, and counting and skip counting with our short and long chains. Zane using initial sound boxes to match objects to sounds
William working on counting through the long chain of 7
Please remember that our Montessori environment is here to nurture and aid in the independence of each child. You can help us with this by allowing your child to independently walk down the hallway to their classroom, put their personal items away in their cubbies, and providing them lunch containers they can open self-sufficiently. Giving your child these opportunities will surely allow for the selfconfidence to bloom! -Ms. Sarah and Ms. Bianca
Wow, I can’t believe it is already the end of September! It has been a great start to the school year, and we have been having a lot of fun in art and technology this month. The kindergarten students created Grumpy Cat this month! The children were given an outline of Grumpy Cat, a piece of carbon paper, and a piece of charcoal paper. The papers were sandwiched together and held in place with clothespins. The children then traced the outline of the cat. With the carbon paper in the middle, they made an image transfer onto the charcoal paper. They removed the clothespins to reveal their image of Grumpy Cat! They all were amazed with this step! The children were then given a piece of charcoal to trace over their pencil lines. After all the lines were outlined, they used a blending stump to shade the ears. Then they added the fur around the eyes and neck, and added shading to the top of his head and chin. Then they used blue oil pastel to color his eyes and pink oil pastel to color his nose. The last thing they did was use grey oil pastel to draw whiskers and ear hair. Everyone’s cat turned out so well! Although charcoal is a bit messy, it is a really fun to work with! The children really liked seeing how their thick black lines faded to grey as they used their blending stump. If you haven’t seen their cats yet, take a look in the hallway by the library! The second year students created Kandinsky Circles this month! First, we learned about Wassily Kandinsky. He is an artist from Russia, known for painting one of the first purely abstract works. One of his most famous paintings is Squares with Concentric Circles, which he painted in 1913. This is the painting that we modeled our project on. First, the students were given a sheet of white paper with a grid of squares on it. Then they counted the squares there are six! Next, they painted circles in each square, using a different color for each circle. The result is a very fun and colorful piece of abstract art!
Art &
Technology
In technology we have been busy learning about how computers work. In our first lesson, we took apart a computer tower and looked at the insides. We identified all the different parts of the computer and what their job is. The children thought it was so cool to see and touch the inside of the computer!
The students have also been learning about the mouse and how to click, how to scroll, clicking and dragging, and opening and closing windows. We practice those skills by by playing fun, educational games like “Fun with the Fridge!” on abcya.com. The children were able to click and drag the letters of the alphabet from the left side of the screen onto the fridge on the right. They spelled their name, added a number for their age, and some fun shapes. Although the children think they are just “playing games,” they are learning vital computer skills. It just happens to be fun at the same time! - Ms. Hanna
September in the
Children’s
Garden
We’re off to a wonderful beginning in our Children’s Garden. Many of the children have already memorized some of the names of the plants that are growing…Rosemary, Lamb’s Ear, Oregano, Watermelon, Asparagus, just to mention a few.
Some of the first lessons I present in the garden are more about developing a sequence and just getting to know the area. The children have had lessons on rock scrubbing and eggshell crushing. The children in Primary also know how to water a plant. Last week the Primary morning children helped us work on the back entrance bed. We planted Mint, Santolina, Foxtail Asparagus and Lillies. We also planted some Texas prairie plants that the Lipsett’s donated. My favorite is the CupplantHere is a link to the flower information: http://www.prairienursery.com/store/native-plants/cupplant-silphium-perfoliatum#.VenWZItmZwI
We then mulched all the plants in and gave them healthy drinks of water. The children water themselves almost as much as they water the plants! I’m thankful that the children are wearing their crocs to the garden!
I’m also attaching the North Texas planting guide for those of you who might be interested. I could use some clean, dry eggshells, please! Happy Gardening! Mrs. Loree Vegetable Planting Dates for North Texas
Planting dates can vary earlier or later based on weather, temperature and location. FALL Harvest Seed Outdoors (O) / Indoors (IN) May 1 – July 25 Cantaloupe, Watermelon by seed (O) Eggplant by seed (IN)/(O) or transplants Pepper transplants Late June – Mid-July Tomato transplants July 1 – August 15: Black Eyed Peas by seed (O) Southern Peas by seed (O) July 1 – August 10: Winter Squash by seed (O) July 15 – August 15: Okra by seed (IN)/(O) Pumpkin by seed (small varieties) (O) August 1 – August 25: Broccoli by seed (IN) Brussels Sprouts by seed (IN) Cabbage by seed (IN) Cauliflower by seed (IN) Corn by seed (O) Cucumbers by seed (O) Kohlrabi by seed (IN) Mustard Greens by seed (IN) Snap Pole Beans by seed (O) Spinach by seed (IN) Summer Squash by seed (O) Sweet Corn by seed (O) Swiss Chard by seed (IN) Zucchini Squash by seed (O) August 1 – September 15st: Pinto Beans by seed (O) Snap Bush Beans by seed (O) Yellow Bush Beans by seed (O) August 10 – Late-September: Chinese Cabbage by seed (IN)/(O) Chinese Cabbage transplant Swiss Chard by seed (O)
August 25 – October 15: Broccoli by seed (IN)/(O) Brussels Sprouts by seed (IN)/(O) Cabbage by seed (IN)/(O) Cauliflower by seed (IN)/(O) Collard Greens by seed (IN)/(O) Garlic by seed (O) Lettuce by seed (IN)/(O) Kale by seed (IN)/(O) Kohlrabi by seed (IN)/(O) Radish by seed (O) Spinach by seed (IN)/(O) Turnips by seed (O) September 1 – 15: Cucumber by seed (O) English/ French Peas by seed (O) Summer squash (O) September 1 – September 30: Beets by seed (O) Carrots by seed (O) Parsnips by seed (O) September 1 – Late-November: Broccoli transplants Brussels Sprouts transplants Cabbage transplants Cauliflower transplants Kohlrabi transplants Lettuce transplants September 10 – October 31: Leeks by seed or transplant (IN)/(O) Onion by seed (IN)/(O) Sept 15 – Plant all winter as available: Collard Greens transplant Kale Transplant Mustard Greens transplant Swiss Chard transplant Spinach transplant Oct 1 - 31: Garlic Cloves
North Haven Gardens 7700 Northaven Rd., Dallas, TX. 75230 214-363-5316 www.NHG.com
St. James Staff Health and Fitness Challenge
As a focus for the 2015 – 2016 school year, the St. James teachers and staff are working together to encourage each other to adopt and maintain a healthy fitness regime as part of their everyday lifestyle. All employees have been offered a FitBit Flex as a means for tracking and encouraging each other throughout each monthly challenge. The initiative was kicked off this month with the September Fitness Challenge, where each employee was encouraged to log 300,00 steps, 150 miles, and 600 active minutes in total by the end of September. As of September 21st, the total logged was almost 5 million steps, 2,115 miles, and 19,000 active minutes – what an amazing start!! So, take a moment to congratulate and encourage your child’s teacher! In October the challenge will continue as the staff is encouraged to participate in the Komen Race for the Cure on Saturday, October 17th. Please consider participating with your family and sending a picture of your participation to breimer@stjamesdallas.org. It would be great fun to put together a fitness picture collage of all our active St. James families. In November we will test the competitive nature of our teachers and staff through a friendly team competition. It’s sure to bring out the best competitive spirit in everyone. Stay tune throughout the year as we continue on our journey to a consistent healthy lifestyle!
– Getting to know you Cross-curricular link: Developing self-control, listening in class, trusting one’s self to make good choices and using breath to self-regulate A. Centering – Listening + sharing, eyes closed in supta bhadda konasana B. Pranayama – Flower power breath, quiet the mind and listen to our inner voice C. Intention – Following intuition – think good things, say good things and do good things D. Sun Salutation – I am OHMazing E. Asana Adventure – Personal poses A-Z F. Song/Game – The Intuition Game G. Savasana – Hand massage, “With my own two hands” H. Closing – Namaste song
– Animal poses + story time yoga Cross-curricular link: Literacy, sequencing, comprehension, vocabulary & nomenclature, conservation A. Centering – Seated, rub hands together and cover eyes and ears B. Pranayama – Lion’s breath C. Intention – Discuss animal habitat’s, ask seeking questions, name something we can do to help animals D. Sun Salutation – I am OHMazing E. Asana Adventure – “If Anything Ever Goes Wrong at the Zoo” with animal poses F. Song/Game – Old mac Donald had a farm, Ohm, Ohm, Ohm… G. Savasana – Hand massage, “What a Wonderful World” H. Closing – Namaste song
Yoga
– Community + partner poses Cross-curricular link: Cultural and continent studies, team building and working with a partner A. Centering – B. Pranayama – C. Intention – D. Sun Salutation – E. Asana Adventure – F. Savasana – G. Closing –
– Life cycles + story time yoga Cross-curricular link: A. Centering – B. Pranayama – C. Intention – D. Sun Salutation – E. Asana Adventure – F. Savasana – G. Closing –
We have settled into a nice routine in our ASC program. Each day the ASC Staff will have snack ready for the children when they arrive at 3:30. The next hour is spent eating snack, changing diapers/ potty time, playing, singing songs and reading stories until 4:30 when the toddlers go out to play until 5:30. The primary are busy as usual, they also arrive in the lunch room at 3:30 and are served snack, have a quick bathroom break and go out to play. We all are enjoying getting to know your children. The primary children are enjoying lots of coloring and building with blocks, while the toddlers love singing songs, and playing with blocks. Thank you for waiting for your child by the iPad while we bring your child to you. This enables the staff to keep their focus on the children and not be districted with extra adults in the room. We appreciate you helping us to keep everyone safe. Please remember that pick up time is 6:00 p.m. If you are late, please call the school with an estimated time of arrival. Just a reminder, after 6:00 p.m. there is a charge of $1 per minute for late pick up. Lisa Wilson
ASC
God’s Love Is Big
My main objective in all of our chapel services is that the children come away knowing God has “big” love for them. We will be following a chapel book titled “Building A Children’s Chapel “ by Bill Gordh. We started preparing for chapel services weeks ago with our kindergarten students practicing all of the chapel jobs. This was a very exciting time for them and beautiful to watch each one take their new special jobs to heart. Our chapel lessons began with letting each child know that God has a special plan and purpose for them. Jeremiah 29:11. The story of creation was next. We spent time imagining how dark it was in the beginning. “In the beginning there was nothing” Genesis 1:2 We heard how God created everything in 7 days starting with light, and how after each day of creating God would look and see that it was “ good, good, good, you know it’s good.” The children really enjoyed saying that part during the lessons! This week we heard about Adam’s very special job of naming all of the animals and how God saw that Adam needed someone more like him and created Eve. God loved them both so big, as He does us, that he gave us all the very important job of taking care of all that He created. The Montessori environment follows these ideals of taking care of all that is around us. Most of our classrooms have a pet the children care for and Botany and Zoology works. We also have a school garden that gives us an opportunity to care for God’s creation. You can reinforce God’s big love for your child and His trust in them to care for all He made, by allowing them to help with yard work and pet chores. Remember throughout the month, God loves your child and you, BIG!! Ms Amaris
Chapel