One of my first-grader’s favorite memories from this year was the hatching of chicks. Last week, after their first grade show, I snapped some pix of the chick-a-dees. Each class got to vote on the names for the chicks. Jake’s class came up with Fluffy and Cocoa; clearly this was the week that most of the boys were out with the flu. Jake came up with the name Tony Baloney. I think that rocks way harder!

Hatching in progress.

This was home for 21 days.

Still in the incubator waiting for siblings to hatch.

Peek-a-peck.

Chicks come in many colors and fuzzies.

Reading the newspapers – after all, they do live at Horace Mann.