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Today was the 5th grade program at Caroline’s school.  I actually didn’t know that they were going to have the program until this morning.  I usually go walking every morning with a friend in the neighborhood who has kids almost the identical ages as mine.  She mentioned that she had to go to her son’s fifth grade program today.  I asked whether it was just his class or if it was all of the fifth graders and she said it was all of them.  I am glad she said something because I would have missed it.  I think Caroline didn’t mention it because she thought that I would embarrass her in front of all her friends.  I don’t know why she would think that because all the parents were in the dark for most of the program( I didn’t take very good pictures because of it).  I love Caroline very much and I think she did a great job.  She even had a speaking part at the beginning (I only wish I could have taken better pictures!)  Here are some of the very out of focus pictures I took of the event.

I also went today to Caroline’s class to see her float she made for her state report.  She has been working for a couple of weeks on it and was excited for me to see her hard work. All the kids in her class were sitting in a circle by their desks and showed off their state reports to their parents and all the other 5th graders. She was so proud of her work that right when I go there, she had to show me that she got a 95 out of 100.  I was really impressed.  Great job, Caroline!

Today Diana presented her book report on Princess Jeweliana and the Sparkling Rainbow Ball, by Allia Zobel to her class.   She took one of her princess costumes and fairy wings so she could tell the class all about her book as if she was the main character.  She did it all on her own and did not even have a cheat sheet to read off of.  I forgot to take a picture while she was giving her report so I had to take the following pictures while she watched the other kids give their reports.  It was a lot of fun.

I am sure glad that I took care of the tomatoes yesterday because this is what my garden looked like today.

A couple of days ago we had some snow, but not enough for the kids to play in. Luckily last nights storm brought in enough for the kids to enjoy!

Today is my birthday and Sam made a special picture for me. It is interesting that when my girls draw pictures they draw a scene, but when Sam draws a picture he tells a story. Can you see the story behind this picture?

Here is our basement with nice new carpet!

Once Brian is done with the wiring, this is where the entertainment area will be.

Now we have our own cupboard under the stairs.

This will be Anne’s room

This will be Emily’s room

This year Caroline and Diana were the only kids who wanted to play soccer. Diana was improved from last year. She finally ran with the hordes of kids to get to the ball instead of just standing there looking at it. Caroline’s team was really good and only lost one game. Caroline’s best position on the team is defense, she is good at kicking the ball out of the way so the other team can’t get a goal. I am proud of them for doing a good job this year.

Diana’s favorite time in soccer

Caroline posing for a picture

Diana amongst the horde

This year Caroline and Sam started swimming lessons at level 3. They can now swim well enough that I don’t have to keep a constant eye on them when they are at our community pool. Diana couldn’t take lessons at the beginning because she had a rash that took a long time to get better. By the second session of swimming lessons Diana’s rash was better so she could start at level 1. Caroline was able to pass level 3 after the first session, but Sam had to take it again until he finally passed. The kids love to go to the indoor pool here and they are looking forward to taking more swimming lessons when they go off track from school.

Sam’s second grade class did a puppet show last school year and I thought it was about time to make a post about it. The class broke into groups and did a tiny puppet show about a story they read in class that year. Sam’s group did theirs on Tops and Bottoms. The kids prerecorded their story so they could concentrate on working their puppets and props. I was not on my best form that day taking pictures so I only got one good picture. Here it is:

Sam is the rabbit on the left.

The cabinet guy got done with his work for today and here is the semi-finished product.