Oh hi. It's been...three months since last i posted. So that's awesome. Jumping right in? Okay. In no real order, things that we've done the past three months:
Houston's was super cool. There was a huge variety of projects, and some of them were amazing while others were...decidedly unimpressive. There was a girl who built a violin (that worked!) and another girl who made a tiny little cross-stitch dog that she was still working on. So yes. Variety!
Easter happened.
We spent the day at my parents' house. The day was sunny enough to hunt for Easter eggs outside, but it was also pretty chilly, so it was a pretty quick hunt.
We stayed home for Spring Break this year, but we did do some fun things in town. We went and saw the butterflies at Meijer Gardens one day, and then went to see dragons and unicorns at the Public Museum another day. We spent a night at my parents' house. And spent a day watching all of the Pitch Perfect movies.
We finally watched "The Greatest Showman" after it came out on video. Beth made all kinds of fun little things - top hats and cotton candy and masks and other stuff - so we had a whole party for pizza-movie night. I knew almost nothing going into the movie - i'd never even seen a preview for it, so i had no expectations whatsoever. Nor did my kids. But we all loved it, and the soundtrack has been on a pretty continuous loop in the car and at home. Katrina especially loves it and turns it on every chance she has.
And those are maybe the highlights. (Also, i do not ACTUALLY ignore Zane. He is usually crab walking around somewhere or off expending his boundless energy, and just does not get himself into pictures very often.)
We've had four birthdays. Yep. Everyone in our family except Zane celebrated birthdays.
Katrina and Houston and Juanito all deserve to have lovely, wonderful things said about them, because they are all completely awesome, but if i try to do that right now, i will never ever post this. Maybe someday i will come back to each of them and write about them. (I wouldn't hold my breath, though, honestly.)
Katrina got into City, which is extremely exciting.
City is a really, really good school, but ALSO she'll get to go there with Houston and with at least 3 of her other best friends. And that is extra awesome.
She also got the Be Nice award at her school in March. (She really is just SO nice!!!)
This is what her teacher wrote about her:
"The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greandest intention." - Oscar Wilde
This month's Be Nice recipient fully lives this quote. This girl breaks the mold. After multiple years of writing the Be Nice awards, I truly do not have the words to describe her. She is unique, she embraces her unique-ness and lives out her values. She is the queen of remembering likes and dislikes of her friends, peers, and teachers. She is a kind friend and a compassionate classmate.
She does the little things, whether it is recommend her favorite books to her teachers or get excited about the new Fantastic Beasts trailer with her friends (and me!). She truly embodies the Be Nice characteristics that we try to teach and instill in the students at our school. As teachers we can only do so much. It takes leadership from students like you, Katrina, to show these values and to display them for your peers to see as well.
Continue to be you! Do not change. Continue living your best version of yourself, because it is one you can be proud of. And to end, in the words of J.K. Rowling: "You start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve."The sophomore class at City has a year-long personal project. Houston chose to make a computer using only parts that he got free from people who had broken or otherwise unused computers. In March they got to show them off to anyone who wanted to come see.
Houston's was super cool. There was a huge variety of projects, and some of them were amazing while others were...decidedly unimpressive. There was a girl who built a violin (that worked!) and another girl who made a tiny little cross-stitch dog that she was still working on. So yes. Variety!
Easter happened.
We spent the day at my parents' house. The day was sunny enough to hunt for Easter eggs outside, but it was also pretty chilly, so it was a pretty quick hunt.
We stayed home for Spring Break this year, but we did do some fun things in town. We went and saw the butterflies at Meijer Gardens one day, and then went to see dragons and unicorns at the Public Museum another day. We spent a night at my parents' house. And spent a day watching all of the Pitch Perfect movies.
We finally watched "The Greatest Showman" after it came out on video. Beth made all kinds of fun little things - top hats and cotton candy and masks and other stuff - so we had a whole party for pizza-movie night. I knew almost nothing going into the movie - i'd never even seen a preview for it, so i had no expectations whatsoever. Nor did my kids. But we all loved it, and the soundtrack has been on a pretty continuous loop in the car and at home. Katrina especially loves it and turns it on every chance she has.
And those are maybe the highlights. (Also, i do not ACTUALLY ignore Zane. He is usually crab walking around somewhere or off expending his boundless energy, and just does not get himself into pictures very often.)
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