The End of Football....

Football is now over.....probably until next fall. Josh goes into a new age bracket, and Travis (and coach Cooley) don't make the cutoff. Coach is a personal friend of ours so we would rather let Joshua wait and be on his team than a coach that we do not know. They played a great championship game. Touchdown was scored in the last second to get within 2. They let us go for the 2 pt conversion to tie it up, but we missed. It was still exciting. I got a lot of team photos, plus some of Josh signing the coaches hats, and shirts. We also went out with Coach Cooley (Scott, Travis and Traci) and Coach Pierce (and his son Jack) to Five Guys!!

The First 45 days.......

It's that time.....report cards. I am very proud and excited. Two of my kids made straight A's (Pastor's list) and one got A honor roll. I must admit it was hard to feel good about two of them when Joshua tried so hard and missed it by one grade. How do you congratulate Jake and Jenna when he just missed it? I feel so bad, but A honor roll is quite incredible. Here is the breakdown:

Joshua:
Bible A+
Math A
English B
Reading A
Spelling A+
Spanish A

Jacob:
Bible, Math, English, Phonics, Reading, Spelling and Science A's.

Jenna:
Bible, Math, History A. Phonics and Spelling A+, Reading A-

Field Trip 2

It's been a VERY BUSY week!! I've worked every day but Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesday I went with Joshua and his class to the museum of natural science and the museum of history. I've never been to the history museum. It was pretty cool. I'm looking forward to the spring field trip. Fourth grade has a HUGE NC state project due (which I heard most 4th grades do) so they are visiting the legislative building, the governor's mansion and the state capital. I really enjoy watching the kids interact with their friends. One more field trip next week with Jacob!!

Beauty Day

Jenna got to go to a party at All About Me on Saturday. She didn't get her nails done, but they did hair and makeup. I guess they painted her face a little. Her hair looked cute and the makeup was just perfect for a little girl.

Weekly Deals

These are my free items for the week: one candy bar, two bags of candy corn, toothpaste, and a sobe water. The great thing is that I didn't pay anything for them!! I'm actually getting another toothpaste today since it's free, but I wanted to go ahead and get the post listed.

Science Project

I thought I better take a picture of Josh's project since he turned it in Tuesday. I didn't take a picture of his journal, but this is what the bug collection turned out like. I'm pleased. Not sure if we did EXACTLY what we should, and I did stress about the last bug, but it all came together. Thanks to Monica for all her help and for getting us a few critters. Also, thank you to Traci for the roach, and for Lydia for the magnifying glass and the bug books so that we could try to figure out what we actually caught.

The Big Presentation

Jacob had his presentation last night. He did really good. I was proud of him and all his work. His was one of the best, but Joshua said I have to say that, but it really is true!! I love Mrs. Harris. She really goes all out when the class has something like this. The entire room was decorated in zoo animals. The kids projects were all neatly displayed, and then she had food to go with the theme......zebra cakes, monkey munch, snake eggs (grapes), lion food (snack mix) etc. She really puts a lot of thought into it. She even started the presentation by saying "welcome to the zoo.....I hope you enjoy your tour, please keep hands and feet in at all times. You're tour guides are excited to tell you all about the exhibits".