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Dear Mom and Dad....

Yesterday was Catholic School's Week Open House at school. Grace had an assignment to write a letter to her Mom and Dad about why her Catholic school was important to her. It gives some insight on her opinion of school in general andI thought I would share...

"Dear Mom and Dad

Thank you for sending me to School. I am very fortunate that I can learn about and live my faith. Since it's a Catholic School we go to a school Mass and have religion classes. I can also live my faith because we can speak freely about God.

Another thing I like about XXXXXXX is that it's a giant Catholic School.  Because of that I don't have to switch school after Fifth Grace and lose some of my friends because the went to a different junior high.  In addition to that we all get lockers and have enough classrooms to have an art room, a library and a computer lab.

I also like how I have so many friends here.  Even if some are not in my class, I can still hang out with them at recess.  I also can do after school activities with them, like how I'm going to do track with Abigail.

One more thing I like about XXXXXX is that I can do sports. You don't have to try out so once you sign up you're on the team. I would like to do track because it would help me with my vault in gymnastics. Thank you again.

Love, Grace"

Molly gave an oral report for Black History month while I was there. Her report was on Ida B. Wells. She did an excellent job...

Blog Slacker....

I am a blog slacker this week! The Daddy Daughter Dance at school is this Friday and I am in charge. YIKES! Scarythought, I know....so, I have been a bit preoccupied this week. I even have a gymnastic meet to report on but probably not until after Friday!

As our big raffle prize at the dance, we made a bean bag toss game to give away. (something they can play with their Dads...get it??) It was truly a family affair. My Dad made the game and it is perfect. My mom made the bean bags and they are lovely. I painted the gameboards....take a look. The color scheme is our school colors and I ordered Trojan decals but I am not sure they are going to get here in time!

 

 

Lets hope the person who wins them likes them :)

An Omen???

We received this in our mailbox the other day....it made us all laugh! I prefer to think it portends things to come (the poor oldest child bears all the expectations!)......

   

of course, Derk did point out it would mean Grace's husband had taken HER name and I say why NOT?!

Molly at Mass

Molly's class had mass yesterday and Molly once again volunteered for a speaking part and was lucky enough to be selected. She had two intentions and did a beautiful job!! She was a bit worried because she had several four syllable words to pronounce :)

Here are the pics...if only Molly's mom could take a picture in focus!

 

 

 

a pleased its over smile :)

and because preorthodontia pictures will soon be in short supply....

 

She will get full braces this summer....

A girl can dream...

 

Found this here. I have stumbled upon and began reading a couple of quilting blogs. Not traditional quilts per se, they all seem to 100% machine quilt, but fun, graphic, quilts. Someday, I want to be able to do this! It probably will not be soon either since I will have to purchase a good sewing machine but a girl can dream....

Fifth Day in a Row of alot of This...

 

Between two snow days, the weekend, and now MLK day we are on our fifth day of a whole lot of nothing!! I offcially have cabin fever. Bring Tuesday on please...

Two Short Gymnastic Videos

Two short video's from last weekend's gymnastic meet...I apologize in advance for the poor camera work. I am too chicken to try editing even!

First Up Grace with her new, more challenging bean routine this year. I feel, this is her best event. I should warn you she does fall off but watch how she totally takes it in stride and repeats the element that she fell on! Dare I say it?...What Grace She Has...heehee

Next up, Molly.... We have a vaulter in the family!! She placed first in her age group. My favorite part is her look as she's running down the runway...its pure concentration like she is going to "kill" the springboard. Unfortunately you can't see this on the video!

Snow Day! or I really mean Cold Day!

 The girls are home from school today because of the extremely cold temperatures, 13 below when we got up this morning. They will quite possibly be home tomorrow too. It is not suppose to break zero in the immediate future. Personally, I think its wimpy to cancel school because of the cold. Yet, every school district around did it....we are amusing our selves by staying in our jammies and playing our new rush hour game. It is quite addicting and appeals to our analytical minds :) I think Derk is going to love it too.

   

I heard about it on Pioneer Woman's homeschooling site and she was absolutely right! I think it will become our birthday gift of choice. 

My Camera's Back...

 

We survived our marathon gymnastic meet Saturday. The girls did very well! It's interesting that the day of the meet Grace was the nervous one and Molly was very relaxed. The reverse of what I expected...

Meet Season Starts Tomorrow

We are all anxiously awaiting tomorrow morning...it's the opening of our gymnastic meet season. Molly will be competing for the very first time! Grace has moved up a level this year and it's her first meet at the new level. It should be interesting... Molly is beyond nervous. Grace seems ok :)