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Together We Can!

Jared was recognized at the school board meeting tonight for his achievement in the 2011 PTA Reflections contest. We are very proud of him!!

Reflections is a program sponsored by PTA which challenges students to create art inspired by a specific theme. There are six categories- dance choreography, film production, literature, musical composition, photography, and visual arts. This year's theme was "Together We Can".

Jared received an Award of Excellence at the state level for his literature submission which was called Going to Mars. It was a story about how he and a friend helped each other to achieve their goal of becoming astronauts and traveling on a mission to Mars.













From the Texas PTA Website:
Texas students created nearly 70,000 entries for our 2010-2011 Reflections program, Together We Can. Of the 1900 pieces that advanced to Texas PTA, we are proud to have awarded more than 900 students for their outstanding work! Students were recognized with Honorable Mention, Award of Merit, Award of Excellence or Overall Award of Excellence. (Only 24 are chosen to receive the Overall Award of Excellence and go on to the National competition. Jared's entry did not make it to this level, but he got the Award of Excellence at the state level.)

Gymnastics Show-Off Day

Today was the day Lauren got to show off what she's been learning this year in gymnastics. She did great!!! I was very impressed!



































































Dive roll




Back walkover




Uneven bars

Two Years Old!!

Lindsey getting ready for the big day:






Minnie Mouse Birthday party (Saturday, April 9th):




Happy birthday to my sweet baby girl!! (She's not really a baby anymore- *sigh*) On Monday she ran into her room, and when I got there to see what she was doing, I found her IN her crib. She had climbed in!! As long as she doesn't climb OUT...we're ok for a little longer. I am not ready to be cribless!! Boo hoo!

She is so smart!! We took the family to IHOP last week for dinner, and in the car on the way home Jared was telling Lindsey that he had an omelette and asked her what she had. She answered, "Umm...I have extra plate." Yes she did! It's the old, "I'll have this, they'll have this, and can you just bring her an extra plate?" She doesn't miss a trick! She loves singing songs lately. She can sing her abc's, and count to ten!

Videos

Jared's 5th grade music program:
(He's the first speaker on the right)




Jared crossing over to Boy Scouts:




Lindsey entertaining herself with a game of pat-a-cake:




I think she might be ready to potty train:
"I poopin'...I stinky...I want diaper..."

Onward and Upward!

This weekend was the end of season basketball tournament for Jared's team. They had an awesome season, losing only one game this year! I was very impressed with these boys- we had some great ball handlers, three point shooters, and rebounders! They worked very well together, passed the ball around, and I think they learned a lot. Jared was a very good rebounder and hustler on defense- and he scored 12 points this season. Now it's on to baseball...


















Jared's team with the championship trophy:


















A clip from the game:




Another milestone this weekend, was that Jared crossed over into Boy Scouts. We attended the "Blue and Gold Banquet" Saturday night where he was officially welcomed into the troop. Steve also received a plaque recognizing his years as Den Leader. I'm very proud of both of them for 5 years of hard work!! The theme was "Scouts in Shining Armor"- and we made a dessert to go along with the theme...

Snow Day 2011

What a crazy weather week! Last weekend, we were in shorts and this weekend we are playing in the snow! Good old Texas weather! Monday night the front came through, and they canceled school Tuesday morning- although the roads were fine. (I heard later that a few campuses had power outages.) It was windy and bitterly cold, though! Tuesday night the power went out around 8:30 p.m. and then came back on around 11:45 p.m. The next morning, the kids were getting ready for school, and our power went out again around 7 a.m. The kids still went to school, and the power came back on about 10 a.m. Thursday was a normal day, and then Thursday night as I was coming out of my bible study- SNOW! School was canceled again Friday, and we played outside. It hasn't gotten above freezing since Tuesday- but is supposed to warm up today (Saturday). It's been fun, but I'm ready for some warmer weather!!

Lindsey loved the snow (her 2nd, but I'm sure she does not remember). She was all into building the snowman!! Not too bad at it, either!