Our Week (01/26 - 02/01)

William's friend Ethan came over for a play date, and we grabbed some McDonald's and joined Owen for lunch at the school.

This girl's got braces!

William at preschool

At Destination Imagination practice

Mom gave Emma her first haircut this week.

Wednesday was the 100th day of school.

My favorite line is the one about him being able to spit out his teeth (dentures).

The girls dressed up Emma and said she looks like Baby Yoda.

We also had lunch with Heidi this week.

The next few pictures are of the district University Interscholastic League tournament. There are about half a dozen different academic competitions, and each school in the district gets to send three kids to each competition. With twenty elementary schools in the district, there are up to sixty kids competing in each event. Liz placed 5th in Spelling, and Heidi placed 4th in Ready Writing.

Smart and beautiful

The girls' school, Windermere, placed 3rd overall--out of 20 elementary schools in the district. 

(It was the last award announced, so by then nearly everyone had gone home.)

Heidi and Rose both placed in Ready Writing. I love that these girls get along so well and have so many common interests. They've been in the same ward and same school class since kindergarten, and we live within walking distance.

Our Week (01/19 - 01/25)

Scott's project this week was to chop down a giant tree in our back yard. Some carpenter ants have been eating it alive, so it's been looking unhealthy for a long time. We've been worried that one of the branches might fall on a car or passerby or something. Scott spent much of MLK Day and the weekend working on it:

 Celebrating good grades at Menchie's:

 The girls' artwork on display at the school:

Oh Emma. She is a handful these days. She just wants to toddle around and get into everything. She doesn't like to sit still and can wiggle out of just about any restraint. And she refuses to leave ponytails alone, so her hair is always a delightful mess, lol:

At Destination Imagination practice this week. Only one more month till the tournament. (Mom can't wait for it to be over.)

 

 William at preschool with his friends:

 We celebrated Chinese New Year on Saturday with Chinese food, paper lanterns, and red envelopes filled with lucky money.

Our Week (01/05 - 01/18)

Science Fair was on Tuesday. Heidi's science project involved collecting water samples (creek water, lake water, river water, tap water, and bottled water). Then she tested each of the samples with a water quality tester that we bought on Amazon and also checked them out under a microscope:

Creek water

Lake water

River water

For Lizzie's project, she danced at 5 different speeds and tracked her heart rate each time using her fitness watch:

Both girls' projects were selected to advance to the regional science fair in Austin next month. Only 16 students from their school were chosen, so it's a pretty big honor.

On January 8, Uncle Mark, Aunt Lori, and Katie visited from Idaho. We visited at the house for about an hour, and then we joined Scott for lunch at Rudy's BBQ (next to his work).

Owen lost another tooth!

Destination Imagination practice this week

This little cutie just had her first molar break through, so she's been extra clingy lately.

For the next few months, William is attending preschool for 2 hours a week with some friends from the ward.

These next several pictures were taken at the school's academic night:

Lizzie with her good friend Simran

Second quarter awards assemblies:

Owen got Perfect Attendance.

Heidi with her friend Rose. Heidi got an Accelerated Reader award, "A" Honor Roll, and Super Sport awards.

Lizzie got an Accelerated Reader award, "A" Honor Roll, Perfect Attendance, Bringing Up Grade award, Marvelous Musician, Awesome Artist, and Soaring Eagle award.

Elizabeth with her friends Jaya and Zariyah