Grades, Girl Scouts, and Goofiness

 Here is Jade's very impressive report card.  She is in a great little school.  Technically, we are homeschooling, since the "school" hours are not enough to qualify as a private school.  This means that she goes to school M-W from 8 until noon, Th 8 until 2:30, and no school on Friday.  This leaves us time for extra activities like art classes, swimming lessons, hiking, or just not being in school!! Jade's class has only 8 students, so they get a lot done in those few hours, and we have time to do homework, reading, and extra math practice in the early afternoon!  It's pretty great!  Amaris got a place in the third grade class at the same school, so she and Jade will both be there next year!

Amaris earned her "Snack" badge in Brownies.  She created three types of snacks...the first was a "restaurant snack" and she chose Nachos...yum!

Next, she created a "slurp snack"...she chose a berry/banana smoothie!

Amelia thoroughly approved of this snack!

...and so did Jade!

My personal favorite was her "pack a protein snack"...she chose to make honey toasted almonds.  They were made with some cinnamon, vanilla, and honey.  Very toasty and delicious.  Perfect for taking on hikes!

Krispy Kreme Donut Shop gives kids a free donut for every "A" on their report card!

Alexandra works at an Italian Restaurant in Lakewood.  We surprised her by ALL coming in for dinner (her boss gave her the rest of the night off) to celebrate her high school graduation AND AA degree!  She did the Running Start program at TCC so she was able to earn her AA while finishing high school--pretty sweet!  Lorne and Morgan and their 2 boys came too late for the picture, but all the siblings and kids were there!  You can see Amaris doing what she does best--chasing and caring for babies!

Here is Lorne's son, Gideon, getting a ride from Auntie Jade as we walked to the library.

The girls planted beans--they're coming up!  We need to put some strings up for them to climb on.

I LOVE this picture, even though the quality is not great....the heart of it is so sweet.  We had the three 3-year-old grands over for a sleepover, and Amaris got them rounded up in their jammies for story time before bed.  She is reading Curious George to them.

SHE WISHES this was her kitten, but we have allergies that keep us from getting cats.  This little cutie belongs to a friend, and Amaris spent most of her time at the friend's house playing with him.



This is just a sampling of the random pictures that I find left on my phone for me by Jade....she likes to surprise me!  Haha!