Family-
First things first. I am sure you are all dying to know if
Eva got sick…. and I’m thrilled to say that she stayed healthy! Wahoo!
We had a very productive week putting things back in order at
our house. The laundry is (almost) completely caught up. Rooms have been double
disinfected and Tennessee and I are sleeping back in regular beds (instead of
on the tile floor). Thank goodness.
This week I was able to visit Naiya’s class to teach Junior Achievement.
Because her teacher was limited on available time, we squeezed all 6 lessons
into two 1 ½ hour visits. The first
visit was a little rough. The lessons delve into such interesting topics as
economy, resources, and budgeting. The kids were extra antsy and pretty
distracted. I guess I should have been tipped off when Naiya handed me a note earlier that morning that said "Tips for teaching my class: Good luck." Hahaha!
After some readjusting (and including
some external motivators- i.e. creamsicles), the second day was much, much
better. And it is a good thing, too, because I ended up having to bring
Tennessee along for the second session when babysitting fell through. He was a very good helper and snuck in a
little extra info about his books, trains and crackers. (I’m pretty sure the
kids would have preferred to just listen to what Tennessee had to say for he
duration of the lesson.) Naiya was happy that I came in, and I am just happy to
have another thing marked off of the “to do” list.
Tuesday Naiya’s class went on a field trip. They went to the
Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point.
Naiya was not impressed and had more to say about how unsafe it is that
there are no seatbelts on the bus than about the museum. I think she was mixed
up and expecting a visit to the Museum of Natural Curiosity. Oh well!
We’ll have plenty of time for that this summer.
Tuesday night we got to visit with my parents. They just got
back from a trip to Czech and brought back all sorts fun things and treats for
us. I sure wish we could afford to visit there every year. It was such a great
experience last year. Hopefully we can squeeze in at least one more visit while my
Grandma is still feeling well. I know it would bring her joy to see the great-grandkids
again, and I sure would love to have a little more time with her. It is hard to
have family so far away.
Thursday Eva’s class did a presentation of a reader’s
theater. They made their own costumes and
even had sound effects. Eva played the
sky. It was darling.
Right after the
reader’s theater, her class had their University of Learning graduation. Because Eva was one of 4 students that earned
all 5 degrees (Technical, Associates, Bachelors, Masters and Doctorate), she
was asked to give a talk. She was very nervous, but did an amazing job. Good
eye contact, nice presentation and she even squeezed in a little joke. It’s fun to see how she’s grown this last
year. Her teacher was fabulous. I dare
say she is the best teacher either of the girls have had to date. We will miss
her.
Also on Thursday, Naiya’s class had an End of School Year
Party. Since 6th graders are
in the middle school at Canyon’s District, the 5th graders get to
have a huge party to celebrate the end of their time at Quail Hollow. The party was a big hit. They hired a DJ, had
a snow cone truck come, and had yearbooks for the kids to sign. It was fun to help plan and put together for
the kids. The best part was listening to
them talk about how “epic” it was after school.
I’m so glad they loved it.
The kids had a long weekend with Friday and Monday off this
weekend. I had some tutoring to get done
on Friday so the kids spent some time with Neema and Pa (my parents). That was
really the highlight of their day (and honestly the only thing I can remember
about it!)
Saturday we went up to Park City for a quick get-away. We stayed at the Marriot so that the kids
could go swimming to their hearts content despite the funky weather. After swimming none other than a Harry Potter
marathon was playing on the TV. The girls didn’t watch the whole marathon but
were happy to get to watch all of the 4th movie (although they have
seen it before). Tennessee just loved running down the looooong hall and up and
down the stairs. He wore himself out and
slept well.
Today I spent most of the day catching up on school
work. I completed two projects from
start to finish within the last 24 hours. Hopefully there will be minimal, if
any, adjustments to make so that I can get my final score for the “Issues in
Instructional Design” class. (It is absolutely as fun as it sounds.) Jared took the kids to the park and to visit
Grandma Marge’s grave. The girls had a
friend over for a couple of hours while Jared worked out in the yard and
Tennessee napped. We ended the weekend making s’mores at a neighbor’s fire pit.
The perfect ending to a nice weekend.
We have to buckle down for one last short week of school
(although between field day, a field trip and a dance off, I’m not sure how
much schooling will actually occur). Soccer try-outs are this week. Naiya is
staying with the XFC team and is excited.
Eva is still on the fence and has one final day to decide which team she
will try out for (if any). She has been
invited to try out by a couple teams and really wants to play, but she also wants the
summer off… decisions, decisions.
Oh I almost forgot… we are back down to 2 fish. One seemed a little sluggish from the get go
and died during the week of the eruptions.
The second little one died this week despite showing no signs of feeling
bad. The girls were sad, but we had a
little funeral at sea. The two original fish seem to enjoy having the larger
tank all to themselves, so I vetoed Jared’s idea to get more new fish.
Okay… I think that wraps it up for the week. I am counting down the days to summer vacation. I love getting the kids (sort of) all to
myself!
Hope your school years, spring projects and May in general is ending
well!
XOXO
Lucie et al
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