Fishing in Style

So Jeff took the kids out fishing a few weeks ago in Robbie's new boat.  This was their first adventure in any kind of fishing boat and they were super thrilled.  When Jeff said they might be going, all the kids could do was talk about it none stop and hope that it all worked out so they could go.

The weather appeared to be nice and sunny so the kids got on cool clothes and were ready in no time.  Once out on the boat the weather didn't stay as nice as they thought and ended up a bit chilly.  The  weather didn't phase them one bit and they soaked up every minute of fun.

 Megan was the big winner and caught their first catch.  She seems to have good timing to hook the fish.  Every time but once she has been able to catch something so she must have the special fish skill.  I could never catch anything as a kid so who knows where she gets it.

 A little while later I'm told Megan once again hooked another one.  This one was their big catch of the day.  She handed over the pole to Mia to reel in.  This was a bit of a hard lesson to hand it over and let someone else have a turn.  These lessons in life seem to be difficult for my kids sometimes.

All in all they caught just those 2 fish and we hope Robbie's family enjoyed them as their meal for dinner.  The kids loved their boating trip and we say a huge thank you to Robbie and his family for giving us the experience.  It was a ton of fun.

Meg's 4th Grade Fruit and Veg Battery

So a few months back Megan had her 4th Grade science project.  I've been a little slow with the blog so I totally forgot to post it.  I found the pictures on the camera and realized that I missed it so I decided to catch up.

Last year Meg had to choose from a list of different projects but this year she could pick anything she wanted.  We were sent a list of websites we could browse to come up with the project we wanted.  Once we selected what we thought we wanted we had to submit it for approval.  Megan had a few projects that sounded fun to her but she settled on the question of "Do fruits and vegetables conduct enough electricity to light a light bulb?"

She was really thrilled with the chance to experiment and couldn't wait to get started.  I had Jeff help her since this is more his area of fun and they were cute together.  Meg really wanted a project to have huge results and tons of fun.  Although she had a great time the data was all pretty much the same that each piece of produce conducted about 1 volt of electricity and not enough to light a  light bulb.

After all was done we helped her create her science board for her presentation.  She loved making the board her own and putting her own touches on it.  She got an A on the project and had a great time.  She can't wait till it's time to do her 5th grade project and already has some ideas of what she want to do.

Andrew's 1st Grade Concert

Andrew had his 1st grade concert and he was super cute.  They have a new music teacher this year that is in charge of the younger grades so this performance was completely different from last year.  She centered their performance on what they learned this year.  They were the typical songs you would find in elementary school.

I have to say the circus from last year set the bar pretty high and this one didn't exactly get there.  Andrew was still really cute and super excited to be performing.   He had a hard time staying still while preforming and keeping up with the words but he hung in there like a champ.  He loved getting to be the center of attention and having the family come to see him.  I loved all his smiles and excitement.



He has come along way in such a short period of time and grown so much.  The progress has been awesome and he always leaves Jeff and I smiling.  He just marches to the beat of his own drum and we love him!