History Fair!

5th grader get to put on a history fair every year.  They choose a famous historical person, research them, make a backboard, and dress like them.  Then the parents come and walk around and they talk to us like they are that person.  It really is pretty neat and the kids really get into it!  Here is Gracie with Emma, Lily, and Meryn.

Gracie decided to do Susan B. Anthony.  She worked with Grandma and her scrapbook skills to make her board and come up with a costume.

Here is Grandma meeting Susan.

I walked around and talked to some of her friends.  

Lily was George Washington.

Meryn was Daniel Boone.

Jackie was Phillis Whetley.

Emmaline was Pocahontas.

Kate was Mary Todd Lincoln.

Gracie had a lot of visitors at her booth.

I'm not sure who Ellie was.

Allison was Abigail Adams.

Apparently these historical women were friends in real life.

It was so fun and interesting!  The kids had so much fun doing this!

Gracie's Choir Concert!

One of the things kids in 5th grade can do is choir.  Gracie would spend recess time practicing singing.  She did really well and was so excited.  Mr. Carlson is a great music teacher!

Her friends were in it too-Ellie, Jackie, and Sonya.

Quilt Show!

Gracie has been working hard with Grandma on making her own quilt for the quilt show.  She wanted a rainbow and ended up going with this Eric Carle theme.  It turned out really cute!

We walked around the quilt show and looked at all the quilts.  The kids picked out ones that they like that they want to make with Grandma.  We also found other quilts that Grandma made.

We also found Bub's Cubs quilt.

And Evie's princess one.

Grandma made this really cool one too.

We even found Gracie's Shopkins quilt!

And Grandma made this one for all of us to enjoy!

We are so lucky to have a grandma who is so talented!

Skating Party!

WE had a our first skating party for school.  My kids tried skating last year and LOVED it and we have gone a couple of times.  But they were so excited when they found out school was having one.  SpongeBob even made an appearance!

Valentine's Day!

The Valentine Fairy visited our house this year.  She left some goodies for the kids.

We also had a dance at school.  I caught my littles posing in the photo booth with some of their friends.  Here is Presley with Chase and Ethan.

Me and my Evie.

Evie and her friends being silly.

It's Evie with Piper, Noelle, and Charlotte.

Wolfie even made an appearance.  He is our school's mascot.

Colton even stopped by for some Valentine love from his girlfriend.

Snow!

This past winter, we had lots of snow.  We went sledding and the little ones thought that it would be fun to use the snow piled along the driveway to make some tunnels.  They were out there for hours digging to make more.  They kept adding to it and were pretty proud of themselves.  It turned out pretty cool.