Since school ended last Friday
this was officially the first week of summer break. We spent the week swimming, going to the zoo, going to parks, eating ice cream, and reading at the library. Jenna has already read 6 hours of the 12 she needed to read for the summer reading program.
Jenna and I also had our own little book club together. We read Ever by Gail Carson Levine. We enjoyed the book and had a good discussion about it. I'd really like to have more book club discussions with Jenna. She reads faster than my Coo* book club ;). We both read the book in a day.
Jenna had her
ballet recital at the Capital theater downtown. It was a 3 hour show and her character was
Hercules. She was happy since she knew Hercules from the Percy Jackson books. Even though she was Hercules she had a beautiful dress and her dance was graceful.
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| Sarah as a music box |
Sarah's ballet performance is tomorrow and she is a
music box. Her costume is beautiful and the music is fun for her performance. This is her last year in the mini-show. Next year both girls will be in the
big show. Hopefully they will be in the same big show - I don't want to be downtown all day!
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| Jenna (second from the right - wearing glasses) |
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| Jenna at her ballet recital |
Sarah was drawing on her whiteboard when I walked by and saw this. I'm proud of her for spelling annoyed correctly, although I'm not sure why she is annoyed at Matthew.
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| Sarah's message to Matthew |
The
Zoo opened its Africa exhibit and it is fantastic! I took Jenna, Sarah, Matthew and 3 of Jenna's friends (Abigail, Grace and Saatvika) to the zoo. We all rode the camel rides, saw the giraffes, cheetahs, and lions. Then we rode the boat ride. This is the ride in which Sarah screamed the entire ride. It is a dinosaur boat ride and the dinosaurs scared her. No more dinosaur rides!
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| Sarah, Grace and Abigail on the camel ride |
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| Jenna and Saatvika on the camel ride |
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| Matthew and Me on the camel |
In other news:
- I'm reading Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson. I've read Steelheart, the Emperor's soul, Shadows for silence (short story), The Rithmatist and Warbreaker is the last book in my list to read of his novels.He has several Alcatraz novels and while I like them - they are juvenile fiction and I don't love them.
- I'm in the middle of Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. This is an interesting historical fiction book set in Scotland. I'm enjoying it.
- Next in my list is Divergent. I *finally* got it from the library. I was on the list for months!
- Dark chocolate almond milk is delicious. It's my new favorite thing.
- 70 points on Quiddler today
1 comment:
I have read some of Diane Gabaldon. I don't remember which book it was. Nana. The girls looked beautiful.
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