Monday, May 26, 2008

Grapevine Festival

Last Saturday was the Grapevine Main St. Days Festival. The kids had so much fun. We went with Sven, Bianca, lil Emmy and Flo. Being from Germany, they were so surprised as to how we cater everything around our children here. It really is great!

The face painting was so much fun. They all choose out their favorite face. Carissa, of course, the pretty yet edgey. Gavin, the scary. And Kasey had to be the green alien. The paintings lasted for quite a while, through all the corny dogs, roasted corn and lemonades. Carissa and Gavin's didn't make it, obviously, through the scuba diving. This was the coolest thing. For only 5 dollars, they got 20 minutes in the pool with full scuba gear. They had to find toys at the bottom of the pool and got to experience the underwater breathing. (Yikes! That's way to scary for me!). Kasey got to bungee since he wasn't old enough to scuba.

We were FRIED by the time we got home, so we jumped in the pool then rushed off to Carissa's Piano Recital! Whew!

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Friday, May 23, 2008

Carissa's First Piano Recital

Carissa began taking piano lessons about six weeks ago. This is her first recital. She did great! She hit every note and on beat!!!

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Thursday, May 1, 2008

Student of the Month!!!

Congratulations Carissa!!! Student of the Month for March / April for the 5th grade. Thsi is a huge feat for her. Hard work and dedication has paid off! Her last report card was 4 A's and 2 B's. (Maybe the bribe of the Nintendo DS had something to do with it, but hey, whatever works)

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I intend to help my children live a longer life than me.

Tom's Farms - Aug 2008

Tom's Farms - Aug 2008