Friday Five

Jack's birthday is tomorrow. He is feeling a bit under the weather, so I sure hope he wakes up feeling better.

But tomorrow! He's 8!

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Speaking of birthdays, we asked Jack what kind of cake he wants for his birthday. He wants carrot cake...

My kid wants carrot cake and not chocolate. Who'd have guessed that?! ;)

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Jason went to his first school dance today. He had a BLAST!

Jason: They even played a couple of songs from the 1940's like Michael Jackson's Thriller.

Isaac: Really? What did you think?

Jason: Best experience of my life!

How awesome is that response? I wish him (them all) a life filled with best experiences!

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We got news today that the big boys will have a long term sub for the remainder of the school year. They actually had this sub for a bit back in third fourth (I was corrected) grade, when a teacher they went to for social studies was out long term. Jason seems happy that this will be the person who comes in. Shawn is reserving judgement for the time being. lol

The sub starts Monday.

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I am officially out on spring break. Woo to the double hoo! Another week to go for the boys and they'll be out, too!

Field Trip

Today, Shawn and Jason got to go on a field trip to the local harbor. As Jason put it, they learned all about boats. They looked at paintings of boats, history or boats, parts of boats, and even different jobs you can have on boats.

They both had a great time!

What They're Reading

This crew of ours have been reading like crazy, and we're seeing a lot of growth for each of them. I thought it might be fun to snapshot what each of them are currently reading:

Jack: At school, Jack is working on elements of plot, so he's been reading more fiction books lately. He is reading Fly Guy books and some Marley the Dog books. Tonight, he read Marley - The Dog Who Ate My Homework so he could work on plot.

Jason: Jason is still on book five of The Hero of Olympus series called, The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan. He is now on page 180/502. 

Shawn: Shawn is reading another book by Andrew Clements, The Map Trap. He's about 1/2 of the way through the book and seems to be enjoying it well enough. I think he's liked the other two books by this author that we've read better, though. lol

By the Numbers

3 days until my spring break begins. I can't wait.

8 days until the boys' spring break begins. They can't wait.

0 energy left to get to our breaks.

2 weeks of no school for us when break does finally gets here. Yay!

50ish school days left of the year. Whoa.

2 letters of acceptance to the junior high of the boys' choice. Double yay! (But Yikes, too!)

Also...

4 days until Jack's 8th birthday!

Nearly 8

Our little guy turns 8 on Saturday. It can't be! I had him stand in front of our wall height chart.

Um, according to this, he's a big 'un!

Lazy Sunday

We find this kid just about anywhere...doing just about anything. lol

Cute Big Boy Saturday

Trying to convince us he needs this for his birthday. lol