Holiday Weekend Projects

Friday was the last day of the quarter for the children at school. All in all, I think it's been a pretty good quarter for them. The proof of the pudding will be in the report cards which will come home on Friday. While it marks the halfway point for the school year, it also marks the halfway point of Abby's career at her school--it's a K-8 school, so she is halfway done. How quickly time has passed, and how much she has grown from that tentative kindergartener!

Abby's projects for the weekend were to 1) post the pictures that Aunt Peggy brought her from China, 2) organize her stuffed animals, and 3) move the fish tank OUT of her room. (Fish tank story--we got our first fish when Abby won them at a fun fair. You know how those fish normally die after two days? Not ours! Three years later, they're hale and hearty!) We accomplished all three.

The picture wall above Abby's bed.



We pondered long and hard how to organize the stuffed animals. We finally purchased a box of the $12.99 organize it! cubes at Target. They worked great! It was also about the lowest cost option we found.

Andrew took advantage of Sunday afternoon to build. He received a K'nex ferris wheel for Christmas, and yesterday he decided to put it together. He felt strongly about doing it himself, and did much of the work on his own. Towards the end, Steve and Abby chipped in to help.