Holding his chess medallion.
One of his games at the tournament.
Blake warming up right before the tournament.
His cool nametag!
Excited to play!
Blake's award at school for outstanding achievement in math!
Julianna at the polar bear exhibit at Sea World earlier this month.So I am averaging one post a month! I guess that shows how busy I am with everything! Julianna first: she started some private swimming lessons (funded by her charter school) and so far she has made lots of progress! She can't wait for the next one. Homeschool is going really well now. I had a few days of "I can't do this!" but then felt comforted again and realized I can do this and will keep doing it so Julianna can be happy. The charter we go through waived the fee for the 2-day, 4-hour enrichment class at their site so this past week was her first week attending and she likes it! So now she will get more social time.
Blake: He's doing really well in school, and won an award for math! Our amazing respite worker, Lisa, works at the local high school during the day and heard about a chess tournament for K-12. Blake started playing chess last Thanksgiving at Grannie's house and has loved it ever since. He said he wanted to be in the tournament! So today was the big day. He was put in the K-2 division, but there were only 3 other kindergartners, and one 1st grader! After the first game, 2 of the kinders and the 1st grader decided they were done, so the rest of the day he was up against all 2nd grade boys. Blake gave it his best and played until the end of the tournament. He didn't win any of the games but by the end, he was getting really close. They gave trophies to the top 3 and the rest got medallions. He's pretty proud of his medallion! I hope he keeps playing chess. On the way home he said, "Now I don't have to play chess anymore--I did the tournament." I'm sure he'll change his mind!
A few weeks ago we went to Sea World but my camera was being dumb! So I only got one picture! It was a lot of fun and we got a great price through someone in my ward! So that's what we've been up to!