Kinlee received the Warrior Award (student of the month) at Wellington Elementary for the month of February. She received the award for her positive effort in learning and behavior throughout the month. She really has taken off on her reading, constantly moving up in the school's leveled library. She is a really good friend and tries to include everyone, but is very sensitive and has been hurt a lot this year because kids call her fat. It breaks my heart because she is a beautiful person inside and out. I hope she can learn to ignore the mean kids and realize she is a beautiful soul.
Kadee & Kinlee danced at souls to soles at the high school. It's a fundraiser through the United Way to buy shoes for underprivileged kids in our area. The theme for dance this year is "Welcome to my Crazy Circus" and is so adorable. They both performed in their "clown" costumes and totally rocked it. This is one of my favorite performances of the year because it's for such a great cause. Kadee also got to perform at
Kinlee's class had the funnest activity. The district art director taught them all about recylcling and then we got to make robots out of all recycled materials. Kinlee and I had so much fun! She brought a few things from home, and then we were able to use some of the recyclables Mr. Bear brought to share. It was such a neat project to learn about recylcing, shapes, weight, creativity, etc. Kinlee named her robot Mustache Man and told me he likes playing Uno, flying, cooking, and has outstanding vision.
On St. Patrick's Day the leprechaun made a mess in the house and sent the kids on a scavenger hunt. The scavenger hunt ended in the oven where the kids opened it to find treats especially for them. He also colored our milk green and left some green stuff out for the kids to wear to school. Kinlee made leprechaun trap at school, but that sneaky leprechaun was took quick and just knocked her trap on the ground. Rory made us a green pancake dinner with green eggs, green bacon, and green milk.
We spent Rory's birthday at the Manti temple doing baptisms with Connor and the youth in our ward. As soon as we got home we headed to a fireside to listen to Elder Stevenson, Elder Ringwood, and their adorable wives speak to us about parenting, church, and life in general. Although it was a busy day, it was a great way to spend the day with my birthday boy.
This past week our primary kids were in charge of FHE at the care center in Price. We were small in numbers, but the elderly people that were there loved the kids and their singing. We played a balloon popping game and it was a hoot. At the end we visited a little with some of the people and my favorite part of the night was when Kinlee asked one of the gentleman what his name was. She couldn't understand his muffled response but still said,"Oh! That's a really nice name!" I hope that by doing these small acts of service I can teach my children to be kind and giving people.
Rory and I got to spend the last day of the month at the Jazz game. Someone had given us some tickets, so we got a hotel room and stayed the night right across from the Vivent Arena. It was such a good game and an amazing way to end the month!
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