Talia’s entry for the Reflections Program won the Award of Excellence. Talia entered a poem that she wrote for this year’s theme “Together We Can”. Her entry now goes on to the California state competition. The District 4 competition was between all the individual school districts in Orange County. Each of the school districts selects the Award of Excellence winners from the best entries of each school. Those winners goes on to be compete with all the other winners in Orange County. Then the winners from Orange County go on to the State competition. The State PTA will then select the entries to send on to the National competition.
Trying out the underwater camera in the heated pool
We were finally able to heat the pool this weekend. Everyone enjoyed playing in the warm water. I loved sitting in the hot spa. I let the kids play with the underwater camera I bought last summer to use in the pool. Dan had to take a turn playing with it and shot this video.
Here’s some of my favorites from the over 200 pictures they took.
Cub Scout Religious Awards
Jared, Riley and Aidan received their Cub Scout Religious Awards today. Jared and Riley received the Light of Christ Award and Aidan Received the Parvuli Dei award. The all worked very hard last summer to complete all the requirements for this award.
First Time in the Pool
The cold water temperatures didn’t stop the kids from jumping in the pool as soon as they pool guy told them they could dive in. They had a lot of fun exploring all the places they could jump off of and swimming all around the pool. I’m waiting till we can turn on the heater before I get in.
Day 53 – Pool Construction – Pool Equipment Connected
That got the pool equipment hooked up today and we turned on the slide, waterfall and spillways!
Today was also the first time the pool lights were turned on.
Falyn’s First Ice Skating Class
We enrolled Falyn in a four week beginning ice skating class. She is taking the class with her friend Samantha. She really liked the class and is doing quite well.
Day 52 – Pool Construction – Heater Connected to Gas Meter
The pool heater was hooked up to the gas meter today. We still have to wait a few weeks till we can run the heater though.
Talia Got Her Driver’s Permit
Talia aced her permit test and got her driver’s permit today. It is more than a little scary to think about your child driving. I’m sure she will be a great driver. It’s all the other crazy drivers out there that I worry about.
Percy Visits Falyn
Percy the Pig got to visit Falyn this weekend. He goes home each weekend with one child in her preschool class. At the end of the weekend, they write about their weekend. They then get to share it with the class the next week. Percy got to share in the excite of the pool being plastered and filled. Here’s a better look at the pictures.