On the Downhill Slide....

We are holding on and counting down the days until 

School is OUT for SUMMER!!!

While we are ready for the end of school, I think we are most ready for

the end-of-semester projects to END!

This was tonight's project for Geography....

They had to make a food from a country that

they are also reporting on.

Austin's group has Ireland...

Land of Irish Whiskey and Beer?

We would laugh when reading the recipes...

the conversation went a little like this.

"Oh, this sounds good....wait...nope...beer"

"Here's one... never mind..."

Would not be wise to send something made with 

Liquor to the Bible School....

So, we settled on Boxty...

and a box of Lucky Charms...

(one web site they found listed Lucky Charms cereal as a 

delicacy in Ireland....)

Who knew?

So, 7th Grade Geography will be munching down on some

potato pancakes and Lucky Charms tomorrow!

All I can say is

"Kiss Me...I better get an A!"

Also, the end of the school year brings 

Awards Day...

Austin was really hoping that he could go 

"under the radar" this year...

Since he is now considered in

"High School", the awards day festivities have

changed from elementary years.

Gone are the awards for all "A's",

now there are only a few awards given by certain teachers

for the highest average...

Austin was really hoping that he would not have

to walk up in front of everyone and he knew that 

he was not the "highest average" kid, so he thought he was in the clear.

BUT

He wasn't so lucky!

The night before they had scheduled the awards program

we got an e-mail that he would be recognized

along with the others in his class that participated

in the Duke University TIP program.

This program selects 7th graders that have

scored in the 95th percentile on the standardized tests

that are given each year by the state to take the 

ACT or SAT college entrance exams.

We "made" Austin take it back in February.

He took it along with four other kids from his class.

While he really did not "like" taking the test,

it was a good experience for him.

Not to mention it will look good on his

applications in the future when he applies for College.

So, now that projects have been completed...

we are kicking back and counting down the 

last three days of school!

Whoo Hoo!!!

It's almost SUMMER!!!!

I snapped this picture tonight to remind me of the 

"Sweet Moments" that these two share every once in a while....

It was very quiet and I knew they were not sleeping, 

I found them computing...

Austin on his computer and Jackson was on Austin's iPad...

He wants to do what Big Brother is doing.

Too Sweet!