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Ava's been busy the past few weeks prepping for a performance for Culture Night at RHS. Her Chinese teacher asked if she would participate with the Lion Dance, so she played the gong (fun!) It required several rehearsals, she met new people, and had fun at Culture Night this past Thursday. I saw a brief video of some of the performance, and heard about all of the wonderful that she had a chance to eat while she was there. She also volunteered on Wednesday after school at a local elementary school to help celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year (which is Feb 10, and it's the Year of the Dragon!) I'm so proud of her for joining the National Chinese Honor Society, and getting involved with events like these.

She also played pep band for a basketball game at RHS on Tuesday night, so it was a busy week full of extracurriculars for school.

The picture on the left and the one on the top right are Ava's (created for her Drawing class), both currently on display at RHS


G tested for the next level for swimming (didn't quite make it) but they commented that they can see definite improvement with his strokes. He stayed positive and tried his best, so that's the right way to handle it. Way to go, G! We also had his final 4th grade conferences on Thursday after school, and he's doing fantastic, with no concerns from his teacher. He's reading at the highest level for anyone in his class, and is really enjoying his reading and math enrichment classes. This weekend we're going to start working on building his model for the Baltimore Shot Tower (part of his state club group in reading enrichment.) I have no idea how we're going to build it, but hopefully it'll be fun.

Random Minecraft situation here, courtesy of G: Steve slipped and landed on his head, and now everyone is staring at him


I took Friday off of work (and this coming Monday, too) so I could relax a bit. Work has been running at top speed lately, and I'm getting a little frazzled. I don't know when it'll slow down, but I hope it does soon. The kids didn't have school on Friday, so we went out for breakfast and ran a ton of errands together. It was a perfect way to end the week...relaxing, yet productive. On Monday, the kids will be in school, so I'll have a chance to get even more stuff done. 

We also booked our flights (hotel will be booked today) for a girls trip to Savannah, GA, this coming June, and I booked the hotel for a trip to Indy this November to see the RHMB perform at Grand Nats. Lots of fun stuff coming up!

Scott and I are going out for an early Valentine's Day dinner on Saturday night. We're going to a new (to us) restaurant in Inver Grove...something casual (I think), and it has really good reviews. More to come on that next week. We're both really looking forward to an adult night out!

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