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**This picture was not staged - it is Seth at his most natural**

2 kids who did EXCELLENT on their report cards and were rewarded with new tennis racquets and an afternoon of fun on the tennis court!! Seth loved it and Katey kept asking if she could go play on the playground instead.

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The newest college graduate in our family - my nephew, Trevor!! We are so proud of you, Trev, and excited to see what your future holds!!

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The "not-so-common" haired child.

One morning I came downstairs to find Seth with his hair all combed down around his face (I love the way it matches his shirt!). When I commented on the style he said, "I tried to make it common but it wouldn't work." I'm sure he wondered why I made such a puzzled looking face as upon being asked what the definition of common is, Seth replied, "to be the same." A-Ha! He couldn't get both sides to look the same. Welcome to my world, Seth.

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What Katey is hugging here is the delicious, chocolate pound cake fresh from Old Salem, NC. She has been begging to go back to Old Salem for months just to get this cake. Last week Katey took her End of Grade tests (and passed them all with the highest marks!) and, as a special treat, Mike arranged for one of his co-workers from Winston Salem to bring down a piece of cake for Katey. Below is a video of the surprise. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Mr. John!!

E-I-E-I-EOG's...

What a week!

North Carolina does state End Of Grade (EOG) testing for grades 3-8 and the schools get a little...um...Nazi-esque while the kids are testing. Katey has been nervous about these tests for an entire year! This week she got to finally put them behind her.

This year it was decided that getting the Kindergartners out of the school during testing would be a great idea. So, I got to accompany Seth's class on field trips for 3 days in a row!!! That is a lot of field trip fun, let me tell you! The kids did great and the weather was good. By the last day though, all the teachers and parent volunteers were glad that school would resume as normal on Friday! So, here is the quick recap:

Tuesday:
Katey took her Reading EOG which was the one she was looking least forward to. While she LOVES reading, she doesn't enjoy reading snippets and answering comprehension questions about them.

Seth and I (and the other 18 kids in the class...and other 100 Kindergartners!!) went to a petting zoo/farm of sorts. We learned about horses and got to help groom them, we saw fun animals like zebras, pigs, camels, cows, giant bunnies, wallabies, chicks and turkeys. We also got to take a hay ride. Overall it was a fun time! Here are some shots from the day:

Megan, Alyssa, JaQuan, Haily and Seth - what a cute group of kids!

Wednesday:
Katey took her Math, calculator active EOG and thinks she did well.
Seth and I got to spend 3 hours at a local park then headed to the library for a tour and reading time. It was a great day, very relaxing for the adults and fun for the kids. I really enjoyed spending time getting to know Seth's teacher better.

Thursday:
Katey took the Math, calculator inactive EOG and was happy that it was a short test...and the last one!!!
Seth, Mike and I got to head to Cane Creek Park and rotate between fun activities like frisbee, bubbles, sack races, nature walks, playground and beach-ball volleyball. Seth LOVED that Mike was able to come to this field trip and was super excited that he got to try his hand at "skip rocking" - an activity he had been dying to try. (That would be skipping rocks on a lake, in case you were wondering)


As a reward for EOG's Katey got to choose a special treat. We thought she would decide to go to her favorite restaurant, Nothin' But Noodles, but she surprised us and asked for the 7 pound chocolate cake from Costco!! We got to enjoy it with Grammy and Granny & Papaw on Friday evening- an extra special treat for all of us!