Grace's First Paint Night

 My school had a paint night that raised money for the PTO.  It was open to all ages.  So I signed up Grace after being assured by the teacher that Grace would be able to do it.  There were six people in the class.  Grace was BY FAR the youngest (I think the next youngest was about 30).

 But Grace listened to Ms. Kincaid very well and had in her mind what she wanted.  I was hesitant about some of her choices, but they all turned out really well.

I love the painting she did, She did so well with it and was just such a natural.  Mrs. Kincaid said that it was great having her in the class because she just got and idea and ran with it while the other students were very hesitant to put paint to canvas.  We are hoping to enter this into the county fair.  I hope they love it as much as I do.

After School clubs

This year on Tuesdays Grace and Glen were able to stay at school for some enrichment camps.  Glen had a camp all about the solar system.  He loved it.  However, I have no pictures of that.

Grace had a camp where she learned about Latin Dance.  They had three performances during the school year.

 She performed at the international festival at Bluestone Elementary, at La Fiestia at Smithland Elementary, and at June Jam at the end of the year.

She loved learning the dances, and I think that she really loved dressing up for it in her costume.  I love that my kids are learning so much about other cultures.

Diva Derby 2018

Once again it was time to design the cars for Grace's diva derby with Girl Scouts.  I printed off a few ideas and Grace took the ideas and ran with them.

 With supervision we drew the design on the block of wood and Grace started to cut it out.

 Matt helped guide her trhough some of the trickier cuts.

 When the cars were finished Grace and some of her girl scout friends drew on the driveway till the others were also finished.

 A few weeks later we had the chance to race.  Grace did well, she came in second in almost all of her heats.  I was very proud.

 Grace did a good job with design and her rainbow paint job was quite nice too.

And here she is with her biggest fan.

Springtime

 Spring time is a great time for kite flying (and Grace learned that she loves flying kites)

It is also a good time to learn a new video game from your father (Spyro!)