Reading Games

Avery participated in the Reading Games this year with a team of 6th graders from her school. There is a reading list of 9 books and teams of around 8 kids per each grade from each school. Each kid can read a subset of the books or read them all if they want. Then, they spend a day competing against other teams answering trivia questions about those books. Each team comes up with a costume and team name. Avery's team was the Winning Formula and race car themed. One of the books was math/formula related.

The competition was tough! The kids did great and ended up with a blue ribbon. From what I understand, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place teams gets ribbons with that on them. Then, the 4th and 5th place teams get blue ribbons and everyone else gets red ribbons. But, I think there were more than two blue ribbons, so there must have been a tie somewhere. Parents weren't allowed to watch because of space constraints, so I didn't get to go. But, we got updates from the parent chaperone. She also sent out pictures!

Max and Joe up front;
Katie, Rachel Maebel and Avery in the second row
Cara and Wes in the back

Afterwards, we went to Oberweiss for treats to celebrate!

Spiffy new 'do

 

A couple basketball games

So much basketball these days! We started the day off with a Team MC game vs Knights. It was a super competitive and intense game. These two teams are very evenly matched. At the end of the 4th quarter, it was tied 22-22. We went into overtime and Morgan's team ended up winning 28-25!

Team MC vs Knights (video)

After the game, we came out starving ready for lunch and our car was dead! We think the alarm had been set off and the battery died. Luckily, someone from our team was still around and able to jump the car for us.

Later that day, we watched Avery play in the park district game.

Avery played great and is really enjoying playing!

Avery's Game 2/16 (video)

Birthday Murder Mystery Party

My Aunt Lucy turned 70 and they had a weekend full of fun planned for her. My mom was still battling the flu, so my parents stayed home and missed out. I was just feeling a little better, so Erin and I went to the murder mystery party on Saturday.

Erin and I were partners. Her character's name was Cherry Bomb.

After all was said and done... Cherry Bomb was the murderer! Here she is getting cuffed!

Here the actors are explaining everything.

It was a fun time and something I hadn't done before. My Aunt Amy hosted at her house and had tons of great food for the crowd, as usual! It was fun to catch up with family we don't get to see very often.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Day was pretty low-key. I was still battling the flu, so I was feeling pretty awful. We got the girls some candies, pajama pants and some heart earrings.

Avery had a mandatory hair and make-up party for her dance team. So, I took her to that Friday night. She already knows how to do her make-up and I know how to do her bun, so we probably could have skipped it. But, she had fun hanging out with her friends.

When we left, it had snowed a bunch and we had a slipper ride home!

Field Trip Day

 The girls had a field trip on Tuesday - here are their fits!

I only got a picture from Avery's teacher. Avery's on the left with Caroline and Lizzie.

Super Bowl Sunday and A Birthday Celebration

We celebrated my Dad's birthday and watched the Super Bowl on Sunday.

Avery and my mom made a cookie cake

The kids were more into the game this year

Avery loved the halftime show!

They were "trying" to pretend to be asleep - but kept laughing

Finally got it - ha!

Singing Happy Birthday!

Cousins!

Our squares - Mama and Papa won and so did Avery and I - yay!