Party with friends

One of the girls' friends had a birthday party at the roller rink on Friday night. Lots of skating fun was had by all!

Field Trip

The 4th grade class went on a field trip to Shedd Aquarium. The girls had a lot of fun. They were put in different groups, so that helped - ha! Here are some pictures the teachers shared.

Connor, James, Teddy, Emmett, Vinny, Joe, Tess, Morgan, Bianca, Ava

Samantha, Katherine, Maebel and Avery

Morgan and Tess, Vinny, James and Emmett

Spring Orchestra Concert

Morgan continues to like playing the violin (and continues to NOT like actually practicing the violin). The 4th grade orchestra had their Spring concert on Wednesday. The kids sounded great! You may even recognize a few of their songs!

 

 

Easter Weekend

Easter weekend was gorgeous!

On Saturday, while Avery was at dance, Matt and Morgan went to Chik-fil-A. Morgan was impressed by the flowers on the tables! :)

Later in the day, we hung out at the Wilkens' house playing basketball and dying Easter eggs.

He looks so bored - ha!

On Easter morning, the girls searched for all the eggs. Then, opened them to see what they got! Morgan ended up finding most of the eggs with money inside - ha! We made her share with Avery, though.

Then, we went to Uncle Brett's house for lunch and more Easter fun! They set up a big egg hunt where everyone got a specific color to find. Uncle Brett filled the yard with obstacles to make it harder to find the eggs... it worked! Each egg had a number in it and the kids got to grab a bag with that number on it from the deck. Aunt Sandi had made up bags with all sorts of fun treats! And she even made beach towels for each kiddo with their name on it - so cute!

For lunch, Uncle Brett made tie-dyed waffles for the kids!

It was so beautiful - Avery decided to break out her new towel!

All the kids sat on the trampoline... I think they were playing "last to leave".

We had so much fun and the girls were exhausted by the time we left. They crashed on the car ride home! Morgan didn't even bother to remove her tootsie pop!

Belt Testing - Brown

Morgan tested for her brown belt... and a move to Level 3! You have to take a test, write an essay and then go through the in person testing with the black belts judging you. The test is held on a Friday night.

Look at that kick!

They have to break a board before getting their new belts. The kick they do is based on their belt level. Morgan had to do a reverse kick to break the board. It took a couple of tries, but eventually she got it! She got to work with Miss Maddie on her kick!

Morgan is lucky to have Miss Maddie give her her new belt again!

 

High Five with Miss Maddie!

She did it!

Congrats to Morgan! She is moving up to the higher level belts now and there are a lot of forms and techniques to memorize to keep going! She is doing great! :)

Special guest at karate

A black belt from an affiliate karate school in Costa Rica visited our school and taught a class recently. He was so intense and had everyone sweating! Morgan had a blast!

Beforehand, she had her tip-testing for her next belt. When you move from one level to the next, you have to tip test, which means you need to show you know all the forms, grabs and techniques from the previous level to move up. There are 3 belts in each level. Here she is showing one of her forms.

Here is everyone who made it to the end of the class and the guest teacher in the middle! Morgan is right behind him.

Recovering

Milo gets so exhausted when he's boarding. He plays so hard all day! He's used to his all day naps when he's home with us! So, when he gets home, he crashes! And he also likes lots of attention! He kept coming up to me and "hugging" me, basically laying his body on my chest. It was so sweet! He missed us! :)