Catching up

It has been a busy couple of weeks. I felt I could finally take a breath this week. We are all doing well. The boys are getting that end of the school year itch. The middle school girl's track team is doing well. We are 2-0 in our meets. Keith is hoping to be able to transplant into his garden soon.

All smiles

Well, today was the day I always knew would come. I always knew that my children would have to have braces. This was based on how bad my teeth were before I had them. Keion got his top braces on this morning. I would say he is not thrilled, but hopefully will appreciate our efforts in the future when he is giving interviews about his latest movie and has a winning smile. He did get a nice surprise this week. Keith and I surprised him with a cell phone. He can no longer say he is the only 7th grader without one.

Report Card Time

Today was report card day. Keion did very well. He received all A's with the exception of Spanish in which he received a B. He missed straight A's by 2 points. He also found out today that he was accepted into the National Junior Honor Society. His induction ceremony will be Thurs. April 30th at 7 pm at the school.

Kendrick did well on his report card as well. He is still on the E, S, T scale. He is doing well in reading and spelling. He has really developed a love for reading. His teacher says he has some difficulty with some math skills initially,but works hard and quickly picks them up,

We are very proud of the boys.

Keion went to get his spacers today in preparation for his braces. He will get the braces on next Thurs. I don't think he is looking forward to it.

Middle School Girls

I have volunteered to help the track coach out this year. I will mostly be working with the girl's team a couple days a week. I have been promised an eye opening look into the world of Middle School girls. Having 2 boys that should be interesting. I was pretty reserved in middle school.
Some of these girls you would never look at or listen to, and think they were in middle school. Typically everyone makes the team, but they had so many girls go out for the team this year that there are going to be cuts. I will keep you updated on their progress. -Darilyn

Superior Orchestra and Art Show

Keion's middle school had their district Orchestra Festival (competition) yesterday. They played outstanding and got a top rating of Superior. The school's band and chorus had also received ratings of Superior at their district festivals. Thus for the first time the school had all of its Performing Arts groups rate Superior. This means the school has earned the distinction of being named a Blue Ribbon school. Keion had given his orchestra classmates a pep talk in the days before the competition telling them they needed to get a Superior rating so that the school could get the blue ribbon honor for the first time ever, and they did it.

The boys had artwork entered in a Childrens' Art Show this week. They did not place but it was a good experience. They got Honorable Mention ribbons. Mr. Competitive Kendrick did not want to leave the show without his ribbon. The boys had wanted to stop art classes, but after seeing the other art and not placing. Kendrick announced that he wants to continue so that he can come in first place next year. Here is the boys with their artwork. The SpongeBob and Popeye drawings are Kendrick's, and the Joker and drawing of the man are Keion's.

I am a little behind in my updates this week, so please see below for another post.

Girls day out

I got to hang out with my 'sisters' last weekend. We had a great time, as always. I see Joan and Ayonda frequently, but I hadn't seen Traci in almost 2 years. I don't think I had seen Carol for about 8 years. We all agreed that there is really no need to go that long without seeing each other. Although we e-mail regularly, there is nothing like getting together. Here we are Joan, Traci, Ayonda, myself, and Carol.

April Fool's Joke gone wrong

Keion decided to play an April Fool's joke and told one of his friends that we were moving and that April 1st was his last day of school. Well the friend caught onto to the April 1st part and realized that Keion was kidding and that it was an April Fool's joke. Well, apparently one of Keion's teacher's overheard the moving April 1st part, but not the it is a joke part. She went down to guidance and told them that Keion was leaving the school and that next week was his last week. I know a lot of the staff and had just been at the school 2 days before and hadn't said anything about moving, so they became confused. This led to me getting a phone call from the guidance office asking me what was going on. I wasn't home so they left a message asking me to call back right away. This led to Keion then being called down to the office to find out what was going on. Which led to him having to explain it was all a joke. He was then told to call me and explain himself. I didn't get any of these messages or phone calls due to being at work all day. When I got home Keion, who is always upstairs when I arrive, met me downstairs at the door ready to explain himself. I told him that is what happens sometimes when you try to play a joke. I guess we won't have to worry about him trying to play a joke next week when it is actually April Fool's Day.