ECC Spring Sing & Cake Create

Another fun tradition within our family because of the great preschool we attend is ECC's Spring Sing and Cake Create.
There is a COMPETITION for cake creation - and the kids perform as classes by singing a fun song.
JJ helped make a basketball cake - his idea! :)

It was a great night and JJ earned a certificate for his basketball cake!

Joey's Birthday

It's hard for me to believe, but Joey is 8.
He is smart, kind, tenderhearted, passionate, curious, and constantly in thought about a million things. He is a joy and at times a challenge, but we couldn't ask for a better son!

We had a "space" theme - with planets hanging from the ceiling (I tried to be as proportionate as the balloons allowed!)

He wanted to go see the IMAX movie called Hubble 3D - so we invited all the boys from his 2nd grade class (and his buddy D, our neighbor) and we met at the Indiana State Museum.  It was fun and a great way to celebrate our science loving boy!

SPRING FLING 2013

One of my favorite events of the entire school year is Spring Fling at the Oaks Academy.

Students are to dress up in things that represent the year of school they are in and what they have learned about. The students parade down Park Avenue in front of the school. All grades go in order, from PK to 8th grade. The event closes with the Middle School students performing formal dances (waltz, twist, etc). It is such a sight. So beautiful, innocent, and pure. They have worked hard to learn the steps, they have dressed up for this special night, they are preforming in front of hundreds in the crowd and they provide an beautiful example to the younger students who will, one day, be out there dancing too.

Morgan and her entire Kindergarten dressed as Nursery Rhymes. Morgan chose to be (and then recite in front of the class and their parents afterwards) Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. This is a song I sing to her every night before bed (along with 2 other songs). She was a beautiful star. It was a fun night for her.

Joey and his second grade class learned about Ancient Egypt this year.  They dressed as Egyptians and after the parade ended, they performed a play - where each child had lines to memorize, along with an overview of many of the scriptures and poems they learned throughout the year.  I was blown away by the 15 eight year olds reciting the 10 Commandments, then later, the Beattitudes....just amazing, really.

Throughout the school, there was one piece of artwork hanging created by every single child in the school - so we found Joey and Morgan's and got a special photo with their works.

HAPPY EASTER! (and April Fools fun)

Jesus is Risen!
He is Risen indeed!

Happy Easter everyone!

We have had a great Easter weekend - painting eggs, an Easter Egg Hunt at a friends and then Easter Sunday Fun!

I love this time of year!  I LOVE that after 47 days a Lent, (denial, sacrifice, giving stuff up) there is RESURRECTION on Sunday!  The tomb is empty! 

We celebrate, similar to Christmas morning - with all the eggs, candy, baskets and fun waiting behind us - while we sit as a family, light our Lent candles, and read the Easter Story. (From the Jesus Storybook Bible)

 

 

Then, we eat cinnamon rolls!  (and for Easter, I have my long anticipated Cadbury Egg!)

 

 

It's been a GREAT weekend!

 

Here's our Easter Egg coloring:

 

 

 

Here's the Easter Egg Hunt at a friend's house - SO THANKFUL the weather has turned! (We had 9 inches of snow at the start of this week!)

 

 

Easter Sunday

 

 





 

 

And this was how our BIGS woke up to April Fools Day!  Tee Hee!  :)