Our April

During third quarter, Caden and his WIN Reading Enrichment class studied the story, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg. The story tells of a man, Harris Burdick, who comes into Mr. Peter Wender's office and explains that he has written 14 stories with multiple drawings for each one. Mr. Burdick has brought a picture that contains a title and caption for each of the 14 stories. Mr. Burdick says he will return tomorrow with the stories that go along with each picture. He leaves the pictures and heads out of Mr. Wender's office never to be seen or heard from again. To this day, Mr. Burdick and his pictures with no stories remain a mystery.

Caden's class was given the assignment to write stories that accompany each picture and caption that Mr. Burdick brought in. They were paired with a published author who critiqued their work and gave feedback to improve their stories. The students chose their favorite piece to be judged by a panel of five authors.  

The following photos are from the award ceremony. Caden's piece, Another Time, Another Place, won Honorable Mention or 4th place. Each student's piece received an award of some type, and the top 5-6 winners received Barnes & Noble gift cards. 

Caden with Dr. Kemia Sarraf who helped organize this class and contest

The whole WIN class

Caden at the tea following the award ceremony

While I was at Caden's award ceremony, Kieran was at Easter Chapel at preschool. After chapel, he went to the park with Levi, Kody, and Kalyn. 

Levi, Kody, and Kieran

During Spring Break, Caden and I took a golf lesson together.

Kieran at his preschool field trip to Lincoln Memorial Garden

It was a beautiful day for Kieran's preschool field trip.

Micah, Kieran, Levi, and Noah

Mrs. Nelsen's class

Learning about the turtle (that is blending in with the ground)

Kieran and Levi

Levi and Kieran

The boys playing a game of basketball on a nice spring evening

Kieran wiped out from spring fun

All of the second grades at Cole's school put on the musical, Lemonade! Cole was given the role of Humpty Dumpty.

Our Humpty Dumpty creation

Cole did a fantastic job with the songs and movements! So did the rest of the second graders.

Cole said his lines perfectly! It was a very cute musical.

Got a laugh from this line

Kalyn spent the afternoon with us.

Lunch at Panera

Barely awake for TV time

Kieran and friends at Paige's birthday party

Enjoying ice cream on his brothers' half-day of school

Next up, surviving the busy and fun month of May...