Fun Fun Fun

😄Annual Lakevue
Carnival to raise money
for the 2017-2018
school year. I helped create themed baskets filled with donated items for a silent auction. We donated Bath and Body Works foam soap. We are so generous! We gave each kid $5 to spend. If they wanted more they had to bring their own money. Instead of buying the expensive snacks at the carnival the kids opted to go to Winco afterwards. Cam bought jellybeans, Corbin Doritos and root beer, Brennan doughnuts, and I bought jalapeño artichoke dip with Doritos. I have raised my kids well!! - Mom


Brennan's last U8 game. Next year she will venture into U10. Crossfire gave the girls medals and the coach made giant snicker doodle cookie medals. Such a creative idea! Brennan loved her coach and team. "Unicorn" Teammates: Carleigh, Brennan, Coach Melissa Ricks, Arianna (Ari), Katie, Elle, Jaelyn, Sophie, and McKayla. - Mom

Lakevue Basketball Team: Bradley, ?, Corbin, Coach Shawn Herman, Wyatt Roam, David Gumersall, Cory Herman.

BEFORE AND AFTER

The only time I expect my kids to clean their room is on Friday if they want to participate in Fun Friday and have screen time on Saturday. I encourage them to put things away throughout the week so they don't have an overwhelming mess come Friday, but what do I know?

After a week's worth of activity you can barely see their floor. Then like magic...Abracadabra, and Bippity Boppity Boo a room arises. It is amazing the things they find that somehow mysteriously disappeared earlier in the week.
 - Mom

The girls generally blame each other for taking their mysteriously missing items. It is particularly funny when they find it stuffed under their own bed or similar place. - Dad

Lakevue Awards Night. Five students from each class are awarded 5 different awards. Brennan earned the Golden Eagle Award for grades and leadership. Her second grade teacher is Sarah Maggard and her best friend is Gisele Mayes (Eli Mayes and Aubrey Zaugg's oldest child). -Mom

Corbin earned the physical education award from Mrs. Elordi (the P.E. teacher I had in elementary school. He received a cool squishy ball that two girls ripped apart the next day at school.  - Mom

At this time we were doing block periods at school. That day I had 5, 6, 7, and 1 period.  My 5th period class is the period I TA so it wasn't a big deal if I missed it. So instead of going to 5th period I decided to go to Gus's doctor appointment. He has a bald spot on his back and several others. We learned that it probably is an allergic reaction. It didn't think it was a flea bite but if it was it needed to be treated. The vet couldn't find any but it only takes one bite to cause a reaction. They gave us medicine for both Gus and Martin. I think Gus is getting better. It was totally more enjoyable than school. ~Ani

A few more details...Gus started loosing hair around his right eye then on his back and rump. He was also thinning in all his leg pits. His skin was flaky (dandruff), had little raised bumps, his eyes were goopy, and Gus itched and bit himself frequently. Apparently it is common for labs to have skin issues. The vet predicts that it is allergies, but like Ani said it is also common for dogs to have reactions to flea bites. So just in case he treated Gus for fleas (and Martin so he doesn't pass them back to Gus). And he put Gus on 3 weeks of anti-itch medicine. We'll see if he improves. - Mom

We had a 72-hour kit drill this week. I woke everyone up with a tornado siren and told them they had 5-minutes to get what they needed before we had to leave. They failed the test! They started to panic. Campbell was worried about missing festival and couldn't focus. Ani grabbed everything off her bed. Corbin refused to get out of bed. Haha...it was entertaining and informative. Eventually Ani went out to get her 72-hourkit backpack. Goal: Have this drill more often!! The exposed abdomens show that it has been a while since we updated our packs. Awesome!! - Mom

District III Festival at the College of Idaho. For our festival we played three songs: Leaving the Homeland, Across the Wind, and Soldiers Hymn. We did pretty good. Before we went on stage during rehearsal everyone psyched themselves out. Even though we told ourselves that we were going to fail we got a Superior. Everyone was surprised. Mrs. Cameron bet against her mom that we would get a Superior. It was pretty cool. - Ani

The beginning orchestra for the festival got an excellent. Also I go to be first chair for the violins. We played Day Night and Day and String Royal. - Campbell




 

Vallivue 4th Grade District Track Meet. Corbin being silly with his friends Giovanni, Carson Mooso, and Asher Adamson.. Loud fast paced music brings the crazy out of everyone. Corbin earned 1st in the hammer throw, 3rd in the 400 m dash, 5th in the 200 m dash, and 1st in the 50 m hurdles. - Mom