We have officially entered the pre-teen years with all its accompanying dilemmas. The sixth grade at our kids' school rotates through different classes throughout the day. Therefore, they did not do mandatory valentines, as each one would have had to prepare over a hundred. Instead, they had a little party altogether at the end of the day. Well, apparently, some of the kids took the opportunity to single out their "favorites" and give valentines to a select few.
When my kids got off the bus and came inside, the boys were excited while Elaine had a disgusted look on her face. "Mom, I got a valentine . . . from Philip," she said with a resigned tone of voice. Philip had obviously spent time shopping with his mom and found a really cute heart shaped snowglobe with Mickey Mouse inside looking bashful and holding flowers. It was in a cute little gift bag with some candy. He had left the bag by her lunchbox in the morning.
Elaine has no feelings for Philip, ("he's annoying," she says), but decided to give him a thank-you card so his feelings wouldn't be hurt. Sigh.
The boys then started admitting their fancies for girls in their classes. Love is in the air.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Monday, February 11, 2008
Elaine, Uberpilot
This last Saturday morning, Elaine got to fly an airplane. She got to lift off and control the plane in the air. It was part of a program called "Wright Flight" where they studied aviation history, and took a test on history, navigating, and course plotting. She and another girl were in the air for about 45 minutes. They landed once so the other girl could take off and have her turn. Pretty exciting. Alex and Jeremy played awesome basketball games. William and Benjamin ran around the gym.
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