Last night was the Sundown Parade which is the opening of the Riverfest here! While waiting for our turn to go we saw some friends who took pictures. Thanks! This was our second time in the parade but first time to Irish dance in it! We all had a blast but I must say the ride back to the float staging area was the best. More on that in a future blog!

Books Read by Caleb This School Year!

Here is Caleb's list! First school and then free time reading! 1. Little Britches by Ralph Moody 2. Selected Poems by Robert Frost 3. Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery 4. Onion John by Joseph Krumgold 5. A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt by Coco De Young 6. The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta Trapp (This one was a challenge for him.) 7. Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan 8. Tibet Through the Red Box by Peter Sis 9. My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George 10. The Cross and the Switchblade by David Wilkerson 11. Citizen of the Galaxy by Robert A. Heilein Free time Reading 1. Holes by Louis Sachar 2. Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan

Books Read by Addy This School Year!

We are in our last week of TOG! I wanted to make a list of the books that Addy has read this school year. I will do school books first and then any free time reading last! 1. Sounder by William H. Armstrong 2. Helen Keller by Margaret Davidson 3. Selected Peoms by Robert Frost (She read about 20 poems and then picked out her fav.) 4. In Flander's Fields: The Story of the Poem by John McCrae by Linda Granfield 5. Homer Price by Robert McCloskey 6. Balto and the Great Race by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel 7. Meet Kit: An American Girl by Valerie Tripp 8. Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater 9. Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse (Read aloud with mom) 10. James Herriot's Treasury for Children (She read a few of the stories from this book. This is a wonderful book full of great stories and lovely pictures) 11. Molly Learns a Lesson by Valarie Tripp 12. A Father's Promise by Donna Hesse (All three kids listened to this one.) 13. The Littles by John Peterson 14.Pippi in the South Seas by Astid Lindgren 15. Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary 16. Rugy Bridges (This was a tv novel and a substitute for the book suggested.) 17. Sing for Your Father Su Phan by Stella Pevsner and Fay Tang 18. Charlotte's Web by E.B. White 19. Hinds' Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard 20. White Water by P.J. Petersen 21. Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis (We listened to this one.) 22. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (We listened to this one as well) Free Time Reading 1. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry 2. Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder 3. Samantha Learn a Lesson by Susan S. Adler 4. The Boxcar Children #1 by Gertrude Warner 5. Meet Felicity by Valarie Tripp 6. Meet Addy by Connie Porter 7. Addy Learns a Lesson by Connie Porter 8. Kathleen: The Celtic Knot by Siobhan Parkinson Whew I am tired from typing! What a great job she did reading this year!

For a Friend

We have completed yet another year of AWANA! We are very proud of all three of the kids for completing their books. Caleb and Addy completed the Silver part of their books as well. This is not rewarded in AWANA. It is an all or nothing sort of deal with them. You either don't complete any of the extra credit or you complete it all. There are two parts to the extra credit. Silver consists of learning extra verses and reviewing the ones you learned in the book. The gold is where you do special projects. Kaity is now a big girl. She will move up into Sparks next year. We are having a hard time convincing her that she has to wait until next Sept. to start Sparks!