barrett: 127 months old

 

Barrett competed in his school's spelling bee last week!  He got 21 of 25 words correct, and while he didn't win, he studied hard and exceeded the performance he thought he'd do.  He also had his winter choir concert last week, and then the entire choir got to go on a field trip to two nursing homes to perform for their residents.  Bonus - they got to stop by CiCi's Pizza for lunch.  Barrett doesn't have choir practice until they go back to school in January, so that's an extra bonus to me - I don't have to get him to school by 7:00 am!  He's ready for Friday's festivities, which is the annual pajama holiday singalong!

Likes: learning to clean his Betta fish Keono's tank - we learned how to use a gravel vacuum today (thank you YouTube!), his new holiday pjs, which have fleece shorts instead of pants (this kid is always hot)

Dislikes:  putting away laundry

172 months old

We're in December, and have no idea how we got here this quickly!  How is Britton's first year of high school almost halfway over already?  Britton is gearing up for finals starting this week, and is firmly in the A range for most of her classes.  She was able to exempt two exams, so this week shouldn't be too overwhelming for her.  

Softball tryouts are in January, and Britton has been working with a softball coaching group on batting.  They do some high-tech computer analysis stuff I don't understand, and then give her homework on her swing.  She's improving so much - getting a good technique instead of being lucky when she hits the ball.

Likes:  Vietnamese coffee, getting tickets to live music - she's got two concerts in February alone!

Dislikes:  studying for exams