Art Wall: March 2014

Art Wall as of the first of March. 

Top Row: Painting of a boy in red, painted for mom and dad; a self portrait; four snowflakes; a painting of a red house

Middle Row: a self portrait of Grant playing outside; a snowman with lots of buttons; a lamb made of cotton balls; a girl snowman with a hat and necklace; a Valentine picture (Grant did a really good job coloring it)

Bottom Row: a bear color by number; the letter L; a snowman with a black hat; an award for being kind and caring

10 Months

This girl was 10 months on March 1st.  She is crawling like crazy!  She is really fast.  She has one tooth and is learning how to drink from a straw.  Celeste loves to smile at everyone!

The Walk

The Walk by Richard Paul Evans
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This is not the greatest of book in terms of a great "story" but it is very thought provoking.

There are already enough reviews about the story itself.  I will say that the story is a little far fetched in terms of actually happening, but sometimes that makes a good story.  I enjoyed this book because it made me thing about the important things in life.  I like to read books like this once in a while.

No sex and no swearing.


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Grant's 6th Birthday

Grant's "real" birthday was a great day!  He was so excited to be 6.  We spent the morning playing and I took him to DK Donut shop.  I let him pick out his birthday donuts.  Grant didn't want birthday cake, but rather birthday donuts.  In the afternoon Grant went to school.  He was excited to tell his friends that he was now 6.  While he was at school I finished wrapping his birthday presents.  We had French Toast for dinner, per Grant's request.  Grant opened his presents and thanks to modern technology Uncle Lee in Arizona and Grandma and Chris from Utah were able to watch him open presents.   He had a great day and is so excited to be 6!

Kindergarten Birthday Celebration

Grant's kindergarten teacher celebrates all of the birthdays in a month at once.  So, the Friday before Grant's real birthday was a birthday treat day.  The kids in the class sang to the birthday kids.  Then they ate the special birthday snacks.  Grant wanted to take rice kris pie treats, however Ms. Clegg doesn't like to have more than one sweet treat.  We had the choice of bringing crackers, cheese or carrot sticks.  Grant's exact words are, "that is lame! Carrots aren't a treat.  I don't want to bring stupid carrots for my birthday."  We decided on crackers and cheese.  Another girl brought cookies and someone else brought fruit.  Grant liked having the kids sing to him and having me come to his class. 

Fireflies In December

Fireflies in December by Jennifer Erin Valent
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

My neighbor's daughter let me borrow this book.  She is almost 11 years old and I wasn't sure if I would like it, but I did.  It is a sweet story of a young girl coping with the prejudice South.

I liked the way the story flowed.  It was smooth and captivating.  There were parts when I didn't want to put it down.  The story wasn't deep and the plot not very complex which is why I am not giving it 5 stars.  I also didn't like all the focus on Jessilyn's crush on Luke.  I found it a little cumbersome.

Clean!  No swearing and no sex.


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The Tale of Despereaux

The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I read this novel to my 6 year old son.  He really liked it, but was a little confused by the story flow.  He found it confusing.  He kept asking who the main characters were and when we would find out more about them.

I didn't like the ending.  I found it lame.  I don't want to spoil it, but I thought the author did a really job building to the climax of the story.  She did a good job merging all the stories, but a horrible job finishing the story.  I was very disappointed.  My son didn't find it disappointing, but he did ask, "it's over already?"

Fun book.  I enjoyed reading this with my son.


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