K gave an oral report in her 3rd grade class on Sylvia Earl, a marine biologist. She read several books on her and compiled information to make the report. She even drew a picture of Mrs. Earl and then dressed up to look like her for the oral presentation.
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| Giving the report to her class. |
Her drawing and the scuba gear. We used a tkd sparring
vest with two 2 liter bottles of soda and a snorkel for
her scuba gear. K came up with the idea on her own.
Here is the video of her report.
We had our house painted this spring. I had a hard time picking colors but decided to go with Alfresco for the house, Vermont Slate
for the gables and doors, with white for the trim. We have an HOA in our
neighborhood that is very strict. We have to get permission for many
things including painting the house, even if you are painting it the
same color. I didn't want the same house color because it was ugly. See above.
I submitted the paint chip colors and we were denied because it didn't go with the earth tone colors of the other houses in the neighborhood. I was spitting mad when I got this letter because there are several houses not within the "earth tones" of the neighborhood. There is a mint green house, a baby blue house and several gray/blue houses. M took his camera around the neighborhood taking photos of various houses and then wrote a nice letter explaining that we had looked at other houses in the neighborhood to determine the colors we had chosen and we felt these colors fit. He even included photos of some houses as reference. Two weeks later we received a letter allowing us to paint our house. I think it turned out quite lovely and have gotten many compliments on the color. It's beautiful and makes me smile every time I come home.
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