Vivacious Vannh Girl

Earlier this year, Savannah's Gifted English class made chains.  On each link of the chain was written words to share the positive ways the classmates felt toward each other.  It's gotten pretty beaten up and needs to go in the trash, but I wanted to keep the words for Savannah.

~ Vivacious (Mrs. Wamsley)

~ Perfect

~ Absolutely Hilarious (Alyssa)

~ A Gift From the God Almighty, Bless Your Heart! (Alyssa)

~ Original.  Very! (Allie)

~ Generous (Allie)

~ An Amazing Actor and Opera Singer (Allie)

~ "You have a nice smile."

~ "Kinda bossy, but the good, queenish kind!"  (Breanna)

~ Vivacious (Breanna)

~ Imaginative (Breanna)

~ Enthusiastic

~ "You have a nice voice."

Just Keep Scrolling, Scrolling, Scrolling!

I've updated a lot of things in the past week, so if you want to see it all, you have to keep scrolling way back until October 2013.  When you get to the post about the DeRidder Marching Festival, you should be caught up.

Quotable Quotes

"When I find raisins in my cereal, it's like finding buried treasure!"

~ Jackson

Beta Volunteer

Savannah has been busy again volunteering around Moss Bluff with the Beta Club.  

On Saturday, she went to Moss Bluff Elementary to help paint the court yard.  

The Beta Club leader, Mrs. DeFelice, wrote about it on Facebook.  

What a beautiful day to make a difference! Boy Scout Troop 21 of Moss Bluff and the Sam Houston Beta Club joined forces for six hours today to repaint the USA Playground Map at Moss Bluff Elementary. This playground map was our son Zach's Eagle Scout Project nearly six years ago, and it was so fun to see the kids bring new life to it today! Take a quick look through the before-and-after pictures - what a great job they did - quite professional-looking! And a special thanks to Troop 21 for raising the necessary funds for the project with a car wash last fall. Mr. Vern and Mrs. Nita - those boys are so blessed to have you as their leaders...just as my son was so many years ago.

The map before.

The map afterward.  Great job, guys!!

Then, this afternoon, she went with Beta again to Moss Bluff Elementary to paint the windows of the cafeteria to encourage the students before the standardized testing next week.

Mrs. DeFelice, again on Facebook:

The SHHS Beta Club spent the afternoon painting the cafeteria windows at Moss Bluff Elementary School with encouraging words for the students in preparation for LEAP Testing next week. What a fun way for the older kiddos to show their love and support for the younger kiddos!

Savannah said she painted the frog.

Tomorrow afternoon, they are headed up to Gillis Elementary to decorate their windows for testing too, and later this month to decorate the windows of a local nursing home for spring.

These guys and all the other Beta volunteers have done so much good in our community.

Savannah loves being in Beta and decided to run for an officer for next year.

She had to get teacher recommendations and one from the principal and she had to prepare a speech.

She found out on Friday that she had been voted as the Beta club Treasurer for next year.

She is so excited to have this opportunity.  She was up against some stiff competition.  

She's going to do a great job!!

Let Me Remind You That He is Five

This morning I received a tutorial from Jackson on how to take care of his clothes when I do laundry. 

The other day he fussed at me about it too.  I told him that he could roll them himself before he put them away. 

This morning, he showed me how so I could do it instead, making sure I was paying close attention to the different treatment needed for long vs. short sleeved items. 

Oh, that boy.  He's going to be so disappointed!

Portfolio in Progress

Tristan has decided that he wants to study Digital Art and Animation.

We have looked up several colleges and their programs.

One mentioned that he would need a portfolio before applying.

He has always been a drawer and sketcher, doodling on the margins of all his papers, but this must have inspired him because he has been drawing a lot lately.

Here are two of his latest drawings, from The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Tarzan.

Much more interesting than my stick figures!

Quotable Quotes

Last night, we were having dinner.  I had made some mixed vegetables that had sliced orange and yellow carrots in it.  Jackson was not interested in eating the yellow carrots, saying that they tasted weird.

I told him that I could not tell a difference in the flavor and that lots of foods have several different colors, like potatoes are white, brown, red, and even purple.  Apples are red and green and yellow.

Then I explained that carrots are really good for your body and provide Vitamin K that is helpful to maintaining good eyesight. That started us on a conversation about vitamins and minerals and which foods have what our bodies need to stay strong and healthy.

After a minute or so, Holden stood up out of his chair and walked over to where I was sitting.  He opened his mouth wide after asking, "Mom, can I have some of your Vitamin K?"