Going Native

Every year the 4th grade at the kids' school does a unit on Native Americans and the kids make amazing displays. Baylie was so excited to get to make a display this year and she did an amazing job. 

She was the only child who did a hogan. She made the play-doh herself (it smells like chocolate). She is fortunate to have been to Native American ruins so often in her life because the ranch where my dad grew up is right across from Mesa Verde and we go there every summer.

The hardest thing about my new job is that I can't be at my kids' school. So it was a special treat that my prep period coincided with Baylie's presentation and I got permission to go. I think we were both super excited.

I was able to stay and eat lunch with both kids. This is the first year that they have had lunch at almost the same time.

The below is from my friend April's facebook page because I'm too lazy to write it out myself:
Alexa and Baylie came home from school (and their bi-weekly I Am Gold club meeting) last Wednesday throwing around ideas for collecting items for the district #FloodTheTruck campaign which their club is working to collect for. They decided on making a flier asking for donation items, attaching them to grocery bags and leaving them on neighbors' doors. The flier asked them to fill the bags with some items from the list and leave them on their porch for pickup this afternoon. Then they (with the help of Jalen and Ava) ran all over delivering them to doors. Today was pickup day and everyone was excited to get home and collect bags. Grateful for good neighbors and sweet kids being taught by great teachers how to think of others and put those thoughts into action! 

I was really proud of Baylie and Alexa and grateful to April because I'm the kind of mom that would have probably tried to talk her out of it. The girls were even featured on the districts' facebook page.

They let Jalen and Ava take a small part in the fun.

We also had the ward talent show this week. David wrote a song for the kids to sing and dance too. They were the opening number and were really excited. they did great.