Slice of Heaven

COUNTY FAIR

We just finished up with our local county fair, which turned out to be a big hit for our family this year! Eric, Bay and Heather entered LOTS OF STUFF (Dennis' woodcrafts are too big to enter!) and we won lots of ribbons. Here's the run-down:



Bay: 1st place on a noodle/painted art piece

Eric: 2nd place on a model airplane, 3rd on a wooden table, 2nd on a noodle/painting, 3rd on a drawing of a dinosaur and lots of honorable mentions on other artwork, writings, lego collections, etc.

Heather: 2nd on canned green beans, 3rd on canned applesauce, 2nd on a women's skirt and a dress for Leah



We all had a great time viewing the exhibits, walking through the animal barns (Leah especially love the bunnies), wishing we could get some of the really neat looking chickens, and having ice-cream.



Some miscellaneous news on the kids:
Leah is talking more and more, and is learning to speak up for herself...she is very good at saying "NO!" when Bay tries to take something from her. She is expanding her vocabulary as well, and is getting out some two-word sentences, "Grandma bye-bye", "Mommy shoe" and the one word she has the most trouble saying right now is Eric-it comes out "Icky" He really doesn't like that one!

Eric is doing great in school, and has started up with a homeschool support group once a week. He is glad to be meeting some new friends...he even got to hold the flag for the pledge at the first meeting! He has learned to sing and memorized "America the Beautiful" and is very good at it!

Bay has started to join Eric in his violin lessons, and is doing some pre-Twinkle activites....learning to bow, hold his box violin...and loves to hum the Suzuki songs while playing, but absolutely does nothing on cue or performs for anyone! He is such a character!



Life seems to have been rushing by at an exhausting pace lately...but hopefully this busyness will only last for a season!



More photos from the fair are in our webshots link...