End of 3rd Grade

It's the end of 3rd grade and there are lots of activities!!

 Open House night at school where we get to see the art show.

In Maya's classroom we witnessed Maya's group rollercoaster experiment.

Here's Maya's "All About Me" poster that she made much earlier in the school year.

On another day, Maya's class did a musical performance of "Anansi, the Spider."  Here is the cast photo.  Maya got the leading role of Anansi.

Maya with some of her friends...

...then more friends...

...and even more.

Maya with Ivory.

 The next day was the third grade party complete with a water balloon toss.

Delightful chaos.

Summer is Coming

Random occurrences at it heats up around here...

 This is Todd.

Dexter is mastering exasperation.

Our guy.

Dexter loves writing!

A fun summer gathering at the beach with our former Castro crew!  The kids are so old.

Our former babysitter visits and brings...kittens!!

Kittens are good.  So is Jenny!

Maya Bridges

Maya and her pals from Brownies completed another year. To celebrate their transition from Brownies to Juniors, they went on a Girl Scout overnight bridging bash at Camp Bothin in Fairfax.

The girls are ready to camp.

At their bunks.

Looking the other way.

Crafts.

 Roasting marshmallows.

Our crazy girls.

Now officially Juniors.

"Family Eyes" video

Dexter is very into writing and drawing these days.  Here he is diagraming eye color...

Maya's First Recital

Maya started taking piano in the fall and had her first recital today...

 It wouldn't be a recital if it wasn't in a church.

Checking out the program.  Maya is first!

Here goes...

"Monster Trucks" video

Monster Truck birthday and cultural experiment.  Be prepared, one truck is just too awesome...

Monster Truck Rally

One of Dexter's friends had his birthday party at a Monster Truck Rally.  The whole family decided to make an event of it...

Are you ready? 

Introducing the super-huge super-loud trucks!

Earplugs in.

The birthday boy, Ben surrounded by two of his buddies and more of the party crew.

Trucks getting airborne.

This truck lost a wheel because of it's extreme awesomeness (see post with video). 

Post rally birthday cake.

4 year-olds and trucks.  A perfect day.

Portrait of Bedtime

Maya are you asleep?...

Note the guilty Maya not in bed, but she has set out and outfit for tomorrow and taken care of some coloring of her poster.

Talent Show Magic

Maya performs with Violet and Veronica in the Sun Valley talent show.  Yes, it's a magic show...