March is Reading Month

Moorsbridge celebrated "March is Reading Month" with a lot of fun activities. The theme was "Read S'More at S'Moorsbridge Elementary" or "Camp Read S'More."  The entire school would have D.E.A.R. in the hallways a few mornings a week, they had "read-ins," and special spirit days throughout the month. The kids were also supposed to track their weekly reading. They submitted bookmarks with their totals each week with the goal of reading 200,000+ minutes as a school. William loves to read anyway but the added challenge pushed him to read A LOT. He ended up with over 2,000 minutes for the month. They had a wrap-up assembly on Wednesday where Mrs. Kirshman announced the totals and the teachers did a little performance. They also announced the top readers in each class. Mrs. Barlow's class read the most out of the second grade classrooms and William was the top reader in his class! Mrs. Kirshman announced his name, he received a certificate, and he got to go up on stage. We are very proud of our little reader.

Here is the dance the teachers performed. It also shows a clip of William's name being called.

Goodbye to the Greenes!

We just learned recently that our good friends the Greenes were being relocated to Houston, TX. They were among our first friends in Kalamazoo and their son Marius was William's first school buddy. We started their "farewell tour" tonight with a going away party. They will officially move in two weeks so we have a few more going away events planned. It was so nice to get everyone together to visit and reminisce!

That's a lot of kids!

Mother-Son Skating Party

William and I had a great time at the Mother-Son Roller Skating party. There was a great turn out... over 150 skaters. The boys enjoyed games, snacks, prizes and glow bracelets. We also had a photographer there to capture the moment. The owner of The Great Skate was in charge of selecting the best all around skater (one K-2, one 3-5). He told me William was the best, but I told him he couldn't get the trophy since I was in charge of the event and he had won it when he was in Kindergarten. So, he handed out the trophies to other boys but then pulled William aside to give him a cool Star Wars water bottle since "He was definitely the best skater out there." William was thrilled. After skating, we went out to dinner with some friends. It was a very fun day!

William was among the top 6 in the limbo contest - but they ended it before finding a champion

Last Day of Hockey

Saturday was the boys' last day of hockey for the season. Alex played really well in his morning games. He scored three goals - one in each game. Afterward, they received their medals and KOHA patches. Alex's coach said he was definitely the most improved over the season and he couldn't believe how well he skates now. The team celebrated with cupcakes in the locker room. William had his final games in the afternoon. He played very well and had a goal in his last game. The team got together for pizza at the restaurant upstairs and also finished it off with cupcakes. 

After the party, we drove to Ann Arbor for the Michigan hockey game. We had great seats. They were right behind the goal and right next to the "tunnel" that the Michigan players walked down to get on the ice. The boys got a lot of "high fives" from the players as they entered the rink. As they were leaving after warm-ups, one of the players stopped to give the boys each a puck. They were thrilled! Phil and William went to walk around during intermission, and Alex was looking for more high fives when one of the event staff gave him an official Big 10 puck with a vintage wolverine on one side and a Michigan Hockey shirt. They are so lucky! We have now caught at ball at a Growler's game, got a ball from a coach at the Cleveland Indian's game, were handed a puck by a ref at at WMU hockey game, had a puck tossed to us at another WMU hockey game and then got 3 pucks plus a shirt at the U of M hockey game. It was a great way to wrap up the hockey season. Now we have a month off before baseball starts!

Disney Characters

The boys met a lot of great Disney characters on this trip!

Buzz Lightyear at the Magic Kingdom

Daisy Duck at Epcot

Pluto at Epcot

Mickey at Epcot

Goofy at Epcot

Minnie Mouse at Epcot

Donald Duck at Epcot

Chip and Dale at the Magic Kingdom

Flick at Animal Kingdom