Lesson 481: Stars & Stripes

Happy Memorial Day, Readers!

Here's a holiday weekend peek at the past week.

We certainly have earned our stripes this school year.

The kids have worked hard this year and there are many things to be celebrated.  

Natalie is finishing up her first year of her Community Based program

and has had great success.

My dog loving daughter turned 19.

She got an iPad for her birthday.
I snapped this photo of her playing with it,



and I couldn't help but think how much it reminded
of this photo I snapped of Ellen.

Ellen earned her stripes out on the softball field this year.
The Lady Huskies continue into the playoffs on Saturday morning.

I earned my stripes at WLD Ranch last Saturday

as Challenge Erie 8 participants attended a team building session

on the ropes course.

Hubby added a 48th stripe to his sleeve.

We will be spending lots of time with family this weekend,

starry-eyed from homecomings,

 a wedding,

and meeting new family.

Mrs. Eloise has stars in her eyes over this fantastic classroom idea.

Striped ball cap is tipped to the Clark School 4th grade teachers

for their take on Star of the Week.

Each student gets a full week to be the star.

They fill out their Favorites page,

that is followed by a handwritten note from the teacher.

Family is asked to send in letters of encouragement in sealed envelopes.

The letters are opened by the teacher and read aloud before the class.

The students in the class each pen a note to the star,

including a drawn picture.

It's funny how girls measure themselves against 

how soon they get to wear a training bra

and boys glorify the boy who is first to reach 5 feet tall.

Best news of the week:
Harborcreekers, ice cream is coming our way!

Weekend homework:
Can you figure out where?

Thanks, Becky for allowing them to park in your lot!

Becky, by the way,

has been responsible for taming this mane for twenty years!

The video of this week is dedicated to my nephew, Jack.

He earned his Eagle Scout Ranking and we attended the ceremony earlier this week.

Aunt Eloise encourages all boys to take part in scouting,

at least for one year.  

Sam thoroughly enjoyed his short stint with Pack 151.

He brought his basketball to each meeting,

and counted the minutes until he could shoot hoops after it was over.

Still, the lessons learned from the building of the car

and the birdhouse remain with him.

It truly is an awesome adventure for boys.

Earning an Eagle Scout rank is truly worthy of praise and recognition.

Congratulations, Jack,

on this accomplishment and the many more to come.

Proudly,

Aunt Eloise