The GIRL CODE

Nicholas (who is eight) told me yesterday that he knows the secret to the girl code. I wasn't sure what he meant by this, and then he proceeded to tell me that the "girl code" was the secret to making a girl happy. I knew the conversation was about to get good...here's the code for all you boys out there.

1. Don't hurt girls


2. Always ladies' first


3. Give girls everything they want (I especially liked this one)


4. Don't hurt their feelings


5. Be mindful of girls

I was very impressed! He's going to make a wonderful husband someday.

Clark finally got a "life"

Clark earned his Life rank in Boy Scouts last month. His next step now is to complete an Eagle Service Project. We will be working on that over the summer, and hopefully Clark will have earned his Eagle before he turns fourteen. If you have any great Eagle project ideas, we'd love to hear them.

Summer!

There's just something magical about summer time to a child (popsicles, swimming, lots and lots of books, and afternoon naps...okay maybe not the naps). My kids only have about a week left of school, then freedom! You would think that because we live in Arizona that we'd have a bigger pool. Apparently, this pool is good enough for Nate and Jack.

Art Show

Clark, who is now thirteen has always been a very talented artist. He was recently chosen to represent his art in the Higley Unified School District's art show.

The most important thing

Nicholas has always been a child who thinks "outside the box." It's one of the many things we love about him!

Last week we went to his class for Celebration of Learning, and his teacher Mrs. Trent had compiled a book similar to the book entitled "The important Book" by Margaret Wise Brown. Each child was to pick a subject.

In the original book, the author takes one subject and talks about what is most imortant. Here's an example: "The important thing about rain is that it is wet. It falls out of the sky, and it sounds like rain, and makes things shiny, and it does not taste like anything, and is the color of air. But the important thing about rain is that it is wet."

Nicholas chose the subject of a graveyard. In his own words he wrote: "The most important thing about a graveyard is that it collects people who had a life." Mrs. Trent was so surprised by his choice of words, that she placed Nicholas' page first in her most important book!

How does your garden grow?

This year has been our most successful garden ever! We've planted peppers, tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, corn, beans, cantaloupe, carrots, lettuce and basil. The kids love going out to help water the garden and of course, picking ripe veggies.

High School Musical!

Lauren had the opportunity to play the part of Brainiac in the "High School Musical" play (she's the one right above the girl with glasses). She was awesome! She spent six weeks practicing every day after school. It was worth all the practice, but we're glad it's over. Lauren is talented in so many ways, she constantly amazes us.