Not much to report in May as it seems like the period of time between spring break and the end of the school year has us running a bit ragged! Lots of school projects and performances, interspersed with park trips when the weather holds and swimming when it heats up. We've had a particularly cool spring this year which has enabled us to enjoy the outdoors so much more!
Starting in 1st grade, the kids at our school set a non-school related goal and have to present about it by the end of the year. In true Laura fashion, we just squeezed them in by the end of the year (weeks in advance - plenty of time!!). Regan had an archery goal and Jane's was knitting. They pulled it off even if the purse Jane said she would make ended up being more doll-sized. She still practiced hard to learn how to knit and did a great job.
I took a quick weekend trip to Turkey with dear friends Susie and Courtney (I'll have to add photos later as we let Susie with her newfound photography skills be our official photographer of the group). Susie also came to the UAE for a week afterwards and we had a fun time showing her around.
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| Anna getting ready to sing about the sun in her preschool concert |
Check out Anna giving the introduction to the preschool concert.
They told her to speak loud and slow and she did a great job!
Anna's class singing about the days of the week
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| Anna has started up swim lessons. She's not so sure about them! |
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| Jane reading at her poetry cafe |
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| Jane knitting for her goal-setting presentation. Her goal was to learn to knit and to knit a purse. Her purse ended up being *pretty* small but she finished it! |
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| Regan's goal was around archery - look at her results! |
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| Regan executing her highest score yet - she's pretty good! |
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| Enjoying some time on the playground while waiting on her sisters |
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| More Turkey photos to follow but this was the view of the Bosphorus River from our room! In this photo, we are standing in Europe but looking at Asia across the river. What an amazing place! |
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| A desert trip to show Susie the Empty Quarter |
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| Someone likes the sand |
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| Dune hiking, climbing and sliding |
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| Playing in the sand "avalanche" |
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| Susie and Laura in the desert |
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| Note the swim goggles! The last time we were in the desert, it was a little windy. My smart girls came up with a great solution! |
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| Heading down the dune |
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| Meredith shares a smile with me during her class music presentation (note sweet Nicholas giving either me or his mom a wave!) |
Meredith's class singing about painting a picture
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| Cookies after the concert! |
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| Jane's music concert - she danced around a bit as a crocodile but I didn't manage to take a decent photo of that part |
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| Jane and friends in the concert |
Jane's class musical was about the grown-up
Jackie Paper (from Puff the Magic Dragon)
who tells kids stories. Sweet story.
Regan's class musical had such a great message - it made
me a little teary-eyed. All about helping others.
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| Courtney sent the girls a White House 3-D puzzle - the girls made some residents! |
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| Meredith getting a Bible at our church - rite of passage for six year olds here |
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| Enjoying an unseasonably cool evening dinner out by the beach |
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