February at School

Carter had a good month at school.  In social studies he wrapped up his lessons on the states and moved onto Native Americans.  In math they finished up multiplication and division moving on to fractions.  Language arts was focused on mystery books, writing fairy tales and grammar. 

3rd grade painting for the Lovett auction

Chinese New Year door decorations

Parker had a busy month with fun activities.  First was the Chinese New Year parade where each first grade class decorated a dragon and they got to be in a parade for the Lower School.  He had a fun field trip to the High Museum where they got to see various art and then recreate it.  The class also had a Valentine's activity day and a Valentine's party.  Both included games, crafts and treats!  There was also learning about Black History month, Parker's class focused on Frederick Douglass.  And the standard student subjects: length and weight in math, reading, writing, servant leadership and historical figures.

Delivering valentines to the lunch room staff

1st grade artwork for the Lovett auction

Avery has been enjoying both of her after school clubs - Pinkalicious and Messy art.  She also enjoyed lots of fun activities - mom as Mystery Reader, groundhogs day, the 100th day of school and Valentine's Day.

Winter Break 2018 - Costa Maya

Our last stop of the cruise was Costa Maya, Mexico. 

We all went to the Blue Reef Beach Club which is a hotel on the water.  We ended up having enough people to rent out the area for ourselves, it was an awesome day. 

We spent the morning/early afternoon swimming, playing on the sand, kayaking, eating, drinking, buying lots of bracelets from vendors that walked by and getting Avery's hair braided.  The dads decided the ocean was the place to be so they all dragged chairs out to a sand bar and set up camp.  The waiter even delivered buckets of beer to them and ceviche.   

The hotel event supplied us with a Pinata to celebrate on of the kids' upcoming birthdays. 

We were all very sad to leave and somehow Avery worked her way into a personal escort from the hotel staff to our taxi.  

We had an early boarding time in Costa Maya but we decided to squeeze in one last activity before we went back... a fish pedicure.  It tickled a little and looked odd but was such a fun experience.

Winter Break 2018 - Belize

Our second stop was to Harvest Caye, Belize.  This is a private island that Norwegian leases.  We decided to stay on the island for the day though a few friends did book excursions too.  The island had a nice beach area, a large pool, a small splash bad and a few wildlife enclosures.  The food/drinks on the island weren't included with the cruise so we stayed on the island until it was lunch time and then headed back to the boat.  The kids spent most of that time splashing around in the pool and playing football at the beach.