We welcomed June this week. Wild as that sounds, because Elida has been out for a month, we feel like summer is officially starting. It's sunny outside, most other schools are finally out, and plenty of pool days and campfire nights are ahead. We kicked off this week with our final championship track invite for the kids at Columbus Grove. Each team was able to send two of their best in each event. Olivia ran the mile and long jump and Isaac ran the 4x100, 100, 200, and 400.
Here were there times/jumpsOlivia
LJ- fouled 3 times and jumped 8 feet- Mile: 7:53, 5th place
Isaac
- 100: 16.34, 5th place
- 200: 34.81, 4th place
- 400: 1:21, 3rd place
- 4x100 relay: 1:08.55, 3rd place
Great season with super fun coaches and kiddos. Love me some track season.
Another fun thing we were able to do this week was pick up the kids 4-H project books. Olivia is taking sewing and cooking and Isaac is taking gardening and laundry (by choice!). Yep he loves doing laundry. In fact, Santa brought him his own canvas laundry basket on wheels (think of the movie Annie and how she tried to escape from the orphanage). I'm sure there will be more of these covered in the coming weeks, but we did get started. Olivia had to go get some things for her own sewing basket. She was VERY excited to pick out her own sewing supplies. Grandma Barb had got her a gift card for her birthday so she was like a kid in the candy shop picking out her own things. She also had a cool project with oil and cinnamon to learn about germs and the difference between rinsing them off in cold vs. warm water! 
We also had another first this week. Swim Practice! We decided to sign up for the Ada Gators swim team this year. Partly because at least it gives me a reason to come back to campus a few times this summer. Partly because they didn't charge us to be members of the pool in order to be part of the swim team. We had our first practice June 1. The water was freezing (said the kids), but they have one of their coaches from the Y as their coach. It's our first year, so can't wait to experience summer swim.
The Elida school's musical program is really REALLY good. We were told that before we moved here. So any chance we have to go see them in action, we take advantage of. Olivia had tumbling on Thursday night, but Isaac asked if we could go watch the Addams Family play they were putting on at the school. Karin Dorsey choreographs all the dancing, so I was pretty pumped to see it all come together. To say we were impressed was an understatement. I was blown away. It was as good as any ONU production I've seen. They even had a lift that flew Uncle Fester to the moon! So impressive, but it was also special to spend time with just Isaac. 
This weekend we had two cousin's graduation parties to attend. Both were back in Sycamore (Pai) and New Washington (Maddie). Isaac had his best buddy Brayden's birthday party to go to and didn't want to go along...so the girls went to the parties and boys stayed home. Because the grad parties were family, we did get to see tons of family we hadn't seen in a very long time. It was fun to catch up and see everyone.
Another fun thing we were able to do this week was pick up the kids 4-H project books. Olivia is taking sewing and cooking and Isaac is taking gardening and laundry (by choice!). Yep he loves doing laundry. In fact, Santa brought him his own canvas laundry basket on wheels (think of the movie Annie and how she tried to escape from the orphanage). I'm sure there will be more of these covered in the coming weeks, but we did get started. Olivia had to go get some things for her own sewing basket. She was VERY excited to pick out her own sewing supplies. Grandma Barb had got her a gift card for her birthday so she was like a kid in the candy shop picking out her own things. She also had a cool project with oil and cinnamon to learn about germs and the difference between rinsing them off in cold vs. warm water! 
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