My girls

Standley Idol

Aiana received a letter on Tuesday that (out of 45 students) she made the top 13 of Standley Idol! She had 1 ½ days to learn a song from the 50’s to perform. We went to her performance last night and she did awesome! She sang One Find Day by the Chiffons. Although she didn’t win, she performed like a winner! Most of the performers were 8th graders and the 1st – 3rd place winners were 8th graders. It was a fun show. Aiana had a good time and was happy to make some new friends.

3.8 GPA!

Aiana just brought home her 1st semester report card. She has a GPA of 3.8 with A’s in every class but one (in which she got a B)! The girl is amazing! In the midst of working so hard, she does manage to have lots of fun. She just tried out for Standley Idol, singing No One by Alicia Keys (I wish I could have been there!). She had to audition in front of one teacher and one student. She’s waiting for a call home to find out if she made it. Fingers crossed!

Caylin's 1st day of school

Will and I decided it would be a good idea for Caylin to start preschool. We felt it would give her some time to make new friends and have a break from Anika (or give mom a break) :) There was a spot open at the preschool where I use to teach and Aiana attended. That made things a lot easier for us! Today was Caylin’s first day. We were a little nervous, but Caylin was very excited. She had talked all weekend about going to “cool” on Monday. We even went shopping for a new lunch “peel”. Caylin was happy to see her class again (we went to visit last week). She started to get a little upset when she realized we were leaving, but luckily it was snack time and that diverted her attention. She didn’t even care that we were leaving after that. Whew, we felt a lot better :). I decided to pick her up right after lunch time, before nap, to see how her day went. When we walked in, she was walking down the hall with her little class in her socks getting ready for nap time. SO CUTE! She didn’t want to leave. I told her she could rest with her friends next time. She was so excited. When we got home she was singing new songs, and telling me about her day. She told me that “my friends have boogies, they have runny noses” and pointed to her nose. She also told me that teacher painted her hand and did like this (as she pressed her hand down…I guess they made hand prints) :). Caylin never napped today but she was in the best mood. She was in bed asleep by 7pm. Yay for “cool”!