Destination Imagination has been quite an experience for us!! Two weeks ago we went to the Regional Tournament in Nashua. It was a long, loud, fun and in the end VERY EXCITING day! Like I said before, Callie was on a Rising Stars team which is a non competitive team. They performed their challenge but didn't compete against the other Rising Stars teams. Callie's team did an awesome job and won a DaVinci award. It was a surprise to all of us since Rising Stars teams do not normally win this award. Above is a picture of Callie's team right after they performed their team challange.

Emily's team, the team that I coach, also did an awesome job!! Out of 9 teams they placed third which put them into the state tournament. The last two weeks we met as a team and looked over what they scored low in and made some changes. These seven fourth graders have been so much fun to work with. This week I watched them become more comfortable with each other and the improv has really come out in these kids. Unfortunately so much improv that they went over their 8 minutes that they are allowed to perform their challenge. Not to mention the silliness that has come into play now. I just hope they can pull it all together tomorrow for the state tournament. It has been a long road of hard work on the kids part and also for the coaches. I am coaching with two other moms. But it was all worth it to see their reaction when they announced the team had made it to state!! Still not sure I will do this again!!! I am told that it is like childbirth...I will forget the pain and want to do it again.

Last night Emily and the rest of the fourth graders did their musical as school. Emily had a talking part and did a great job. She said last night that she shouldn't have waited until this year to try out for a part. She really enjoyed it. So I guess she has overcome another fear. woo hoo!! I will have some pictures up soon from her show. But for now I am signing off. I will post after the weekend the results from the State D.I. Tournament.

Oh...by the way.....we are home AGAIN today b/c of snow. UGH!!!

In Like a Lion

March is here and we still have snow. We got another storm last week on the first day of March. Today Cleveland got hit hard but we just got rain. Lots of rain! If this had been snow today.....well, I don't even want to think about it. I posted some pics I took out front after last weeks snow storm. The first one is of Todd testing out the sledding hill he has created for the girls. The other two as you can see are the girls standing in front of and on top of the hill.

This was a busy week as usual. We had D.I. practice just about every day. Thursday night was Invention Convention night at the school. Both girls came up with an invention and presented it at the convention. I also posted some pics from that night. Emily's invention is the Bowl Holder and Callie's is the DVD Warmer. The picture of Emily is with Mrs. Janiak, her Gateway teacher. In the picture Emily is explaining her invention to Mrs. Janiak. There are also some pics of the girls with their friends.

This week, Todd and I celebrated our 15th anniversary. Tonight we went out to dinner and a movie. The girls had a fun evening with their friends at our neighbor's house.

That is all for now. I am heading up to bed. We have another busy week with D.I. ahead of us. The tournament is next Saturday.

Have a good week!!!