I copied this post from Jay's blog.  It was so fun to see him in this competition.  The top 5 kids from each grade participated in the finals and it came down to the wire with Jay and a 3rd grader. The art teacher let the whole audience know that Jay is only in 1st grade and everyone was in awe. He got a huge round of applause at the end and he told us kids were congratulating him all day.  We are so proud of him. He gets to go to LA tomorrow with all the finalists.  What a great experience for him!

 

There was this program at school called the art quest.We have been working on it for about 350 days.The artists this year are Ansel Adams,Marc Chagall,Salvador Dali,Keith Haring,Henri Matisse,Michelangelo Di Lodovico Buanorotti Simoni,Claude Monet,Georgia O'keefe,Jackson Pollock,Pierre Auguste-Renior,Norman Rockwell and Henri Marie Raymond De Tolouse Lautrec.Heres what happens.A contestent steps up they show them a picture they have to guess which artist it is.If they get it right they go to the back of the line.But on May 17 I won 2nd place for the 950 kids in the entire school.Since i won I get to go to the J. Paul Getty art musem in Los Angeles!From 6 in the morning to 11 at night.

Eli is 2!

Our cute Eli turned 2 on April 23rd.  We let him pick out his cake and he chose strawberry with pink frosting.  Jay and Rex thought this was very uncool and girly, but they ate it anyway.  We had a little family party and went to McDonald's.  Eli is quite the trouble maker at 2.  His nickname at our house is THE DESTROYER.  He loves to pour things out, break things, empty drawers, play in the fridge, you name it.  We clean up after him a lot. He is starting to throw tantrums that aren't so cute.  He is learning to talk more and more everyday.  He loves to be outside. He loves to do whatever his big brothers are doing.  He is a happy boy that makes our home lots of fun and keeps us all on our toes. We love this little guy.

My friend took some pictures of Eli for his birthday.  They turned out so cute.