Tucker and Talan
Tucker and his buddy Talan from church ran in a fundraising run (Boosterthon) for their elementary school. They look like they had a really good time.
Robert Mufson Sportsmanship Award
Taylor received the Robert Mufson Sportsmanship Award in Boca Hoops today. He is great basketball player, but an even better kid. The description of the award is a pretty good picture of Taylor as a an athlete–he really loves the thinking part of the games as well as helping everyone on the team succeed.
Here is the description from the Boca Hoops website:
The Robert Mufson Sportsmanship Award is to be given to one player from each team. This player has shown the courage to be themselves. They have shown their love for the “game of basketball”, and have balanced the desire to win, with the enjoyment of playing the game. This player does not have to be the special athlete but rather a special person who understands the meaning of sportsmanship. A player who truly cares about others, such as players, either teammates or opponents, coaches, referees, and parents.
This award is a landmark in Boca Hoops tradition by recognizing a quality in our children other than pure athleticism.
Boca Hoops Finals
Taylor and Tucker are taking part in the closing ceremonies of Boca Hoops for the 2014 season today. They have had a really good season and the league does a really good job with the “Finals.” There is a sportsmanship award given to a member of each team in the league and the championship game of each age division is played immediately after the awards ceremony. It will be a full day of Boca Hoops…oh, and of course some college football mixed in for good measure!
Zinc Atom Project Completed
Taylor did an excellent job with his science project. The initial nucleus took the longest to get all the protons and neutrons glued on the sphere. (I still have glue on my fingers.) He had a really great idea of using the half sphere as a cutaway of the atom. It really turned out really well! So proud of him!
Happy Birthday, Jenny!
Today is my best friend’s birthday! She is the best part of me for sure. Don’t know what I would do without her love and support!
The boys and I love you very much!
Science Project: The Atom
Taylor boy is working on a science project about the element Zinc. He is making a model of the atom. #funwithcrafts #glueeverywhere
Happy 9th Birthday, Tucker!
Tucker is 9 years old! We had a big day out celebrating his birthday on Saturday.
- Playoff basketball game
- The Whale’s Rib in Deerfield Beach (made famous on Diners, Drive-Ins & Drives)
- Tucker loves the “whale fries” (homemade potato chips) and especially the “whale juice” that goes along with it!
Here are a bunch of pics from a very busy day of festivities…
Bible Story Time
Taylor reading a Bible Story Book to the Monkeys Class in Journey Kidz on Sunday. #prouddad #kidmin
First Time Guest Follow-up
We like to send each child that comes to Journey Kidz a gift for coming to join us for the first time. We send beach balls (see Oriental Trading or Rhode Island Novelty) for bulk items.
On each beach ball we write a brief note on the ball with a Sharpie marker. The ball is then mailed (it’s true, you can mail an inflated beach ball!) to each child. Tucker was super excited to receive his in the mailbox after his first visit to The Journey.
This is what my office looks like on Monday mornings before we send the beach balls.
