The Wrestling Machine

William has been wrestling these last few weeks. In the beginning he got pummeled, thrown, body slammed, ate mat, and literal sat on, and that was all in his first match. Horrible event to watch as a mother. But! He practiced, played, and gave animal names to wrestling moves, and suddenly he transformed into a great wrestling machine. These are pictures from his final match on Friday. He won the first match, but lost the last two. Although he lost, he held his own, earned points, and showed those other wrestlers you can't keep a good shark down (if lost on this reference just check-out those Valentine's boxes below). My Mr. Will Buddy!

Reflections!

Ellie won the Ribbon of Excellence in the area of drama for this year's reflections contest, "Beauty is..." It is too bad that my technology skills are still developing because I would love to post her great video. She wrote a play, and then enlisted two of her friends to act. It was a story about a poor girl, who still cared for those "girls" even though they teased her. She entitled her play "Inner Beauty." I am so proud, and from her smile, it is evident that she is too.

Big Snow Ball

This is the big snow ball Ellie (with some help from William and Harper...in the beginning) was determined to make. In the end she had to recruit her dad's muscles for the final push. This occured Valentine's weekend. An ode for those who love the snow...Ryan, Ellie, William and Harper, not to name any names though.

Spring Ahead!

The "time" might have changed today, which was the only thing that changed, because this morning the weather still declared it is winter! Only a couple new inches of snow. William had a great wrestling night on Friday (pictures to appear soon...I'll just blame it on losing an hour this weekend). Happy Spring!