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Sat, 06 Feb 2010

I neglected to mention that last week Thomas had his DARE graduation. It's a pretty big deal in this district. Here is Thomas shaking the superintendent's hand. His principal is on the left.

Last week we also learned that there was to be a talent show in Young Men's and Young Women's. That only gave the kids one week to put together a talent. Melody planned right away with a friend that they were going to sing. She and her friend got together on the weekend to practice "Beauty and the Beast." Her friend, Stacy, played the piano and Melody was going to sing. The day of the show they included two other beehives and they all sounded pretty good.

Bryan didn't say he was planning anything, but the day before the show said that he and a friend were thinking of doing a skit together. They went to the thrift store and bought suits to be Abbott and Costello. I don't know when they practiced, and I have to admit that I was a little worried about going and seeing my son embarrass himself, but they did "Who's on First" and did a really good job of it. It was very funny.

The judges liked both acts also, and they ended up in a tie for second place overall. I was impressed with the talent of both of my children. They both have more talent than their mom. Thomas too, but he didn't perform at this talent show. He mostly read his book while the acts were going on.

On Thursday, I'd scheduled a class to renew my CPR certificate, and it turned out to be the blue and gold dinner for cub scouts. It was our last one with a cub scout and I missed it! I was sorry to miss it, but Marc and Melody went and had a good time eating spaghetti and seeing Thomas get an award. 

One of the pins that Thomas was working on, was the Scientist. He had to grow crystals for that. This is the first time that we've ever got sugar crystals to grow without molding first. Thomas enjoyed eating them. 

 Speaking of sugar, Thomas also made sugar mice last week. It was also for a school assignment. He had to make something and write the steps in a how-to paper. For some reason, he enjoys making and eating these disgustingly sweet concoctions. I remember when I liked sweet things like that, but not anymore.

A last picture that I liked this week was this one of Thomas and Marc playing chess.