Becca – May 2008

Becca has also had a very busy month…

She had a lot of school activities: She won a race at her school in PE and was invited to participate in a multi school track meet. She was so excited, several times she asked to run on the treadmill to ‘get in shape’ for the race! She was very cute about it. She was a little nervous the day of the race. She ran very hard, the look on her face as she ran past us was so great, it was like…this is way harder than I thought it was going to be…but she did it! She was also able to do a softball throw as part of the meet and did very well.

She is involved in the AIG program at school and they had a big ‘Colonial Days’ activity at another school. It was an all day long activity. They presented all the projects they have been working on throughout the school year. They dressed up in Colonial clothes. Gramma Sam made Becca’s dress. She looked so cute in it. They had a academic bowl at the end of the day and Becca did awesome. I love to watch her, her mind is just racing to remember the answer. There were several questions that no one else knew but she did! She is so smart…my friend calls her ‘freaky smart’! Her mind is like a sponge, she remembers everything she reads…just don’t ask her where she put her backpack or her lunch box or my favorite, if she remembered to put her foot in her shoe before tying it! She is a brilliant airhead!!! And we love her for it, she keeps us laughing! 🙂

Becca enjoyed softball too. Her highlight was hitting a home run at their last game of the season… She was beyond excited. I was so thrilled that I happen to have the camera out and ready and got some great pictures of her! I loved that she flew around the bases, past home plate and she raced right past all her team and coaches and ran right to me with the biggest grin on her face! It was priceless!!!

Becca participated in Choir again. They had a great spring concert. They sang songs from ‘Annie’ and ‘The Sound of Music’ and had this great number on the evolution of dance. It was so fun to watch. They are going to put it on the school’s website, we will let you know when it is posted.

The fourth graders had a big end of year trip to the Outer Banks. They went to Kitty Hawk, NC to see the site where the Wright Brothers took their first flight. It was a neat monument and visitors center. Next they went to Festival Park where the first settlers arrived on Roanoke Island. I had to leave early to get home in time for Susie’s birthday party so I didn’t get to see all the cool stuff there. Becca said it was really fun. There was a full-scale recreation of a 16th century sailing ship, the Elizabeth II, that they got to go on and explore! It was actually in the water and everything. We would like to come back as a family and enjoy a day there.

The last picture on Becca’s slideshow is of Becca with her two best friends that she met here. Brooke Martin and Casey Andrews. Brooke goes to our church and is in the same class at school as Becca, Casey lives across the street. They are all in AIG together and played on the same softball team. Their coach started calling them the 3 Musketeer’s! They are very cute together. It is good to have friends!

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