May 2017 – The Keene Family

Haley’s Mini Olympics

Haley had her year-end gymnastics event called the Mini Olympics over the weekend. She got a chance to show her progress on all four apparatuses and go up to the podium to receive a medal and certificate. She had all four grandparents, both parents, and an aunt and uncle in the stands cheering for herContinue reading “Haley’s Mini Olympics”

Finally, sunshine!

We have waited a long, long time for decent weather here in the PNW. We were thrilled to get out the slip-and-slide the other day, and we ended up having an impromptu fish taco dinner in our neighbor’s backyard!

JT’s PPL: Grade 2

JT had the opportunity to present his PPL (Personal Passion in Learning) Project last week at school. He has been working with Jim and me since early April on all of the components, so this was quite the culmination. His essential question was, “How do aerodynamics affect the speed of a derby car?” Other secondContinue reading “JT’s PPL: Grade 2”

Empathy Heros and Terrific Kids

Last Friday, Haley and the other kindergarteners performed at the school assembly. They were empathy super heroes. It was pretty cute! Haley had a speaking role as Narrator #4. We recorded the entire assembly because Jim was travelling for work and missed the show. He watched it with Haley over the weekend. I’m only publishingContinue reading “Empathy Heros and Terrific Kids”

Basically Baseball

We basically have three days off from baseball a week: Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday. On Wednesday, we get caught up on homework and housework. On Fridays, we get to have a little fun. Last week we went to a craft night at the kids’ school. They made jewelry boxes for mother’s day, which was really fun.Continue reading “Basically Baseball”

Spring Planting

With warmer days final upon us, we enjoyed our weekend with baseball, time outside with friends, and planting our garden! I trimmed the faltering daffodils down and brought home 32 strawberry starts. We also grounded four tomato starts (three grape, one heirloom). We added some sunflowers in the very back row for good measure! ThenContinue reading “Spring Planting”

Race Season Begins

Jim ran the Tacoma Half Marathon on Sunday, and I feel like it was the opening of race season. We are registered for two triathlons so far this summer and plan to complete three! We woke up early and dropped Jim off near the starting point, and then the kids and I went to Marcia’sContinue reading “Race Season Begins”