The Fousels

We had a long week and are happy that we get a couple of days off.  I was in charge of the book fair at the boys school this past week.  It was like having a 8-6 job outside of the house.  The boys started to wonder what was going on and were happy when the book fair was packed up yesterday.  Now they get their classroom volunteer, dinner maker, and homework helper back.  But we raised a nice amount for the schools library so I am very happy about that. 
The boys also had their conferences this week and report cards were passed out.  Ethan is doing great in all areas and his handwriting has improved tremendously.  And as he points out - he has stayed on green this entire time!  We are very happy and proud of his accomplishments so far this year.   And Noah is doing great as well.  He is excelling in all areas.  He got 6 out of 6 A's.  Needless to say we are very proud of him as well.  Since he has surpassed where he is suppose to be at the end of 3rd grade already, his teacher would like him to set some personal goals for himself.  He will be working on that soon.  We did end up "paying" him for his A's.
And today is our community clean up day.  Their school is sponsoring it and we will be helping out.  We signed up for the campus clean up part of it.  The boys are very excited about wanting to help clean up.  Actually I take that back.  Noah is excited about wanting to clean up the community and his school.  Ethan is looking forward to the donuts they will have.  hahaha.  Such a silly boy.  He sure loves those donuts! 

Well we just got back from our cold camping trip.  Oh did I say cold, I meant freezing camping trip!  We went up to Cave Springs in Oak Creek for 5 nights and 6 days.  I must not have read the weather report properly because I packed shorts and short sleeve shirts for us.  We did have a few warm clothes, thank god for that.   A great time was had nonetheless.  Grammy, Grandpa and Grandma, and the Batizy's went with us.  We all had a good time, especially the boys.  Ethan always wanted to start the ghost stories but he was also the first one to get scared.  And Noah with his imagination, he sure has plenty of it!  The 5 cousins had a great time together hiking, exploring, rock jumping, a little checkers here and there, wiffle ball playing, marshmallow roasting, and much more.   I sure hope they remember these times when they grow up. 

Not really much going on.  But we did have a family bingo night at school last week.  We all enjoyed that.  The boys are still doing great in school.  Ethan is almost starting to read.  It's very exciting to see how far he's come since he started Kinder.  Noah had his retainer put in yesterday.  Or as they call it "his appliance".  You really can't see it unless you really look, so he's happy with that.  Especially since tomorrow is picture day. 
The boys start basketball club this Saturday.   They are very excited about that.  That's about all the news here.