Ella plays the piano.

Recorded with a potato (ie. sorry bad sound quality).

After 1 month of piano lessons.

Come, go sailing with me, its exciting, you'll see
What a feeling, so free, when you're sailing the sea!
Feel the wind blow in your hair wile the sun shine warms the air.
When you're sailing on the ocean, life's the best it can be!

Radioactive

Ella got a real iPod for her birthday so Felix got her old mp3 player. It's really a piece of junk and it has never worked right but I got it uploaded with Felix's favorite song from the radio, "Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons. He thinks it's Spider-Man related (his favorite thing ever), because well, the radioactive spider, and they say things like "painted red" and "I feel it in my bones" in the lyrics.

When I picked the kids up from school the other day, I gave him the iPod and pressed play. He started dancing in his seat, and the look of pur joy on his face when the song came up made my heart melt. He's been listening to it on repeat non-stop for days.

The video is a bit shaky due to Ella being the one recording.

A Circle of Friends

First day of school 2013

We now have a 2nd Grader and a 5th Grader!

Felix memorized a poem he learned in class: "A Circle Of Friends"

A Reading Medal for Ella, 4th Grade

Number of tests taken: 62
Total points: 114.6
Types of books read: Magic Tree House series, Ramona Quimby series, Holes (favorite, read 4 times), Baby Mouse series, Wimpy Kid series, Dumb Diary series, Wayside School series, Weird School series.

 

Fourth Grade was great! Almost done, on to Fifth Grade, last year of Elementary School!