Melissa Harris Perry Show - Behind the Scenes

It's not very often when you get to see the "behind the scenes" of a TV show when you don't work in the industry.  This experience was very educational, and inspiring to Haley as she watched Melissa (and her team) make quick adjustments and improvise as breaking news streamed in despite their full pre-planned schedule.  It was amazing.  

End of the school year....

 Classroom party.  Awards ceremonies.  Summer reading books!!

Dave and Busters

Hanging out, playing games, at Dave & Busters!!

Final Choral Performance

Check.  And check.  Great season, fantastic music, fun times, and medals recognizing the amount of time and effort the children put into their singing.

And we appreciate the director (above with the kids) for bringing out the very best choral music from within them.

Fine dining and the Symphony

Steak dinner, and beautiful music watching big sister play, at Bass Performance Hall.

History lesson...

...at the feet of our elders. 

Ian and Hana interview Great Grandma (on video) asking questions like:

"What was my grandfather like?"  

And Haley is here:  http://tayloredcurriculumtocollege.blogspot.com/2015/05/history-lesson.html

End of year science and Pokemon reading

Hana is so happy to bring her science projects home.  She has an entire notebook full of a years worth of various diagrams and coloring pages of scientific phenomena.  These 2 were her favorite!!

And Ian is SO GLAD to have some (more) down time to play games and watch videos.  

Honestly, I think that he reads quickly and well because of all the time he spends/spent reading the Pokemon conversations - that pop-up quickly on the screen and requires "fast reading" to fully understand what to do.  And the nice thing about it is, the vocabulary used in the game is more advanced than "basic."  

Potato Plant Progress

End of year Picnic with Jack and Jill